Which branch does it belong to?
Queens Village Judge
Does this person belong to the legislative, executive, or judicial branch?
Judicial Branch
Declaring War
Does this belong to the federal government, state government, or is it shared between both of them?
Federal Government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
America's first government
What were the names of the first two political parties in America?
The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans
Who has the power in a democracy?
The people
Senator Chuck Schumer
Does this person belong to the legislative, executive, or judicial branch?
Legislative Branch
Establishing police
Does this belong to the federal government, state government, or is it shared between both of them?
State Government
What is the name of the government that replaced the Articles of Confederation?
The Constitution
Who were the two people in charge of the Federalist Party, and the two people in charge of the Democratic-Republicans?
Federalists - John Adams and Alexander Hamilton
Democratic-Republicans - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
What is the name of a democracy in which everyone gets one vote each, and we all get to vote on every law ourselves?
Direct Democracy
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Does this person belong to the legislative, executive, or judicial branch?
Judicial Branch
Establishing Schools
Does this belong to the federal government, state government, or is it shared between both of them?
State Government
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
Why did Thomas Jefferson dislike Hamilton's national bank?
The power to make a national bank wasn't written in the constitution.
What is the name of a democracy in which we elect state officials to make decisions for us?
Representatice democracy
Mayor Eric Adams
Does this person belong to the legislative, executive, or judicial branch?
Executive Branch
Regulating the mail
Does this belong to the federal government, state government, or is it shared between both of them?
Federal Government
What was the Great Compromise?
Made two chambers in Congress: The Senate and House of Representatives
Chief Justice John Marshall stated that the right to create a national bank was not written in the Constitution, but the federal government had the implied power to make one. What is an "implied power"?
Implied powers are political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution.
Even though implied powers are not written, it would make sense for the government to have that power, so they should.
What is the name of the system that we use in America to indirectly elect a president?
The Electoral College
The Cabinet
Do these people belong to the legislative, executive, or judicial branch?
Executive Branch
Claiming Private Property for Public Use
Does this belong to the federal government, state government, or is it shared between both of them?
Shared Power
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Made slaves count as three-fifths of a person for population and taxation purposes in the House of Representatives.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts. What does it mean when a state "nullifies" a law?
This was an example of federalism at work. The states were checking and balancing the federal government.
When we call a country a "republic", which type of democracy are we calling it?
a) Direct Democracy
b) Representative Democracy
c) Anarchist Democracy
d) Pure Democracy
Representative Democracy