Congress & the Presidency
This is the process of redrawing district lines after the census.
What is redistricting?
Which article of the Constitution outlines the Judicial Branch?
What is Article III?
This clause prevents the government from establishing an official religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
What ideology generally supports government regulation of the economy but not of social behavior?
What is liberalism?
Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
What is the 26th Amendment?
What is pork-barrel legislation?
What is government funding for localized projects to benefit a representative’s district?
What Supreme Court case enforced the “one person, one vote” principle?
What is Baker v. Carr (1961)?
This case said Amish children could not be forced to attend school past 8th grade.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)?
What is political socialization?
What is the process by which people develop political beliefs and values?
What is a swing state?
What is a state where both parties have a good chance of winning?
This role is the most powerful position in the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This case ruled that racial gerrymandering violates the Equal Protection Clause.
What is Shaw v. Reno (1993)?
What is selective incorporation?
What is applying the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
What economic theory argues government spending can promote economic growth?
What is Keynesian economics?
What law allows people to register to vote at the DMV?
What is the Motor Voter Act?
What type of representative votes based on their own judgment rather than the views of constituents?
What is a trustee?
This principle means the Court should let previous rulings guide future decisions.
What is stare decisis (precedent)?
Which case said the right to bear arms applies to the states?
What is McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?
What kind of poll is used to determine a candidate’s initial level of support?
What is a benchmark poll?
What is the main goal of interest groups?
What is to influence public policy?
What is the name of the act that restricts the President’s ability to deploy troops without Congress’s approval?
What is the War Powers Act?
What is an iron triangle?
What is a mutually beneficial relationship between a bureaucracy, an interest group, and a congressional committee?
Which foundational document emphasizes nonviolent protest and the moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws?
What is “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”?
What are the two major economic policy approaches in the U.S. government?
What are fiscal policy and monetary policy?
What case ruled that money spent independently by corporations in elections is protected as free speech?
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)?