Early Government
Unalienable rights established in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Definition of Federalism.
What is the division of power between state and federal government?
Where budget bills have to start.
What is the House of Representatives?
Who civil rights applies to.
What is any marginalized group of people (not just African-Americans)?
Term used in reference to the Supreme Court, means to follow precedent set by prior cases.
The writer of the Declaration of Independence
Two concurrent powers (powers belonging to both state and fed)
What are taxes and courts?
In order to override a veto, Congress must vote with this ratio of people.
What is a 2/3rds majority?
Definition of de facto segregation.
What is the unwritten form of segregation/the reality of segregation.
Author of the Brutus Papers
Primary weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is a weak central government?
Major Federalist Leaders
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay (authors of the federalist papers).
The only way in which debate over a bill can end in the senate.
What is a vote of cloture?
The equal pay act and pink tax are related to the civil rights of what group?
What are women?
This case established a major part of police procedure that has become iconic in media.
What is Miranda v Arizona?
The reason for why the Articles of Confederation were written in the manner they were.
What is fear of tyranny/overpowered government?
Definition of block grants
What is funding given without an intended purpose?
If the president doesn't sign a bill and Congress goes on a recess, he has taken this political action.
What is a "pocket veto?"
A system that attempts to provide equal opportunities, yet faces a lot of problems in practice.
What is affirmative action?
If a political campaign contribution is made to the party rather than the candidate, it is this type of money?
What is soft money?
3 reasons for writing the Declaration of Independence.
What are the intolerable acts, Boston Massacre, Lack of Trials?
Ways in which selective incorporation of the court impacts states.
What is application of the Bill of Rights to states through the Supreme Court?
If a congressman/woman is voting on an easy bill and attempts to include tax cuts for their population in the rewrite, they are using this type of legislation.
What is pork barrel legislation?
The reason for Martin Luther King Jr's peaceful activism, as stated in Letters from Birmingham Jail
What is the application of civil rights through the court system?
3 factors of political socialization.
What are religious affiliations, economic status, friends, etc?