Unit 4 The Political System in the United

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1、Unit4ThePoliticalSystemintheUnitedStatesTheArticlesoftheConfederation,1781,theUnitedStateswasofficiallyfounded.Shay’sRebellion1787-TheConstitutionConventionConstitutionConstitution:setupafederalsystemwithastrongcentralgovernment.afederalsystem(p65)ThemakingoftheUSConstitution(

2、p65)Billofrights:1791thetenamendmentsaddedtotheConstitution,guaranteeingthefreedomsofthebasicrightsandprivilegesofcitizens.LegislativeBranchCongressconsistsoftwohouses:makelaws435representatives+6non-votingmembersThepresidingofficeroftheHouseisthespeaker,CapitolHill国会大厦inthece

3、nteroftheDistrictofColumbiaHouseofRepresentativesUSSenateWithsomedegreeofvariation,mostU.SSenatorsareexceedinglywealthycomparedtothatofthepublic.Lobbies(p56/3)ExecutiveBranch(p65)JudicialBranchTheSupremeCourt:federaljudgesappointedforlifeNinejudges11federalcourts,91federaldist

4、rictcourtsChecksandbalances.BillofRights:1791amendmentstotheConstitution1st:Freedomofreligion,ofspeech,ofthepress,toassemble,27thVarianceofcongressionalcompensation(September25,1789)May7,1992PoliticalPartiesDemocraticparty:donkeyRepublicanpartyin1850s,bystatesoftheNorthandWest