SC Cases
The court case that protected the right to symbolic speech in this case, flag burning.
What is Texas vs Johnson.
The executive branch uses this to check the legislative branch
What is a veto
When a bill in congress adjourns before the bill is signed or becomes a law, thus killing the bill
What is a pocket veto
This government program takes up the majority of the federal budget, is used to support retired people
What is Social Security
Served as the catalyst for the Gay Liberation Movement
What were the Stonewall Riots
The case that allowed women to choose to have an abortion or not
What is Roe v. Wade
How the judicial branches check the other branches
Judicial review
Supporting one another's legislation in Congress is known as
What is logrolling
The government agency collects and sorts taxes
What is the IRS
This U.S. Constitutional Amendment outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment
The case that led to the integration of public schools
What is Brown v. BOE
What branch of government was viewed by the framers of the Constitution as the center of policy making in the United States
What is congress?
In this institution, electors were selected by states and "directed" by the popular vote to select a president
What is electoral college
When submitting budget requests, executive agencies submit these proposals to this person
What is the President
This goal of NOW was to pass this amendment (which did not pass) which would have women "equal " to men
What is the Equal Rights Amendment
Case considered one of the worst decisions in Supreme Court history and helped spark the civil war. Known as 'Separate but equal"
What is Plessy v Ferguson
Which committee in the House sets conditions for debate and amendments?
What is the Rules Committee
Congressional oversight hearings typically take place through this venue
What is the committee and subcommittee meetings
A type of legislation that provides funding for local projects that are intended to benefit constituents
What is pork barrel legislation
Plessy v Ferguson is an example of this type of discrimination/segregation
What is de jure discrimination
Led to establishment of judicial review
What is Marbury v Madison
The term used for the relationship between the federal bureaucracy, congressional committees, and lobbyists
What is an iron triangle
This is the purpose of a filibuster
What is to delay or kill a bill
The maximum amount of debt that a government agrees to take on
What is a debt ceiling
This type of segregation is seen in the north, caused by the result of residential segregation, preferred living patterns, and informal social sources
What is de facto segregation