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The President is the nation's Commander in Chief because he controls this.
What is the military (army, navy, air force, etc.)?
100
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch or Congress?
100
Appointments are made by this branch of government.
What is the executive branch? (President appoints.)
100
The dominant political goal of the liberal left is this.
What is equality?
100
The balance of power between the federal government and the states is referred to by this term.
What is federalism.
200
Transition of executive power from one administration to the next happens on this day.
What is Inauguration Day (January 20)?
200
This branch checks the other branches by determining if their laws and actions are constitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
200
This group provides a President advice and consent on appointments.
What is the U.S. Senate
200
These people value liberty as the most important political value, and prefer a limited government role.
Who are conservatives?
200
States rights comes from this part of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights / the 10th Amendment?
300
The President is chief law enforcer because of this power (granted in the Constitution)
What is the power to grant pardons?
300
The Founding Fathers instituted separate powers and checks and balances for this reason.
What is: they didn't want any one branch to get too powerful.
300
Before a nominee gets a vote on the Senate floor, the nominee is "vetted" in these.
What are appropriate Senate committees?
300
People who interpret the Constitution in the context of modern society and values subscribe to this judicial philosophy.
What is living Constitution?
300
Concurrent powers include these (list at least 3).
What are: punish lawbreakers, protect the rights of citizens, set traffic standards, borrow money, provide for public safety, protect public health?
400
Informal powers can be defined as this? (Give at least one example in your answer.)
What is powers not explicitly written in the Constitution. (Examples include: executive orders, executive agreements with foreign countries, commanding Air Force)
400
The executive branch employs approximately this many people.
What is 4 million?
400
According to the Constitution, these 3 job appointments require senate consent.
What is: ambassadors, "Ministers and Consuls", and Supreme Court justices.
400
Republicans favor lower taxes for these reasons (name 2).
What are smaller government, greater market freedom, and expectation for growth (jobs).
400
Most delegated powers can be found in this part of the Constitution, and include these (list at least 3).
What is Article I, Section 8. (List too long to type at a late hour of the night.)
500
The President's Cabinet includes the heads of these executive departments. (Name at least 10.)
What is the heads of executive departments, including agriculture, commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, justice, labor, state, transportation, treasury and veterans affairs.
500
These are examples of checks each branch has on every other. (Need to identify 6 checks, one in each direction from every branch.)
What is: veto, veto override, threat of impeachment, judging constitutionality, appointments, advise and consent, pardons, etc...
500
This Trump nominee for the Supreme Court shares this judicial philosophy with his predecessor Antonin Scalia.
Who is Neil Gorsuch and what is Originalism or Textualism?
500
These are three things that influence political socialization (the formation of a person's political identity)?
What are: family, social groups (race, religion, gender, ethnicity, economics), education, political conditions
500
What state has the most number of letters in its name, and how many letters does it have? (Hint: there are three states with the most number of letters, but you only need to identify one.)
What are: North Carolina, South Carolina and Massachusetts, which all have 13 letters.
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