RIGHTS
This is the age where a citizen is able to vote, register for the draft (assigned male at birth), and be called for Jury Duty
What is 18 years old
These two bodies make up the United States Congress?
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives
This term describes a system of communicating concerns to elected officials, often through phone calls, letters, emails, or social media interactions.
What is lobbying or constituent advocacy
This system used in the United States federal elections contributes to the complexity of ensuring every citizen's vote is equal, by granting each state a number of electors based on its congressional representation
What is the electoral college?
Who is the person with the most power in Germany?
The Chancellor
his clause in the Fourteenth Amendment has been used to apply most of the Bill of Rights to the states, ensuring equal protection under the law.
What is the Equal Protection Clause
This power allows the President to reject a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law?
What is a veto?
This process allows voters to remove an elected official from office before their term expires through a direct vote?
What is a recall election?
These efforts, including restrictive ID laws, reduced early voting days, and purging voter rolls, are aimed at limiting the ability of certain groups to participate in the electoral process
What is voter suppression?
How many Parties are in the current parliament?
7
What five rights from citizens are enshrined in the First Amendment?
What are the rights to freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
This concept ensures that the powers of government are divided among different branches to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power
What is the separation of powers
What type of Democracy is the United States where people speak on behalf of the American people?
Representative Democracy
This term describes efforts to manipulate electoral district boundaries to create an advantage for a particular political party?
What is gerrymandering
How much of the popular vote in % do you need to get into parliament?
5%
This principle protects individuals from being tried twice from the same offense, a right enshrined in this specific amendment?
What is double jeopardy, and what is the Fifth Amendment?
This principle of constitutional law holds that government power is limited by the law, and it was famously outlined by Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison (1803)
What is judicial review?
How many representatives in Congress does California have?
What is 54 representative: 52 in the House of Representatives and 2 in Sena
This term describes the increasing ideological divide between political parties, resulting in a lack of compromise and often leading to legislative gridlock
What is political polarization?
How many Parties are part of the current administration Administration?
3
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, acknowledging the right of younger citizens to participate in the electoral process
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment
These are the specific powers granted to Congress as outlined in Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution.
Enumerated powers
Citizens can directly influence legislation by creating, signing, or voting on these, which may lead to new laws or amendments at the state or local leve
Initiatives and referendums
This political approach aims to represent the interests of ordinary people, often contrasting “the people” against “The elite,” and has been various manifestations across the political spectrum in US history?
Populism
Who chooses the chancellor?
The administration