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Media Literacy

the ability to critically analyze stories presented in the mass media and to determine their accuracy or credibility.

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Fake News

Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news.

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Issue that originally angered colonist

Taxation

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Founding Father

a person who starts or helps to start a movement or institution. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison.

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Dec of Independence

the founding document of the United States, was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.

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Father of the constitution

James Madison

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Great Compromise

provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.

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Federalist vs. Anti federalist

Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic were known as Federalists. Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government were known as Anti-Federalists.

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Supreme court power

the Court's task is to interpret the meaning of a law, to decide whether a law is relevant to a particular set of facts, or to rule on how a law should be applied. Chief of Justice is John Roberts

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Limited Government

In political philosophy, limited government is the concept of a government limited in power. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism.

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Checks and Balances

An organization or system is regulated by counterbalancing forces, usually those preventing the concentration of political power in the hands of a few people or organizations.

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Popular Sovereignty

Government based on consent of the people. US, Canada and Mexico

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Federalism

Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.

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Separation of powers

an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.

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Judicial Review

the Court's authority to deem a legislative or executive action unconstitutional

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US Census

The census tells us who we are and where we are going as a nation, and helps our communities determine where to build everything from schools to supermarkets, and from homes to hospitals. It helps the government decide how to distribute funds and assistance to states and localities.

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Electoral College

Although the phrase "Electoral College" does not appear in the U.S. Constitution, it is how we refer to the procedure by which the United States elects the President. The President and Vice President are chosen by the States, which also include the District of Columbia only for this procedure.

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Duties of the House of representatives

As per the Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress's two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government's legislative branch.

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Duties of the senate

The Senate is the only body with the authority to give advice and consent to treaty ratification and to approve presidential appointments that call for it. However, there are two exceptions to this rule: any treaty involving international trade and the approval of Vice President nominees by the House.

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Incumbency

the time during which a person holds an office or position.

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Article 6

Supremacy Claus, The Constitution and federal laws (of the types listed in the first part of the Clause) take priority over any conflicting rules of state law.

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Article 3

Judicial Branch interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases. No age requirement and you are there for life.

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Article 2

Executive, they enforce the law. Is the president and it Must be born in the US and 35 years old. 4 year term can run 2 times.

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Article 1

The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.

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Powers of the president

The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.

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Powers of congress

The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to enact legislation and declare war, the right to confirm or reject many Presidential appointments, and substantial investigative powers.

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Qualifications for congress

The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election.

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Qualifications for president

the President must be at least 35 years of age, be a natural born citizen, and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.

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Qualifications for supreme court

The Constitution does not specify qualifications for Justices such as age, education, profession, or native-born citizenship. A Justice does not have to be a lawyer or a law school graduate, but all Justices have been trained in the law.

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Judicial Review

the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution

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How a bill becomes a law

A bill becomes law if signed by the President or if not signed within 10 days and Congress is in session. If Congress adjourns before the 10 days and the President has not signed the bill then it does not become law ("Pocket Veto.")

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Order of succession

the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position.

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Writ of certiorari

This is a request that the Supreme Court order a lower court to send up the record of the case for review.

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President

Joe Biden

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Vice President

Kamala Harris

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Illinois Senators

Dick Durbun and Tammy Duckworth

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Speaker of the house

Nancy Pelosi

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Majority leader of the senate

Charles E. Schumer

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Chief justice of the supreme court

Mary Jane Theis

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Governor of Illinois

J.B Pritzker

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Mayor of Chicago

Lori Lightfoot

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Recently Appointed justices to the supreme court

  • Neil Gorsuch,

  • Brett Kavanaugh

  • Amy Coney Barrett

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Judicial Branch duties and requirements

decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws

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Amendments

  • Amendment I. Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly. ...

  • Amendment II. Right to bear arms. ...

  • Amendment III. Quartering of soldiers. ...

  • Amendment IV. Search and arrest. ...

  • Amendment V. Rights in criminal cases. ...

  • Amendment VI. Right to a fair trial. ...

  • Amendment VII. Rights in civil cases. ...

  • Amendment VIII. Bail, fines, punishment

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