MP 3 Review

How much do you know/remember?

•What many seats are in the House of Representatives?

•435

•How many seats are in Senate?

•100

•What are the qualifications for Senate and House members?

•Senate -

•30 years old, 9 year citizen, Resident

•House -

•25 years old, 7 year citizen, Resident

•What did the framers establish a bicameral legislature?

•the two chambers would check each other

•British Parliament had two

•Compromise between the NJ and VA Plans

•Why does the president rarely call Congress to special sessions?

•They are in session almost year round

•What did the 17th Amendment establish?

•People directly elect Senators

•What powers are given to Congress in the Constitution

•Expressed, Implied, Inherent

•What level of government did strict constructionists value?

•State Governments

•What level of government did liberal constructionists value?

•National Government

• What are some expressed powers of Congress?

• Collect taxes, borrow money, coin money, regulate commerce, naturalization, etc

• What did McCulloch v Maryland establish?

• Implied powers are OK

• What is eminent domain?

• Taking private property for public use

•What can the president do when he receives a bill?

•Sign it within 10 days, pocket veto, wait, veto

•What is the President pro tempore?

•Presides over Senate in the Vice President’s absense

•What are the qualifications for President?

•35 years old, 14 year resident, natural born

•What is the succession line for presidency?

•Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate

•What are the duties of the Vice President?

•Preside over Senate

•Vote in a tie

•Help decide presidential disability

•What are the tasks of the national conventions?

•unify the party, choose presidential and VP ticket, approve party platform

•What can the president do as the Commander in Chief?

•use the armed forces

•How can the President check the power of Congress?

•veto legislation

•How do Cabinet officials obtain their positions?

•appointed by President and approved by Senate

•What are the three principles on which bureaucracies are organized?

•Hierarchy

•Organized Rules

•Specialized Roles/Jobs

•What term department refers to what?

•government agencies with cabinet rank

•What do staff agencies do?

•serve as support, they aid or help the president

•What do line agencies do?

•actually perform the tasks for which the organization exists

•What is the spoils system?

•the practice of giving offices to friends and supporters

•What are the different types of independent agencies?

•independent regulatory commissions

•Government corporations

•independent executive agencies

•What reform laid the foundation for the current civil service?

•Pendleton Act

•What are some examples of the Cabinet department?

•Department of Homeland Security

•Department of Treasury

•Department of education

•What do independent regulatory commissions do?

•Regulate the economy

•What does the 14th Amendment say?

•STATES cannot deprive you of life, liberty and property

•What is the Lemon Test and what does it consist of?

•Aid for parochial schools...only if its secular, does not advance nor inhibit religion and avoids excessive entanglement with religion

•What was allowed under the original Constitution?

•Writ of Habeas Corpus

•What types of speech are not allowed?

•Slander, libel, sedition, obscenity, false advertising, prior restraint

•What are your First Amendment freedoms?

•Speech, religion, assembly, petition, press

•What are civil liberties?

•Protections against government acts

•What are aliens?

•non-citizens who are foreign born

•What Amendment extends the Bill of Rights to the states?

•14th

•What is the Establishment Clause?

•Separation of church and state

•What is picketing?

•going on strike

•What is symbolic speech?

•An action that portrays a message

•How can States help reporters protect their sources?

•Press shield laws

•How can government regulate demonstrations?

•Time, manner and place

•Which is the federal government’s Due Process Amendment?

•5th

•What is procedural due process?

•Government must apply the laws fairly

•What is substantive due process?

•The substance of the law must be fair

•What must a policeman have to search your house?

•A warrant

•What does the 2nd Amendment say?

•The right to bear arms

•What is the exclusionary rule?

•Evidence gained illegally cannot be used in a trial

•What is a writ of habeas corpus?

•a court order which prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments