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What is
How parties choose nominees
CONVENTION
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What is how many representatives will each state have in Congress
QUESTION ANSWERED BY THE COMPROMISES
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What is age requirement for president
35
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What is judicial review?
The power to declare a law unconstitutional
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What is the only two presidents to be impeached
Johnson and Clinton
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What is what a president may be impeached for
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
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What is the way to override a veto
2/3 OF BOTH HOUSES
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What is Four years
Presidential term limit
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What is the way you become a court justice?
Appointed by the President and approved by the Senate
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What is free people?
3 in the 3/5 Comprise
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What is how the number of electors in a state is determined
NUMBER SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
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What is age requirements for the House and Senate
25 and 30
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What are the heads of all the departments as a group
The Cabinet
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What is the Dred Scott decision
Denied that African Americans had rights
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What is established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
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What is when the elections are held
First Tuesday in November
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What is the term limits for
2 and 6
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What are the duties of the President?
Commander in Chief; appoints judges; makes treaties with other nations
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What is Brown v Board of Education?
Reversed Plessy v Fergusson
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What is separation of powers?
Dividing powers among three branches
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What is January 20
The date a president is inaugurated
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What is 18?
The number of representatives Illinois has in Congress
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What are the duties of the Vice President?
Presides over the Senate; votes in a tie; replaces the President
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What is the only way the Supreme Court can be checked
Amendment or reversal
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What is 435
The total number of representatives in Congress
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