American Constitutional Government
This established for the first time the principle that everyone, including the King, is subject to the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
Amendment that defines citizenship as all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The number of electoral votes needed to win the U.S. Presidency.
What is 270?
The basic economic problem where unlimited wants exceed limited resources.
What is scarcity?
The act of confirming or rejecting a judge appointment.
What is the Legislative Branch can checking the Judicial Branch.
This document served as the primary model for the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
The five freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
What are religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
The primary purpose of these groups is to raise and spend money to elect or defeat candidates.
What are Political Action Committees (PACs)?
The value of the next best alternative given up when making a choice.
What is opportunity cost?
The final step in both criminal and civil court proceedings.
What is the case may be appealed.
The Constitutional compromise that settled the debate between large and small states regarding representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
Required by law, such as paying taxes or serving on a jury.
What is a civic duty?
A person designated to observe the electoral process to ensure it is conducted fairly and legally.
What is a poll watcher?
A business organization that is authorized by law to act as a legal person regardless of the number of owners.
What is a corporation?
This lays out the federal court system's organization and jurisdiction.
What is the U.S. Constitution.
The constitutional principle where the national government is supreme, but powers are divided with the states.
What is Federalism?
Amendment that protects citizens from unreasonable government search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The effect where exposure to biased information leads to more extreme views and intolerance.
What is group polarization?
The system that acts as the nation's central bank and regulates the money supply.
What is the Federal Reserve System?
This branch interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch.
Federalist paper number that argued for a strong federal government to control the effects of factions.
What is Federalist No. 10?
The Supreme Court case that ensured a suspect's rights must be read before questioning.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The landmark case that ruled the government cannot limit corporate or union spending on political campaigns.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
The economic system where decision-making is left almost entirely to a centralized authority.
What is a command economy?
What is introduced, work in committees, Debated on the floor, refer to other chamber, sent to Governor.