Early Government
Implied, Expressed or Reserved
Amendments
Terms
Misc
100
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is had no ability to tax (or no courts or president) or broke
100
Run public schools
What is reserved for the states
100
right to say what you want to say (as long as it doesn't create a danger)
What is 1st amendment
100
clause that says federal laws have authority over state laws
What is supremacy clause
100
most powerful member of the House of Representatives
What is Speaker of the House
200
Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was retained by which group
What is the states
200
Coin Money
What is expressed
200
Collectively, the first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights
200
division of power between levels of government
What is federalism
200
What Congress can do if the President vetoes a bill
What is try to override the veto
300
Purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution
What is state the goals of the Constitution
300
Run the post office website
What is implied
300
Right against unlawful search and seizure
What is 4th amendment
300
right of government to seize private property for public good
What is eminent domain
300
term referring to people who are represented by a particular member of Congress?
What is constituent
400
According to Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence (and John Locke), what it is ok to do if government doesn't protect your rights
What is overthrow it (or change it or rebel)
400
issue driver's and marriage licenses
What is reserved
400
Rights reserved for the states
What is 10th amendment
400
system in which the government is headed by a leader chosen by the legislative branch (like members of parliament)
What is parliamentary system
400
Lines from Declaration of Independence--we hold these truths to be _________________, that all men ________ ____________ ____________.
What is self-evident are created equal
500
One reason colonists resented taxes imposed by Parliament
What is taxation with no reprensentation
500
declare war
What is expressed
500
Has final authority to ratify amendments
What is the states
500
Americans believe strongly that a balance should be struck between majority rule and _________________
What is minority rights
500
practice of drawing district boundaries to the political advantage of party in power
What is gerrymandering
M
e
n
u