Types of Government
This nation is the only remaining country with an absolute monarchy form of government
What is Eswatini?
The term for invoking the amendment that grants the right to stay silent to avoid incriminating yourself
What is pleading the fifth?
The five freedoms of the First Amendment, commonly known by the acronym RAPPS
What are religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech?
Between local government, state government, and federal government, the one that runs elections
What is state government?
The first possible national government proposed during the French and Indian War
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
The house of Congress that handles all bills and laws regarding money
What is the House of Representatives?
A theocracy refers to a government where power is wielded by this group
What are religious figures?
The number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
What is nine?
The number of articles found in the U.S. Constitution
What is seven?
The process that determines the number of a state's congressional districts (and thus number of elections)
What is the census?
The series of laws passed by the British to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The required age a person must have reached to serve in the U.S. Senate
What is 30?
This term refers to a government such as an absolute monarchy or dictatorship where complete power is wielded by one individual
What is totalitarian?
The rights afforded to the accused in the United States such as the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney
What are the Miranda Rights?
The individual credited as the main author of the U.S. Constitution
Who is James Madison?
The term for invoking the amendment that grants the right to stay silent to avoid incriminating yourself
What is an incumbent?
The event that proved to the founding fathers that a stronger national government was needed
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The total number of members of the U.S. Congress
What is 535?
A type of government where power is wielded by a small group of people
What is an oligarchy?
The term that a judge uses when he allows an objection during a trial
What is sustained?
The political party that originally formed due to opposing the Constitution
What is the Anti-Federalist Party?
The right of current politicians to send job related mail without having to pay postage
What is the franking privilege?
The individual who served as the president of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
The term that refers to drawing congressional districts in odd patterns to maximize advantage for one political party
What is gerrymandering?
This type of government has power concentrated in the hands of society's smartest and most intelligent
What is a geniocracy?
The Supreme Court case McDonald v. Chicago ruled that what constitutional right applies even in state and local government jurisdictions?
What is the right to bear arms?
The year the U.S. Constitution came into effect as a governing document
What is 1789?
The government body that decides the president in the event of tie number of electoral votes
What is the House of Representatives?
Two of the three individuals responsible for writing the Federalist Papers
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
Term that refers to the number of representatives assigned to a state based upon its population
What is apportionment?