Presidential succession Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Civic Literacy Review 2024 Questions and Answers (Graded A) Electoral College - Answer-The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes. After an election a group of electors chosen by each state officially cast the electoral votes for their state to choose the President. Articles of Confederation - Answer-This document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolutionary War to create a national government. The new government was weak because states hel...

US and AZ Government Final Exam Study Guide Graded A+ Explain the purpose of the English Bill of rights and the magna carta. How were the documents similar? EBR- protect people's rights from the government MC- limited king's powers the british parliament was based on the ideas from these two ancient governments Roman- republic Greek- democrat What was the main weakness regarding the articles of conderation weakened central government what is social contract theory people must giv...

Federalism - Answer- A system in which the power to govern is shared between national and state governments Dual / Layer Cake Federalism - Answer- A system in which national and state governments are competitors with distinct powers. This system was prominent in the US from the during the 19th century until 1937. Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism - Answer- A system in which national and state government have shared or overlapping powers. FDR's New Deal legislation established this syst...

Civic Literacy: The Executive Branch fully solved 2023 passedelectoral college - correct answer A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president elector - correct answer member of the electoral college "winner take all" system - correct answer an electoral system in which the candidate for President that receives at least one more vote than any other candidate is granted all of the state's electoral votes 22nd amendment - correct answer Lim...

The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 - ANSWER-Ordered the racial desegregation of public schools A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be - ANSWER-engaging in prospective voting Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by - ANSWER-the House of Representatives A Democracy is - ANSWER-A form of government in which the people are the ultimate politic...

AMSCO AP Government & Politics (2018 Redesign) Chapter 4 Executive Branchambassadors - correct answers official representatives to foreign governments bully pulpit - correct answers a brightly lit stage to pitch ideas to the American people Cabinet - correct answers the principal officers in each of the executive departments chief of staff - correct answers responsible for the smooth operation of the White House and the swift and accurate flow of business, paper, and information comm...

UGA US/GA Constitution Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ the presiding officer of the state senate specified by the GA constitution is the lieutenant governor what was the lieutenant governor's duty proposed by Marvin Griffin? to appoint chairmen to the senate committees with governor's approval consolidation starts... through passage of an act in general assembly, approved by majority of voters in affected counties sovereign immunity legal doctrine where a state cannot commit a legal wr...

Federalism - Answer- A system in which the power to govern is shared between national and state governments Dual / Layer Cake Federalism - Answer- A system in which national and state governments are competitors with distinct powers. This system was prominent in the US during the 19th century. Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism - Answer- A system in which national and state government have shared or overlapping powers. FDR's New Deal legislation established this system in the US. Reg...

Gibbons versus Ogden - Answer- (1824) control trade with other states (interstate commerce) Marbury versus Madison - Answer- Established judicial review Brown versus board of education - Answer- 1954 refuted "seperate but equal", school board. Paved way for segregation. Miranda versus Arizona - Answer- Must be read rights before arrest Baker versus Carr - Answer- One person, one vote Bowers versus hardwick - Answer- Right to privacy (homosexuality) Roe versus wade - Answer- R...

The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 - Answer- Ordered the racial desegregation of public schools A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be - Answer-engaging in prospective voting Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by - Answer-the House of Representatives A Democracy is - Answer-A form of government in which the people are the ultimate political...