Politics of the United States Questions

What "checks" does the president have on the judiciary?

States got to keep their power and independenceNo government telling the states what to doCongress could declare war and create a militaryCongress could sign treatiesCongress could pass a law if 9 states agreed

Congress couldn't enforce lawsCongress couldn't collect taxesCongress couldn't pay the militaryThe Articles could only be changed if ALL states states agreedCongress couldn't regulate trade

Daniel Shays organized an uprisingHe and 1,000 other supporters attacked courthouses and prevented the state from seizing farms

Said that every slave would count as three- fifths of a vote/person

Set up the system for settling the territoryThe land would be surveyed and set up into townshipsEach township would be divided into 36 sections of one square mile each (640 acres)Congress would sell this land for income for the government

Federalists- said it was impossible to name all the rights of the human person

It has to be ratified2 ways:Approved by 3/4ths of the state legislaturesMay be approved by special conventions in 3/4ths of the states

2/3rds of the House and the Senate have to agree to propose an amendment

Set up a government for the Northwest TerritoryGuaranteed basic rights to settlers and outlawed slaveryEstablished the policy that new territory should not be added to existing states, but should be admitted as new states

(Vocab)release from the punishment or legal consequences of a crime, by the President (in a federal case) or a governor (in a State case)

Which president set the example for setting the two-term limit before the ratification of the 22nd Amendment?

(Vocab)power of the President to issue executive orders; originates from the Constitution and acts of Congress

(Vocab)an official postponement of the execution of a sentence

Who negotiates the treaties without them being made/ before going to the senate for approval?

Which Presidential Role is this:The term for the President as the ceremonial head of the United States, the symbol of all the people of the nation.

What is time spent out campaigning for a second term?

Which Presidential Role is this:The leader of the political party controlling the executive branch.

Which Article establishes the VP?

(Vocab)the scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled