Unit 1
List an example of a public good
Roads, schools, libraries, parks...
What do we call the first 10 amendments?
Bill of Rights
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
Mike Johnson
What does SCOTUS stand for?
Supreme Court of the United States
What did Texas v Johnson address?
Ruled that burning the American flag is protected free speech under the First Amendment.
When talking about Systems of Government, the acronym UFC stands for...
Unitary
Federal
Confederal
What does the 4th amendment concern?
Someone running for the position they currently hold or have held in the past.
Incumbent
The process by which the Bill of Rights is applied to state governments
What did DC v Heller address?
Ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own a firearm for self-defense.
The idea that people agree to form societies and governments by sacrificing some individual freedoms in exchange for security and order.
Social Contract Theory
What does the 8th amendment concern?
Cruel and unusual punishment
Who was the most recent President to lose the popular vote but win the electoral college vote?
List the year this happened.
Trump
2016
An order from the Supreme Court to a lower court to send up a case for review.
Writ of Certiorari
What did Near v Minnesota address?
Ruled that government censorship of the press, is unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
Which term is defined here? The right to exercise supreme power and authority over a region, a group, or oneself.
Sovereignty
What are the 3 different parts of the Constitution?
1. Preamble
2. Articles
3. Amendments
List the executive leader at all 3 levels of government
National: President
State: Governor
Local: Mayor
The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws or government actions unconstitutional.
What did Mapp v Ohio address?
Ruled that illegally obtained evidence violates the Fourth Amendment.
A nation-state is a sovereign state where people share common culture, language, or identity.What is an example of a nation-state?
Japan
Iceland, South Korea, Denmark
What are the first 3 articles of the Constitution?
1. Legislative
2. Executive
3. Judicial
List the first three in the Presidential Succession
1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the House
3. President Pro Tempore
Plaintiff
What did Furman v Georgia address?
8th amendment, cruel and unusual punishment. Specifically the death penalty.