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      what features guard against concentrating the government power in hands of a few    începe să înveți
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      1) the federal organization of government 2) the separation of powers among different branches of government 3) system of checks and balances to restrict the powers of each branch   
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      -criminal justice system -public schools -marriage/divorce law   
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      power which the federal and state government share (examples)    începe să înveți
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      concurrent powers (tax, set up courts, charter banka)   
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      three branches of power in US    începe să înveți
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      legislative, executive, judicial   
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      legsilative branch function and what is it made up    începe să înveți
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      1. making law 2. it is made up of representatives elected to Congress   
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      it is comprised of 2 groups called houses: the House of Representatives (the House), the Senate   
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      What determines the number of representatives in the House?    începe să înveți
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      the number of districts in each state   
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      how a bill becomes a law?    începe să înveți
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      each house of Congress can initiate legislation: introducing of a 'bill' -> appropriate committee (specialisation in particular area e. g foreign affairs, defens, banking, agriculture -> the Senate or the House where it was first introduced --> the debate, voting -> if it passes it goes to the other house (it goes through the same process)-> the S. may reject a bill-> conference committee (members of both houses tries to work out a compromise) -> (if both sides agree)->bill goes to the President   
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      executive branch (who is and the function)    începe să înveți
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      1. administering the laws passed by congress 2. the President elected to a four-year term (can be re-elected once);   
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      the vice-president duties    începe să înveți
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      -constitutional duties -presiding over the Senate (can vote only in a the event of tie) -assuming the presidency if the president dies or becomes disabled   
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      powers of the President (4)    începe să înveți
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      -appointing secretaries of the major departments that make up the president's cabinet -representing country abroad -appoining foreign ambassadors -making treaties with other nations   
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      Judical branch (function; authority)    începe să înveți
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      1. determing if laws of Congress/actions of the President violate the Constitution 2. Supreme Court (state and federal courts)   
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      The Congress (House-Senate) --> The Supreme Court of US    începe să înveți
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      -changing laws -initating a constitutional amendment -creating whole new court system   
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      The Supreme Court of US --> The Congress (House-Senate)    începe să înveți
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      the Court can declare laws unconstitutional   
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      The Supreme Court of US--> The President    începe să înveți
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      -can declare presidental acts unconstitutional -can impeach the President   
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      The President --> The Supreme Court of US    începe să înveți
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      The President --> The Congress    începe să înveți
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      -can veto congressional legislation -may propose legislation to COngress   
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      The Congress --> the President    începe să înveți
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      -approving presidental appointments -can pass laws over president's veto -can impeach and remove the P. from office   
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      the ways of political participation if citizens    începe să înveți
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      -writing letters to authorities -circulating petitions   
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      presidency Ronald Reagen (R) George Bush (R) Bill Clinton (D) George W. Bush (R) Barack Obama (D)    începe să înveți
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      1981-89 1989-93 1993-2000 2000-2008 2008-2016   
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      13 major departments in executive branch    începe să înveți
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      the Department of State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Service, Housing and Urban Development, Transportion, Energy, Education   
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