1. Know the qualifications and terms of each of the following Legislative, executive, judicial

2. Legislature  House of representatives  Age 25  Resident of district  Citizen for 7 yrs  Term 2 years  Leader- Speaker of House  Total 435 members  Senate  Age 30  Resident of state  Citizen for 9 yrs  Term 6 yrs  Leader- Vice president  Total 100 members

3. Executive  President  Age 35  Resident 14 years  Natural born citizen  Term 4 years  Maximum 2 terms or 10 years

4. Judicial  No age requirements  Term for life

5. Duties legislature  Make laws necessary for government  Override presidents veto  Makes laws controlling trade between states and between the United States and other countries.  Raises and supports armed forces  Approves treaties  Approves the making of money.  Can declare war on other countries

6. Duties executive  Carry out or enforce the laws  Proposes laws  Can veto laws  Negotiate foreign treaties  Commander and chief of armed forces  Appoints ambassadors, federal judges and other high officials

7. Duties judicial  Review the laws Interprets the law  Can declare laws unconstitutional  Can declare executive actions unconstitutional  JURISDICTION  Appellate  Original

8. How a bill becomes a law Then It goes to a committee

9. Amending the Constitution

11. terms  Federalism- division of power between state and federal government  Republicanism- representative form of government  Constituents- citizens that are being representative  Appropriates-set aside money

12.  Impeach- accuse of wrongdoing  Revenue- money  Treason- crimes against one’s country  Warrant-document allowing legal search  Majority- more than half

13.  Checks and balances- Each branch of government can check the power of the other two to insure no branch becomes too powerful

14. Key Amendments  1 st - freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition  2 nd -right to bear arms  4 th – search and seizure  5 th -rights of the accused  8 th -cruel and unusual punishment  13,14,15- civil war amendments ended slavery, defined citizenship and voting

15.  16 th - income tax  19 th woman’s suffrage

16. Marbury Vs Madison  Defined the duty of the Supreme court as Judicial review when Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that a law passed by congress was unconstitutional