electoral college
What will be an ideal response?
the body composed of electors from the 50 states who formally have the power to elect the president and vice president of the US. Each state has a # of electors and electoral votes equal to its number of senators and representatives in congress
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__________ serves as an informal check on the Texas governor's appointment powers.
A. Overlapping terms of board members B. The requirement of gaining approval of two-thirds of the senate C. The inability of a governor to remove a prior governor's appointees D. Senatorial courtesy
The secretary of defense under President Kennedy and the architect of the blockade option during the Cuban missile crisis was ____________________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The importance of the Great Compromise was that it
A. created a legislature similar in structure to that under the Articles of Confederation. B. established a single, "one-state, one-vote" formula under which all states would benefit. C. strengthened the power of larger states at the expense of smaller states. D. granted equal power to the three branches of the new central government. E. ensured support for a strong national government from small as well as large states.
In the case of Wyoming v. Houghton (1999), the Court narrowed the __________ when it held that police who have probable cause to search a vehicle may also search the personal possessions of the passengers
a. good faith rule b. exclusionary rule c. evidentiary rule – d. open search rule