American Democracy
The kind of government the United States has.
What is representative democracy?
In terms of age, the US Constitution is ______ compared to other countries' constitutions.
What is old?
The kind of federalism that is like marble cake, where federal, state, and local governments work together.
What is cooperative federalism?
This party is the party of civil rights.
What is the Democratic Party?
This is how civil liberties are different from civil rights.
What is because they are well protected when government does nothing?
The democratic principle that says everyone should matter equally in making political decisions.
What is political equality?
In terms of length, the US Constitution is ______ compared to other countries' constitutions.
What is short?
This is one disadvantage of federalism.
What is: Difficult to solve national problems; Threat to national unity; Duplication & inefficiency; a Race to the bottom; the Tyranny of local majorities?
These are the two main elements of the social and political order of white supremacy known as Jim Crow that reigned in the South between 1870 and 1970.
What is segregation and disenfranchisement?
This body determines what rights you as an American have--or, technically, five members of it do.
What is the US Supreme Court?
Democracy in the world today is ___________.
What is in decline?
This outline, written by James Madison, helped guide discussion at the Constitutional Convention and proposed apportioning representation according to population.
What is the Virginia plan?
The way the relationship between the federal government and the state governments has changed over the course of American history.
What is the federal government has gotten more powerful?
This legislation passed by Congress in 1964 banned discrimination in employment and in public accommodations like stores, restaurants, and hotels.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This 1965 Supreme Court case established that Americans have a constitutionally protected right to privacy.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
The principle that says governments must operate according to publicly known, regular rules.
What is the rule of law?
This was the first constitution of the United States of America.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The growth of a national industrial economy.
What is the main cause of the increase of federal power?
This major change in where Black people lived enabled them to vote and sparked competition between the political parties for their votes.
What is the Great Migration?
The process of extending the protections of the Bill of Rights to cover the actions and laws of state governments.
What is (selective) incorporation?
The democratic principle that says everyone deserves a say in government.
What is universal suffrage?
In terms of how easy or difficult it is to change, the US Constitution is __________ compared to other countries' constitutions.
What is difficult to change?
The principle that decisions should be made as close to those impacted by them as possible.
What is subsidiarity?
This 2013 Supreme Court case struck down part of the Voting Rights Act, unleashing a wave of vote suppression legislation across the country.
What is Shelby County v. Holder?
The amendment that says Americans have rights that are protected by the Constitution but aren't written down.
What is the Ninth Amendment?