Economics
The circumstances of unlimited wants and limited resources.
What is scarcity?
This amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail.
What is the 8th?
This case legalized abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
The "upper house" of Congress. It only has 100 members.
What is the Senate?
The home of the President of the United States.
What is the White House?
A graph that allows businesses to decide how much of two different products to produce.
What is a Production Possibilities Frontier? (PPF)
This amendment began the prohibition era.
What is the 18th?
This case forced the president to turn over evidence in the Watergate Scandal.
What is U.S. v. Nixon?
This type of committee is formed to deal with a current issue or problem and is rarely permanent.
What is a Special or Select Committee?
The 14 secretaries, or advisors, that lead different divisions of the Executive Branch are collectively called this.
What is the Cabinet?
When a price is set higher than the point of equilibrium, this will happen to the supply of a product.
What is a surplus?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th?
This court case allowed the defendant to go free because he was not provided an attorney at his trial.
What was Gideon v. Wainwright?
The most powerful member of Congress, according to most.
What is the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
What is a veto?
When a price is set below the point of equilibrium, this will happen to the supply of a product.
What is a shortage?
This amendment abolished the poll tax, which forced people to pay a fee before voting.
What is the 24th?
This court case allowed Amish students to drop out of school at the age of 14.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
All revenue bills, laws to bring money into the government, must originate in this chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
A president is using this when they go to the American people to present their ideas by giving speeches and appearing in the media.
What is the "bully pulpit?"
When deciding how much to produce, this is the equation that markets, businesses and economies must consider.
What is MC=MR?
This amendment made presidential and vice presidential candidates to run for office together, as a team.
What is the 12th?
This court case established federalism by forcing a state to comply with federal banking procedures.
What was McCullough v. Maryland?
These committees are permanent and important, giving Congresspeople a lot of influence in their titles.
What is a Standing Committee?
Of Richard Nixon, Andrew Johnson, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton; it's the president to not have been impeached.
Who is Richard Nixon?