American Government and Politics
the set of beliefs, customs, traditions, and values that Americans share.
What is American political culture
a meeting attended by state delegates in 1787 to fix the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention
powers only the national government may exercise.
What are exclusive powers
What was the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in the McCulloch v. Maryland case?
What is in favor of McCulloch and the federal government, affirming Congress's power to establish a national bank and rejecting Maryland's right to tax it?
In what year did Congress pass the Gun Free School Zones Act (GFSZA)?
What is 1990?
the idea that the government’s right to rule comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty
the right of people detained by the government to know the charges against them.
What is the writ of habeas corpus
authority of the federal government that goes beyond its expressed powers; powers not granted specifically to the national government but considered necessary to carry out the enumerated powers.
What are implied powers
According to Chief Justice John Marshall, what clause of the U.S. Constitution allowed Congress to create the national bank?
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
What was the specific action that led to Alfonso Lopez Jr.'s arrest and subsequent trial?
What is possessing a gun at a Texas school?
a system in which the government’s authority comes from the people through their representatives.
What is republicanism
when the legislature declares someone guilty without a trial.
What is bill of attainder
grants Congress the authority to regulate interstate business and commercial activity.
What is the commerce clause
What principle did the Supreme Court assert in McCulloch v. Maryland regarding the relationship between federal and state laws?
What is the Supremacy Clause, stating that federal laws and the Constitution supersede state laws?
What was the definition of a "school zone" as per the Gun Free School Zones Act?
What is any area within 1,000 feet of a school?
rights the government cannot take away.
What are inalienable rights
a law punishing people for acts that were not crimes at the time they were committed.
What is ex post facto law
language in Article I, Section 8, granting Congress the powers necessary to carry out its enumerated powers.
What is necessary and proper or elastic clause
What were one reason why many states opposed the establishment of branches of the Second Bank of the United States within their borders? (There are 3, name one)
What is competition with state banks, perceived corruption among bank managers, and federal interference in state monetary policies?
What was the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in response to Alfonso Lopez Jr.'s appeal?
What is it agreed with Lopez and reversed his conviction?
social, political, and economic freedoms.
What is liberty?
a plan of government calling for a threebranch govern ment with a bicameral legislature, where more populous states would have more representation in Congress.
what is the Virginia Plan
constitutional provision declaring that the Constitution and all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land.
What is the supremacy clause
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution addresses the division of powers between the federal government and the states?
What is the Tenth Amendment?
What did the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rule regarding the Gun Free School Zones Act?
What is it exceeded Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause?