The Constitution and Articles of Confederation
Supreme Court Cases
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Parties and Elections
Terms and Principles
100

Compromise that determined representation of states in the House and Senate.

What is the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise?

100

This is the Supreme Court case that limited our freedom of speech in time of war.

What is Schenck V. U.S.?

100

This is the author of  Federalist 10.

What is James Madison?

100

This is the political party that women typically favor.

What is the democratic party?

100

Describes a transfer of responsibilities from federal to state governments.  

What is devolution?

200

This conflict demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and prompted the Constitutional Convention

What is Shays' Rebellion?

200

This is the clause and amendment was used as a base in Brown V. Board of Education.

What is the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

200

This is the paper written by Alexander Hamilton that discusses judicial review and suggests that judges should serve for life.

What is Federalist 78?

200

This is the type of primary that only allows registered members of a political party to vote.

What is a closed primary?

200

This term would describe the type of grants given to states specifically for pre-kindergarten. 

What are categorical grants?

300

Part of the Constitution that describes the powers of Congress (Article and Section)

What is Article 1, Section 8?

300

This is the Amendment and clause used to affirm a women's "right to privacy" in Roe v Wade.

What is the due process clause of the 14th Amendment?

300

These are the two ways James Madison suggests the government can control factions?

What are remove their causes and control their affects. 

300

This is a political party that believes in limited government.  They are liberal on social issues and fiscally conservative.

What is the Libertarian Party?

300

This is the term to describe the belief that your votes matter. 

What is political efficacy?

400

These are three formal powers of the president

What are ...

Make treaties

Appoint executive and judicial officials, including ambassadors

Veto laws

Call special sessions of Congress

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Force

Issue reprieves and pardons

Update Congress on the State of the Union

Receive Ambassadors and other public ministers

400

This is the amendment that was affirmed with Gideon v Wainwright.

What is the 6th Amendment?

400

This federalist paper states that ¨If men were angels, no government would be necessary.¨

What is Federalist 51?

400

This term refers to independent groups that raise large sums of money for candidates separate of political campaigns.

What are super PACs?

400

Term to describe an agreement between citizens and the government.  The government agrees to protect basic rights and citizens agree to follow laws.

What is a social contract?

500

These are 3 weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederations.

What is 

  • No president or executive branch
  • A weak military
  • Congress had no power to tax.
  • Congress had no power to regulate trade.
  • No national court system or judicial branch
  • Changes to the Articles required unanimous.
  • Laws required a 9/13 majority to pass in Congress
500

This is the act that was being argued about in Citizens United V. FEC.

What is the the McCain-Feingold Act (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act)?

500

These are two concerns noted in Brutus I about the Constitution.

What is ...

lack of Bill of Rights to protect individual rights

the federal government is too far removed from concerns of citizens 

a strong federal government might abuse its power, especially with the necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

states will have a hard time raising money if citizens have to pay money to the federal gov too

500

This is the type of poll designed to disseminate negative information about an opponent.

What is a push poll?

500

Type of federalism in which all levels of government work together and are intertwined.

What is cooperative federalism?

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