What is the difference between representative and direct democracy?
Representative = elect people to represent us in government
Direct = vote on every issue ourselves
100
How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
27
100
What is the name for powers specifically given to one of the branches of government?
Enumerated
Delegated
Expressed
100
What is the name of the ideology that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity?
Liberal
100
What section of the country has experienced the fastest population growth in the past two decades?
Sunbelt
200
What governing document was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789?
The Articles of Confederation
200
What do we call it when the presidency is controlled by one party and the legislature by another?
Divided government
200
What is a formula grant?
money from the federal government that a state would get if it meets the formula required
200
What is the name of the ideology that limited government ensures order, competitive markets and personal opportunity?
Conservative
200
What ethnic group is the largest minority group in the U.S. today?
Hispanics
300
What state was the compromise that led to a bicameral legislature named after?
Connecticut Compromise
300
Name two checks the legislature has over the executive branch?
Hearings
impeachment
purse
veto override
300
What precedent did McCulloch v. Maryland set? 2 things
National supremacy
Implied Powers
300
The gender gap refers to what fact about political behavior?
women tend to support democratic candidates
300
What are two ways that younger Americans differ from older Americans in their political beliefs and habits?
Don't vote
less informed
more liberal
400
What compromise accommodated concerns over how to count slaves for apportionment?
3/5s Compromise
400
What was the precedent set in Marbury v. Madison?
Judicial Review
400
Give an example of two concurrent powers.
taxing
making laws
providing for the general welfare
courts
policing
400
What are three sources of political socialization?
Family
education
religion
geography
Media
400
The US is predicted to have a minority majority population by 2050. What does this mean?
a majority of the population will be made up of minority people
500
In the battle over Constitutional ratification, what group argued for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights?
Anti-federalists
500
What portion of the states does it take to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?
3/4s
500
What are two court cases that expanded the commerce clause and what is one court case that restrained the federal government's power under the commerce clause?
Gibbons v. Ogden
Wickard v. Filburn
US v. Lopez
US v. Morrison
Printz v. US
500
The belief that ultimate power resides in the people is known as what?