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1 Name: Period: EOC Study Guide 1. The Upper Chamber is called what? 2. The Lower Chamber is called what? 3. The U.S. Congress is divided into two chambers, so it is what type of legislature. 4. Members of the House of Representatives serve for how many years? 5. Members of the Senate serve for how many years? 6. How many Senators are elected from each state? 7. What determines the number of House members from each state? 8. The person in charge of the majority party in the House is called what? 9. Who (title) is the President of the Senate? 10. What is the title of the person who takes over the Senate when the President of the Senate is missing? 11. What title is used for the assistant leader for both the majority and minority leaders in both Houses? 12. What determines who gets on powerful committees? 13. Congressional powers spelled out in the Constitution are called what? 14. What type of Congressional powers arise out of the necessary and proper clause? 15. Impeachment is an example of what type of power? 16. Congress cannot pass laws that punish a person without a trial, known as what? 17. Laws that declare an action as illegal being used to punish a person that committed the act before it was made illegal. (prohibited) 18. Talking a Bill to death in the Senate is called what? 19. An Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that begins in the Congress must pass both houses with what majority at a minimum? 20. All spending bills must begin where? 21. For a Bill to reach the President, how much difference can there be between the House and Senate versions? 22. Who is the chief diplomat of the United States? 23. What is the current salary of the President of the United States? 24. Who approves the treaties the President negotiates? 25. How many years is one Presidential term? 26. What is the maximum number of years a person can be President of the United States? 27. What is the maximum number or terms a person can be elected to the Presidency? 28. Who approves Presidential appointments to seat Federal Judges? 29. What is it called when the President officially forbids a bill passed by Congress? 30. What title goes with the Presidency that means he is in charge of the US military? 31. When something happens to the President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House, who is next in line? 32. The actions a government makes to solve problems in a community. 33. What type of power is administering elections? 34. What type of power is levying taxes?

2 35. What type of power is the regulation of interstate commerce? 36. What type of power is the declaration of war? 37. Rule by a King or Queen with an elected legislature. 38. Representatives make decisions 39. Obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, serve on juries 40. The spread of culture. 41. Separation of Powers 42. Rule by one person 43. The government owns all the businesses command economy 44. Oligarchy 45. was the period of time in Europe, following the Renaissance, during which there was an explosion in scientific knowledge and political thinking. 46. is the term for the leaders of the American Revolution who wrote the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. 47. Which political philosopher inspired the reference in the Declaration of Independence to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? 48. was the philosopher who felt that government powers should be separated (into branches) to prevent any part from becoming too powerful. 49. was a pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonists to rebel against England. 50. was written as a final response to British Acts (Coercive Acts, Tea Act, etc.) and fighting at Lexington and Concord. It referenced the Laws of Nature and unalienable rights. 51. The (Colonies) had a cold climate and rocky soils, making large scale farming difficult. They specialized in logging, ship building, fishing, and fur trading. 52. The (Colonies) had a warm climate and specialized in the large scale production and trade of agricultural products. 53. The (Colonies) had climate and soils that made the production of cash crops easy, and their natural resources resulted in mining, ironworks, and industry. 54. What English document established the principle and precedent of limited government in English law? 55. All citizens vote on all issues 56. Method of becoming a citizen 57. established the right to a fair trial and required Parliamentary approval of taxes, moving England toward a Constitutional Monarchy. 58. was the government (direct democracy) established by the Pilgrims. 59. Which amendment protects persons from double jeopardy 60. Which amendment protects the rights of states? 61. Which amendment protects individuals from unreasonable searches? 62. Which amendment is about the right to bear arms? 63. Which amendment provides for the following freedoms: speech, religion, press, assembly, petition? 64. Which amendment guarantees that all people will be treated fairly under the law throughout the U.S..? It was originally intended to protect the rights of freed slaves. 65. Which amendment gave women the right to vote? 66. The seventh amendment guarantees what? 67. Who won the right to vote first, women or freed male slaves? 68. How old do you have to be to vote? 69. Testifying against yourself is called what? 70. What kept minorities from voting (outlawed by the 24th amendment)? 71. What is the term for being forced to keep soldiers in your home? 72. What is the taking of private land for the public good?

3 73. What group wanted a strong unifying national government? 74. What group insisted the Constitution include a Bill of Rights because they did not trust the government? 75. Government officials are subject to the same laws as citizens 76. What part of the Constitution safeguards individual freedoms? 77. What type of powers belong only to the states? 78. What type of powers belong only to the US government? 79. What principle guarantees that each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches of government? 80. What powers belong to both the US government and state governments? 81. What is the supreme law of the land? 82. Type of jurisdiction that only gives authority to federal courts to hear cases. 83. Type of jurisdiction that give authority to both state and federal courts to hear cases. 84. Type of jurisdiction that give authority to hear cases for the first time. 85. Type of jurisdiction that give authority to to hear a case appealed from a lower court. 86. Opinion that is a statement written by a justice who disagrees with the major opinion, presenting his or her opinion. 87. Opinion when the Supreme Court rules on a case in which all justices agree on the ruling. 88. The U.S Supreme Court may declare laws passed by Congress to be unconstitutional, a process called what? 89. How many Justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? 90. Federal judges and Justices serve for how many years? 91. What is the process that begins removal of a Federal Judge or Justice called? 92. Who approves Federal Judge appointed by the President? 93. What type of court is the first U.S/Federal Court to usually hear a case? 94. Other than a judge, name another Federal official who works in a courtroom. 95. What term is used to indicate the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) wants the lower court s decision to stand? 96. What term is applied to a petition/request for a lower court to send it s court records to SCOTUS? What is the main outcome of the following cases? 97. Marbury v Madison: 98. Plessy v Ferguson: 99. Gideon v. Wainwright: 100. Miranda v. Arizona: 101. Dred Scott v. Sandford: 102. Tinker v, DesMoines: 103. Bush v. Gore: 104. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir: 105. in re Gault: 106. Brown v. Board: 107. US v. Nixon:

4 Define the following terms or concepts common law 109. precedent 110. statute 111. lawsuit 112. constitutional law 113. case law 114. administration law 115. writ of habeas corpus 116. bill of attainder 117. ex post facto laws 118. due process 119. search warrant 120. exclusionary rule 121. Miranda Warning 122. Double jeopardy 123. bail 124. contract 125. tort 126. negligence 127. plaintiff 128. defendant 129. complaint 130. damages 131. summons 132. discovery 133. crime 134. penal code 135. misdemeanor 136. felony 137. sentences 138. prosecution 139. plea bargaining 140. cross-examination 141. rehabilitate 142. juvenile delinquent 143. delinquent offender 144. status offender 145. custody 146. political parties 147. two-party system 148. third party 149. platform 150. stress 151. promote 152. national committee 153. caucus 154. precinct 155. political machine 156. direct primary 157. closed primary

5 158. open primary 159. adjacent 160. suffrage 161. register 162. polling place 163. ballot 164. voter turnout rate 165. apathy 166. principle th amendment th amendment rd amendment th amendment th Amendment Congressional Act 173. Civil Rights Act Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Voting Rights Act 1970