Key Documents
When was the Constitution ratified?
This document was ratified on June 21, 1788.
What is a mandate?
A mandate is an official order from the government to do something.
Name 3 political parties.
Democrats, Republicans, Green Party etc.
What was the first form of government after the U.S gained freedom from Britain?
The Articles of Confederation.
What is Political Socialization?
Process by which individuals learn and frequently internalize a political lens which creates their beliefs.
What does the first amendment of the Bill of Rights talk about?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
If a state wants doesn't have a speed limit, but wants money for new roads, that state must set a speed limit per the government to earn that grant.
What are the two main political parties?
Republicans and Democrats.
What is the Continental Congress?
It is the group of officials for each one of the 13 colonies that met in the beginning of our country's start to create the new government.
What are some factors that can influence the way someone votes?
Gender, age, income, race, culture and religion.
What was the main point of Brutus 1?
Federal power was bad and that the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
States within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."
What is the Democratic belief on abortions?
Democrats believe that women should be able to have total control over their own body and that the government cannot tell them what to do with it. They have the right to an abortion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
What is the difference between a sociological and psychological voting factor?
A sociological are things such as age, gender, race, etc. and psychological is the party you identify with, straight ticket voting and split ticket voting.
Which amendments expanded voting rights?
24th and 26th Amendments.
What are the different types of grants?
Categorical and Block grants.
Why is there so much fire between the Democrats and the Republicans?
These two parties are polar opposites.
What were some issues in the Articles of Confederation?
Congress could not raise funds, regulate trade, or conduct foreign policy without the voluntary agreement of the states.
What is the typical Liberal like?
Lower income, works in manual labor, no college degree, has the female vote, younger, Catholic/Jewish, big cities.
Who wrote Federalist 10?
James Madison
Extradition is an action wherein one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other's law enforcement. It
What is the Republican belief about gun control?
Americans have the right to protect themselves and have the 2nd amendment right to bear arms.
What influence did the Articles of Confederation have on the Constitution?
It led to the creation of a stronger federal government to keep all the states under the same power while in union.
What is the typical Conservative like?
Have high incomes, work in business, college degree, male vote, older age group, Protestants/Christians, Suburban/small towns.