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AP U.S. Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of legislature did the Constitution make? | Bicameral Legislature |
| How many Senators total in the Senate? | 100 |
| How long is a Senator's term? | 6 years |
| What out of three Senators run for reelection every 2 years? | 1/3 |
| How old at least must a person be to be a Senator? | 30 years old |
| How many Representatives total in the House? | 435 |
| What determines the # of representatives? | census |
| How long is a Rep.'s term? | 2 years |
| What type of committees are permanent committees? and the members in it are experts in their respective topic? | Standing committee |
| What type of committee is made up of the House & Senate, most are permanent committees. and have jurisdiction over matters involving both houses? | Joint committee |
| What types of committee is temporary and have limited purpose? | Select committee |
| What type of committee is temporary that comes to a compromise regarding a bill, which be appropriate to both Senate and house? | Conference committee |
| What model of representation shows member of Congress that takes into account the views of their constituents but acts on their judgement? | Trustee |
| What model of representation shows member of Congress that will listen and follow their constituents' preferences? | Delegate |
| What model of representation shows a member of Congress that follows the trustee model on issues their constituents don't care about. but follow the delegate model on issues they do? | Politico |
| What word defines no compromise can be made on an issue? | Gridlock |
| What word defines changing the boundaries of a district to favor a specific party? | Gerrymandering |
| What word defines the process of adjusting electoral districts? | Redistricting |
| How much of a vote from both houses can override a Presidential veto? | 2/3 |
| What type of veto is an indirect veto, where the president neither signs/vetoes the bill within 10 days, it won't be signed into law? | Pocket veto |
| What is the formal power of the President makes that's required ratification by a 2/3 senate majority? | Treaties |
| What is the informal power of the President that requires no Senate ratification? (For example: International agreement between the US and another nation) | Executive Agreement |
| What order does the President have which is an implied power allowing to make an order that carries the weight of the law, and doesn't have to be ratified from Congress, but can be declared unconstitutional from the Supreme Court? | Executive Order |
| What type of bureaucracy composed of the heads of the 15 executive departments and requires Congressional approval? | Cabinet |
| Who are the group of people that works for the President and doesn't require Congressional approval? | White House staffs |
| What federalist paper was written by Hamilton and argued for a strong, singular executive? | Federalist 70 |
| Which amendment changed for a President's term to be only two? | 22nd |
| Which article of the Constitution give power to Congress to create inferior courts (e.g. district courts)? | 3rd |
| Which case established judicial review by declaring a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional? | Marbury v. Madison |
| Which court is in the first level of the court system? (Each state has at least one) | District court |
| Which court is the second level of the court system that doesn't hold trials, but rather reviews laws? | Circuit courts of appeal |
| Which court is the highest level of the court system that's protected from Congress, reviews cases from state Supreme Courts and circuit courts? | Supreme Court |
| What's a legal decision that sets the rule for similar cases in the future? | Precedent |
| Latin: let the decision stand, What's a principle that a question once considered by a court and answered must elicit the same response each time the same issue is brought before the courts? | Stare Decisis |
| What's a role of a justice that defends individual rights and liberties, regardless if it's explicitly stated in the the Constitution or not, and removes laws that infringe on these rights? | Judicial Activism |
| What's a role of a justice that follow precedence and defer decisions regarding policy making to other branches and follows a narrow interpretatition of the Bill of Rights? | Judicial Restraint |
| what is the system of Administrations composed of non-elected officials and implement policies from other branches called? | Bureaucracy |
| What is government administration based on merit rather than patronage; nonpartisan called? | Civil Service |
| What is the relationship between congressional committees, federal bureaucrac, and interest groups called? | Iron Triangle |
| What is group of people, interest groups, and public official that rally around a specific issue/subject that they intend to support/defeat called? | Issue Network |
| What type of bureaucracy is an agency apart from the executive branch but independently run by commissions? | Independent Regulatory Agencies |
| What type of bureaucracy are government organizations that operate as a business and provide a service? | Government Corporation |
| What authority is bureaucracy's ability to determine what actions to take when implementing laws? | Discretionary authority |
| what ability of bureaucracy allows to create regulations regarding how organizations operate and forces states and corporations to follow rules as if they were law? | Rule-making authority |
| What branch accountability establishes agency's mission, controls funding, confirms presidential appointments, and conducts audits/ hold hearings? | Congressional Oversight |
| What branch accountability nominates agency directors, issue executive orders, and office of management and budges can control funding? | Executive Direction |
| What branch accountability support/overturn rules made by the bureaucracy? | Judicial Ruling |
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