The institutions, or permanent structures, that have the power to enforce rules thst impose order and stability on society
What is Government
100
An act of accepting and carrying out authorities' decisions
What is Compliance
100
A legislature made up of two chambers, or parts
What is a Bicameral Legislature
100
The constitutional provision that makes the Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws
What is the Supremacy Clause
100
The condition of having no government and no laws
What is Anarchy
200
A government body primarily responsible for the making of laws
What is a Legislature
200
A set of beliefs that includes the advocacy of positive government action to improve the welfare of individuals, support for civil rights, and tolerance for political and social change
What is Liberalism
200
A formal approval
What is Ratification
200
Powers held jointly by the national and state governments
What are Concurrent Powers
200
The procedure allowing the people to vote to dismiss an elected official from state office before his or her term has expired
What is a Recall
300
An act of referring legislative or constitutional measures to the voters for approval or disapproval
What is a Referendum
300
A form of government in which sovereignty rests with the people, who elect agents to represent them
What is a Republic or a Representative Democracy
300
This group of elected 'electors' elects the president
What is the Electoral College
300
Powers specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution
What are Enumerated Powers
300
This compromise created one chamber of Congress based on population and one representing each state equally
What is the Great Compromise
400
A comprhensive and logically ordered set of beliefs about the nature of people and about the institutions and role of government
What is an Ideology
400
Belief that the majority of Americans are uninterested in politics allowing a small number of people to make important decisions in their own self-interest:
What is the elite theory
400
A system of government in which power is divided by a written constitution between a central government and a regional government
What is a Federal System
400
This clause grants Congress the power to do whatever is neccessary to execute its specifically delegated powers
What is the Elastic Clause or Neccessary and Proper Clause
400
A process that regulates conflict within a society
What is Politics
500
A status conferred by the people on the government that the government's actions are appropriate
What is Legitimacy
500
The three fundamental values of our Constitution
What is Life, Libery, Property (pursuit of happiness)
500
Our first government before the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation
500
This amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution, and not prohibited by it, to the states and the people
What is the 10th Amendment
500
The principle of dividing governmental powers among the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches of government