Political Parties, Politics, Voting & Elections
The four most common political parties in the United States today are...
What are the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green Parties
The two basic types of local government are __________ and ______________.
What are municipal and county
The most important source of American laws is ____________ law. This consists of law(s) based on court decisions rather than on a legal code. It is a system of analyzing how earlier judges applied a law, and using it later in the same manner.
What is English Common law
The interdependence and interconnection of individuals and nations working across barriers of distance, culture, and technology via trade, communication, and culture is _____________.
What is globalization
Is the desecration of an American flag, by burning or otherwise, a form of speech that is protected under the First Amendment?
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Court held that Johnson's burning of a flag was protected expression under the First Amendment.
Texas v. Johnson
A political party's _____________ is a series of statements expressing the party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues.
Each individual part of this is called a _________.
What are a platform and plank
A municipal legislative branch is called a ___________. Their purpose is to pass ____________, or laws.
What are city council (board of commissioners) and ordinances.
Anyone under that age 18 (in most states) is considered a ____________.
young people who commit crimes are called ___________.
What are juvenile and juvenile delinquent
Every economy in the world falls along a spectrum, with ____________ at one end and __________ on the other.
What are capitalism and socialism
Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the students' freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment?
The Supreme Court held that the armbands represented free speech and that the students did not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they stepped onto school property.
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
An _____________ is an organization of people who unite to promote their ideas.
______________ are representatives of interest groups who contact lawmakers or other government officials directly.
A _________________ is a political organization designed to support candidates by contributing money.
What are interest groups, lobbyists (lobbies), and political action committees (PACs)
The North Carolina state legislature is called the _____________.
It consists of two chambers, a __________ and a _____________.
Their purpose is to create and pass ___________, or laws
What are General Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, and statutes.
In a criminal case, the government is the ____________, while the party accused of the crime is the ______________.
Those crimes can be classified as __________ , which are serious crimes, such as murder, rape, arson, robbery.
Or they can be classified as ____________ , which are are less serious offenses such as vandalism or stealing inexpensive items.
What are plaintiff, defendant, felonies, misdemeanors
______________ is the lowering or removal of barriers, called __________ that make it more expensive to import and export products from one country to another.
A salient example of this type of agreement is _________.
What are free trade, tariffs, and NAFTA (USMCA)
Does the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination extend to the police interrogation of a suspect?
The Fifth Amendment requires that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody.
Miranda v. Arizona
The __________ is an election system in which the voters elect people called _____________, rather than using the popular vote.
The total number of votes in this system is ____, The winning candidate must receive a majority of ____ or more to win the election.
What are The Electoral College, electors, 538, and 270.
The North Carolina executive branch consists of 4 parts:
(1.) the chief executive is the ______________.
(2.) the 'second-in-command' is the __________.
(3.) The ______________ consists of 10 departments and administrators appointed by the chief executive.
(4.) The _______________ consists of eight state agencies and their administrators, elected by the voters.
What are the governor, lt. governor, cabinet, and council of state.
A civil lawsuit begins with a ____________ , or a statement naming the plaintiff and the defendant and describing the lawsuit.
Then, the court sends the defendant a __________, a document that announces that they are being sued.
Next, the defendant may respond, or react, to the charges by filing an __________ to the charge; admit to the charges or give reasons why they are not responsible.
Sometimes, the plaintiff and defendant reach a __________ and the case does not go to trial.
If it goes to trial, both sides present their cases.
If the plaintiff wins, the defendant may be required to pay ___________ to the plaintiff.
If the defendant wins, the plaintiff gets _____________ and pays court costs for both sides.
What are a complaint, a summons, an answer, a settlement, damages, nothing
Three important global issues in an ever more connected world are __________ , _____________, and _______________.
What are economic (wealth) inequality, environmental destruction, climate change, natural disasters, war, famine, and human migration
Does the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to felony defendants in state courts?
The Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to assistance of counsel applies to criminal defendants in state court by way of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Gideon v. Wainwright
The seven principal types of propaganda used in election campaigns are...
What are bandwagon, name-calling (ad hominem), glittering generalities, symbols (transfer), card-stacking, plain folks, endorsements
The North Carolina court system consists of 4 levels...
(1.) The first is called ____________ court and handles misdemeanor criminal cases and civil cases involving up to $10,000.
(2.) The second are the _____________ courts, which handle felony criminal cases and civil cases involving over $10,000
(3.) The third is the _____________, which hears cases from the first two involving cases in which a fair trial was not received.
(4.) The fourth and highest court in the state is the ________________, consisting of ________ justices (judges) who are chosen by ______________ .
What are the district courts, superior courts, NC Courts of Appeals, NC State Supreme Court, 7, elections (voters)
A criminal case begins with an ________, in which Police 'book' a suspect.
Then, the suspect appears before a judge and bail is set during the ______________.
Next, at the ___________ a grand jury (or judge) hears evidence and charges the suspect with the crime.
At the ____________, one of two things may happen: (1.) the defendant pleads not guilty and a trial date is set. (2.) The Defendant pleads guilty and accepts a plea bargain.
In the ____________ the prosecution (plaintiff) and defense (defendant) present their cases to jury (or judge), then the Jury (or judge) reaches a verdict.
Lastly, one of two things can happen: (1.) In the case of an __________ , if the defendant is found not guilty, they go free. (2.) If the defendant is found guilty, then ___________ takes place by the judge.
What are arrest, preliminary hearing, indictment, arraignment, trial, acquittal, and sentencing
__________ is the idea that nations should cooperate to promote common aims, such as supporting economic development and fighting terrorism.
This is done via membership in an organization, such as ______________.
What are internationalism and The United Nations
Does the First Amendment prevent a school district from disciplining a high school student for giving a lewd speech at a high school assembly?
The Court found that it was appropriate for the school to prohibit the use of vulgar and offensive language.
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser