Political Science 200
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answers
Actions practiced by individuals that engage in
civic and public life - answer tutoring,
volunteering, internet activism, voting,
fundraising, and electoral participation
Number of branches identified in U.S. Constitution
- answer Three (Legislative, Executive, Judicial)
The branch that interprets law - answer Judicial
Branch
2 European philosophers who influenced the U.S.
Constitution - answer John Locke and Jean-Jacques
Rousseau
Total number of Constitutional Amendments -
answer 27
Why did the framers of U.S Constitution create the
Electoral College to elect Presidents? - answer was
a compromise between the election of the
, President through a vote in congress and the
election of the President by popular vote of
qualified citizens
-need a majority of 270 votes to be elected
President
Minimum percentage of states required to ratify a
Constitutional Amendment - answer 3/4 of the
states (75%)
13th Amendment (1865) - answer abolished slavery
Due Process - answer the legal requirement that
the state must respect all legal rights that are
owed to a person - fair treatment, balances the
power of the law of the land and protects
individuals from it
Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment -
answer allows selective incorporation and ensures
that the state cannot enact laws that take away
constitutional rights from American citizens
Habeas Corpus - answer court order to a person or
agency holding someone in custody to deliver the
imprisoned individual to the court issuing the
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answers
Actions practiced by individuals that engage in
civic and public life - answer tutoring,
volunteering, internet activism, voting,
fundraising, and electoral participation
Number of branches identified in U.S. Constitution
- answer Three (Legislative, Executive, Judicial)
The branch that interprets law - answer Judicial
Branch
2 European philosophers who influenced the U.S.
Constitution - answer John Locke and Jean-Jacques
Rousseau
Total number of Constitutional Amendments -
answer 27
Why did the framers of U.S Constitution create the
Electoral College to elect Presidents? - answer was
a compromise between the election of the
, President through a vote in congress and the
election of the President by popular vote of
qualified citizens
-need a majority of 270 votes to be elected
President
Minimum percentage of states required to ratify a
Constitutional Amendment - answer 3/4 of the
states (75%)
13th Amendment (1865) - answer abolished slavery
Due Process - answer the legal requirement that
the state must respect all legal rights that are
owed to a person - fair treatment, balances the
power of the law of the land and protects
individuals from it
Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment -
answer allows selective incorporation and ensures
that the state cannot enact laws that take away
constitutional rights from American citizens
Habeas Corpus - answer court order to a person or
agency holding someone in custody to deliver the
imprisoned individual to the court issuing the
