Praxis 5904
freedom of speech - CORRECT ANSWER-1st amendment
right to bear arms - CORRECT ANSWER-2nd amendment
rights to a speedy trial - CORRECT ANSWER-6th amendment
trial by jury - CORRECT ANSWER-7th amendment
abolish slavery - CORRECT ANSWER-13th amendment
everyone can vote, no matter what race - CORRECT ANSWER-15th amendment
prohibits alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER-18th amendment
Women have the right to vote - CORRECT ANSWER-19th amendment
Judicial
Legislative
Executive - CORRECT ANSWER-3 branches of government/types of economies
Judicial Branch - CORRECT ANSWER-Interprets the laws
Supreme Court - CORRECT ANSWER-the highest federal court in the United
States...
- 9 justices
- nominated by president
- hold office as long as the want
Legislative Branch - CORRECT ANSWER-makes laws and approves president
appointments
Congress - CORRECT ANSWER-make laws approved by president
impeach president
,House of Representatives - CORRECT ANSWER-the lower legislative house of
the United States Congress...
- 2 year term
- must be at least 25 years old
- 435 men
- elected by the people
Senate - CORRECT ANSWER-A council of representatives...
- 6 year term, 30 yrs old, each state 2 seats
- Elected by state legislatures
- Approves nominations
- Main role is to impeach the president
Executive Branch - CORRECT ANSWER-- Carries out the laws
- President, Vice President, cabinet
- signs and vetos laws
- appoints federal judges
President - CORRECT ANSWER-Head of the Executive Branch...
- must be at least 35 years old
- must be a US resident for at least 14 years
national and state governments - CORRECT ANSWER-The Constitution created
a federal republic, which divided power between ______________
National Government - CORRECT ANSWER-coin money, maintain army and
navy, declare war, regulate trade between states and with foreign nations, carry
out all expressed powers
State Government - CORRECT ANSWER-regulate trade and business in a state,
establish public schools, pass license requirements for professionals, establish
local governments
Both National and State - CORRECT ANSWER-levy and collect taxes, borrow
money, establish courts, set punishments
, Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER-King George forbade the colonist
from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
- Followed by French and Indian War
Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER-written by Thomas
Jefferson to formally declare the colonies independent from England (July 4,
1776)
- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - CORRECT ANSWER-the 3
Unalienable Rights that were listed in the Declaration that all humans receive
from birth
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER-Written by John Dickenson...
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 created to avoid taxation. (weaknesses:
no executive branch , no judicial branch, no power to tax, no power to regulate
trade)
John Dickenson - CORRECT ANSWER-A man who said that Britain's actions
were no reason to go to war, that America would only suffer and die from being
free from their mother country. "Father of the Articles" and committee of writers.
Treaty of Paris 1783 - CORRECT ANSWER-agreement signed by British and
American leaders (John Adams, Ben Franklin, John Jay) that stated the United
States of America was a free and independent country...
Virginia Plan (1787) - CORRECT ANSWER-- James Madison
- Proposed a strong central government
- States represented based on their population numbers
-Created the 3 branches of government: Judicial, legislative, executive
James Madison - CORRECT ANSWER-"Father of the Constitution," Federalist
leader, and fourth President of the United States.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - CORRECT ANSWER-As the country expanded
to the pacific, this provided a method for admitting new states to the union from
territory...
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