In a market economy, this influences how the basic economic questions are answered.
What are supply and demand & profitability?
100
nongovernmental organization which chooses candidates to run for office and develops a platform of political beliefs which are key in elections
What is a political party?
100
1st 10 Amendments of the Constitution which focus on protecting the rights of individual citizens
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
What is judicial review?
200
powers that are shared by both the state and national governments that includes collecting taxes and making laws
What are concurrent powers?
200
Congress can override this Presidential action with a 2/3 majority vote.
What is a veto?
200
political parties that address issues that are avoided by the major parties and put alternate candidates to run against major party candidates
What are third parties?
200
Arresting a newspaper reparter for writing an article opposing the President of the United States is a violation of this amendment to the Constitution
What is the 1st Amendment?
300
meeting with members of Congress and federal bureaucrats and providing campaign contributions to candidates is an example of this
What is lobbying?
300
marraige, education, and voting requirements are examples of powers that belong to this level of government
What is the state government?
300
When the House of Representatives votes to bring impeachment charges against the President accused on wrongdoing.
What is an example of Checks and Balances?
300
legal requirements to vote
What are 18 years of age, resident of Ohio, and registered.
300
Amendment to the Constitution that provides citizens with equal protection under the law and requires state governments to honor and protect individual rights as outlined in the Bill of Rights
What is the 14th Amendment?
400
the principle that states that each country should produce the goods it canmake more efficiently and purchase those that other nations make effieciently
What is comparative advantage?
400
Article 1, Section 8 states that congress shall make all laws "necessary and proper" to run the country
What is the elastic clause?
400
the first amendment clause that addresses religion in schools and is the basis for not allowing prayer in public schools
What is the establishment clause?
400
citizens' access to this makes it necessary for candidates to be nice looking and likable when running for office
What is mass media?
400
a Supreme Court case that declared segregated schools unconstitutional and ultimately increased the federal government's involvement in how states ran their educations systems
What is Brown v. Baord of Education (1954)?
500
type of income tax in which people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes
What is progressiver income tax?
500
powers that belong to the national government but are not specifically expressed in the Constitution
What are implied powers?
500
The government would do this to increase consudemr spending and promote economic growth.
What is lower taxes?
500
The fear that elected officials are too influenced by special interest groups has led to many to demand that political campaigns be financed through money from this source
What is the federal government?
500
the part of the U.S. Constitution that protects individual rights from government abuse