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UNIT THREE - STUDY GUIDE

1) House v. Senate – a) length of terms; b) size & # per state; c) qualifications for office;

d) presiding officers (names & parties) – Speaker of the House/President of the Senate/

President pro tempore of the Senate/Senate Majority Leader; e) who represents Oak Park

in each house? (names & parties).

2) Bicameralism – why? (3 reasons).

3) Why is the Senate considered a “continuous body”?

4) Reapportionment – a) what?; b) why?; c) when?

5) Redistricting – a) what is it?; b) who does it?; c) gerrymandering?; d) Wesberry v. Sanders (1964).

6) Profile of the “typical” member of Congress (race, gender, age, religion, education, marital status, wealth).

7) Voting options for lawmakers – a) trustees; b) delegates; c) partisans; d) politicos.

8) Expressed (enumerated) Powers – a) definition; b) examples.

9) Implied Powers – a) definition; b) examples.

10) Necessary and Proper Clause – a) what does it say?; b) what does it let Congress do?

c) what is its nickname & why?

11) Strict v. Liberal Construction – a) strict constructionist argument; b) liberal constructionist argument.

12) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) – a) use of implied powers; b) link to expressed powers;

c) John Marshall’s decision; d) importance of the decision.

13) Non-legislative powers of Congress – a) amendment; b) electoral; c) impeachment; d) executive.

14) Standing Committees/sub-committees – a) what?; b) why?; c) “pigeonholed”; d) discharge petition.

15) House Rules Committee – a) nickname; b) three main powers.

16) Senate Majority Leader – a) what does he do? b) differences from the House Rules Committee.

17) Debate in the Senate – a) filibuster; b) cloture.

18) # of votes required to pass a bill in each house.

19) Conference committee – a) when?; b) purpose?; c) nickname?

20) President's options with regards to a bill – a) sign; b) veto; c) ignore & let pass; d) pocket veto.

21) Presidential Roles (6) – a) definitions; b) Trump example for each role.

22) Qualifications (3) for offices of pres. & vice-pres.

23) President’s term – a) “No third term" tradition; b) FDR; c) 22nd Amendment.

24) 25th Amendment – a) presidential vacancy; b) V.P. vacancy; c) presidential disability.

25) Presidential Succession Act of 1947 – a) purpose?; b) who’s on the list?

26) Presidential primary elections – a) when held?; b) purpose?

27) National political party conventions – three main things done there.

28) 12th Amendment – a) how did it change the Electoral College system?; b) why?

29) Electoral College today – a) # of electors per state; b) total # of electors; c) 23rd Amendment;

d) # needed to win; e) who chooses electors?; f) what exactly happens if no candidate wins

a majority of the electoral votes?; g) 3 major defects; h) most popular reform idea;

i) why will it never happen?

30) Executive powers – a) who does the president appoint; b) how are appointments approved?

c) who can the president remove and who can’t he?.

31) Diplomatic powers – a) what is the power of recognition?; b) who makes treaties and

how are they approved?

32) Military powers – a) what is undeclared war-making and how common is it?;

b) 3 parts of War Powers Resolution.

33) Legislative powers – a) what is the power to recommend?; b) what is a line-item veto?

c) why was it disallowed in Clinton v. NYC (1998)?

34) Judicial powers – a) pardon; b) amnesty; c) reprieve; d) commutation.

35) Cabinet – a) origins; b) selection of cabinet members; c) two main duties.

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