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| Congress | Consists of the Senate and House of Representatives |
| 2 years | Representatives term length |
| Representatives | Represent the people of certain districts within their state |
| Preamble (recite) | What are the 6 purposes of government? |
| 25 years old | Minimum age to be a Representative |
| Yes | Do Representatives and Senators have to be residents of the state they represent? |
| 7 years | How long is a Representative required to have been a U.S. citizen? |
| Population | Number of Representatives for a state is determined by this. |
| 435 | Total number in the House of Representatives |
| Speaker of the House | Presides over the House of Representatives |
| House of Representatives | Has the power to impeach a federal official for criminal conduct |
| 2 | Number of Senators in each state |
| 6 years | Length of a Senator's term |
| 30 years old | Minimum age to be a Senator |
| 9 years | How long is a Senator required to have been a U.S. citizen? |
| Vice-President | Serves as President of the Senate |
| Vice-President | Votes only to break a tie |
| President pro tempore | Serves in the absence of the Vice President |
| Senate | Tries all cases of impeachment |
| 2/3 vote | Percent of vote required to remove a federal official who has been impeached from office. |
| Congressional Elections | Held in even-numbered years on the first Tuesday in November |
| Congressmen | Who decides what Congressmen will be paid? |
| Congressional Immunity | protection from prosecution or arrest for what they say in Congress |
| House of Representatives | Where do bills for raising money originate? |
| It must pass the House and Senate and be approved by the President. | How does a bill become law? |
| 2/3 vote in both House and Senate | What is required to override the President's veto to make a bill become law? |
| checks and balances | balances the power between the different branches of government |
| Power to tax, borrow money, regulate trade, regulate immigration, control the nation's currency, set standard measurements, provide for postal services, issue copyrights and patents, establish federal courts, declare war | What are the 10 powers of Congress? |
| Elastic Clause | Grants Congress the power to make any law it finds necessary to carry out the expressed powers |
| writ of habeas corpus | gives an arrested person the right to a prompt appearance before a judge to determine if he is being held legally |
| bill of attainder | permits the punishment of a person without a trial (this power is denied to Congress) |
| Executive Branch | enforces the laws made by Congress |
| President | Head of the executive branch |
| 4 year term | Term length for President and Vice President |
| Electoral College | System in which each state gets a number of them equal to its number of senators and representatives |
| Electoral College | Votes for the President |
| Every 4 years | How often are presidential elections held? |
| natural born citizen, at least 35 years old, resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years | Requirements to be President |
| Vice-President | Succeeds the President in the event of his death or impeachment |
| Speaker of the House | Succeeds the Vice President |
| President pro tempore | Succeeds the Speaker of the House |
| The President | Commander and Chief in the armed forces. |
| President | Gives the State of the Union Address |
| State of the Union Address | A speech which informs congress of conditions of the nation, and also suggests needed legislation |
| Impeachment | removal from office for conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors |
| Judicial Branch | interprets the laws made by Congress |
| Supreme Court | Highest court in the land. It's decision is final. |
| President | appoints judges for federal courts with the approval of the senate. |
| Life | Length of federal judge's term |
| 2/3 vote of both houses | Percent of vote required to amend the constitution |
| No | Can a person's religious beliefs prevent him from holding public office? |
| Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments to the constitution |
| Freedom of Religion | Amendment 1 |
| No quartering of soldiers in private homes | Amendment 3 |
| No unreasonable searches of homes | Amendment 4 |
| Trial by jury | Amendment 5 |
| Gives states powers not delegated to Federal Government | Amendment 10 |
| Slavery is abolished | Amendment 13 |
| Prohibition of alcohol | Amendment 18 |
| Gave women the right to vote | Amendment 19 |
| Repealed 18th Amendment | Amendment 21 |
| Jay Treaty | Settled dispute with England over British forts |
| Bank of the United States | Set a gold standard and regulated private banks |
| Pinckney Treaty | Settled New World boundaries with Spain |
