Constitution
Federalism
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Public Opinion and Participation
Foundational Documents
100
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
100
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What is a mandate?
100
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) all dealt with this issue.
What is affirmative action?
100
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
100

Document most closely associated with the Enlightenment principles of self-governance and natural rights.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is cooperative federalism?
200
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200
The difference between the results of random poll samples at the same time.
What is a sampling error?
200

In this document, Martin Luther King Jr. describes his justification for civil disobedience during the Civil Rights Movement.

What is Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

300
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
300
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
300
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
300

This core political value states that businesses should be free from government interference.

What is free enterprise?

300

In Federalist 10, Madison describes this as the solution to the problem of factions.

What is a large republic?

400

This clause gives Congress the power to carry out laws and actions that may go beyond their explicit powers granted in the Constitution

What is the necessary and proper or elastic clause?

400
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
400

This landmark SCOTUS case said NY State violated the Establishment Clause by forcing students to take part in a prayer at the beginning of the school day

What is Engel v. Vitale?

400
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
What is political efficacy?
400

In Federalist 51, Madison argues that citizens should not fear the Constitution because it includes these two principles.

What are separation of powers and checks & balances?

500

Hamilton described the judicial branch as the least dangerous in this foundational document

What is Federalist 78?

500

Landmark case that held states may not impede the actions of the federal government

What is McCulloch v. Maryland

500
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
500
This law - requiring states to allow citizens to register to vote at the DMV - increased voter registration dramatically.
What is the motor-voter law? (National Voter Registration Act of 1993)
500

In Federalist 70, Hamilton argues that the executive branch needs a strong president that possesses this key attribute

What is energy?

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