Citizenship & Government
Foundations of American Government
The US Constitution
Political Parties & Elections
Law and Public Policy
Violated Rights and Liberties
100
People, or citizens, are the ultimate source of power under this type of government
what is a republic / what is a democracy / what is a democratic republic
100
This man wrote "Common Sense," a pamphlet calling for complete independence from Britain that inspired the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
Article One of the Constitution establishes this branch of the federal government, whose duties include levying taxes, declaring war, and coin (or create) money
What is Congress? (House and Senate)
100
This president was opposed to the creation of political parties because he thought winning would become the focus, rather than centering the common good.
Who is George Washington?
100
This is the process by which people can challenge a court's decision.
What is appeal?
100
A restaurant refuses service to Latino people.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
200
To be a citizen of the United States, you must meet these criteria
What are
being born in the US or in a US territory or military base
being born to citizens of the US
completing the naturalization process
200
This was the slogan that summarized American colonists' disagreement with British rule
What is "No taxation without representation"?
200
Article 2 of the Constitution establishes this branch of the federal government, and details the powers of the president of the US.
What is the executive branch?
200
Democratic-Republicans like Thomas Jefferson favored a small central government, unlike this party, led by men like Alexander Hamilton.
What is the federalist party?
200
This requirement was established to prevent a tyranny of the majority in the selection process for selecting which cases will be taken up by the court.
What is the Rule of 4?
200
A poll worker refuses to allow a black person to vote without first proving they can read.
What is the 15th Amendment
or
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
300
Citizens of the United States have these, which describe the freedoms, protections, and requirements of citizens.
What are rights, duties, and responsibilities
300
Thomas Paine, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu were prominent thinkers in this philosophical movement that inspired American colonists' resistance to British tyranny, and later, the US Constitution
What is the Enlightenment?
300
Article 3 of the Constitution establishes this branch of the federal government, which some consider to be the weakest of all three.
What is the Judicial Branch? (Courts is also an acceptable answer)
300
Consider the following chart. Which voter would most likely support the Republican Party?
A. a homeless senior citizen
B. a low-income student
C. a corporate executive
D. a government regulator
What is C, a corporate executive?
300
These are people who have an interest in a policy because it affects them in some way.
What are stakeholders?
300
A school system refuses to hire teachers over the age of 45.
What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967?
400
This is a current legal restriction on voting rights in the United States
What is age (have to be 18 to vote)
or
What is being a convicted felon (some states do not allow felons to vote)
400
Ratified in 1781, this was the first constitution of the new United States, it created a very weak federal government that could not levy taxes or maintain a standing army.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
This amendment guarantees the civil liberties of religious freedom, freedom of speech, and the press, among others.
What is the 1st Amendment?
400
This is a political party or candidate's belief, position, or principle on an election issue like the economy, public safety, or education.
What is a plank?
400
This is a type of policy that limits or controls people's behavior, like a speed limit.
What is a regulation?
400
A public college only gives money to men's sports teams.
What is Title IX?
500
This term means 'government by consent (permission) of the governed'
What is popular sovereignty
500
Alexander Hamilton was a prominent member of this group, who thought the new US Constitution should be ratified.
What are the Federalists?
500
These are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and were created to prevent government oppression.
What are Civil Liberties?
500
This is an attempt to promote a particular person or idea, strategies include plain folks and glittering generalities among others.
What is propaganda?
500
Jenny married David when he was 78 and she was 40. When he died, Jenny was unhappy to learn that he had left all his money to his three German Shepherds, Dwight, Dinklage, and Dawg! Jenny hired a lawyer and is headed to this court to dispute David's will.
What is probate court?
500
Students are suspended from school for participating in a protest that criticized the president.
What is the 1st Amendment?
600
Citizens should vote and their ability to vote is protected by law, which means that voting is both a _____ and a ______.
What are responsibility and right?
600
Thomas Jefferson was a prominent member of this group, which refused to ratify the new Constitution unless it included a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
600
These are protections from the government meant to ensure equality established by new laws and Amendments added after the first 10.
What are Civil Rights?
600
This age group is most likely to turn out to vote.
What are elderly or baby boomer-age people?
600
In Engle v. Vitale (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that a public school district's practice of starting the day with prayer violates the Establishment Clause, upholding this First Amendment freedom.
What is freedom of religion?
600
Black people are told to sit in the back when riding a public bus.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
700
This is a system of government in which power is divided between federal/national and state governments.
What is federalism?
700
This deal, struck by Roger Sherman, combined the Virginia and New Jersey plans to structure Congress--the House of Representatives would grant states representation based on population, while the Senate would grant all states equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
700
This amendment granted all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
700
This number, based on the number of representatives states have in the US Congress, is the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College.
What is 538?
700
In Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), the Supreme Court ruled that all political speech is protected unless it is linked to Immediate lawless behavior, upholding this First Amendment freedom.
What is freedom of speech?
700
Female college students are not allowed to take chemistry classes at a public university.
What is Title IX (9)?
800
This is the split of authority between legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
What is Separation of Powers?
800
To placate southern slave-holding states, delegates to the Constitutional Convention had to agree to this compromise that stated every 5 enslaved people would count as 3 free people to determine representation in the House of Representatives.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
800
The 5th Amendment protects the rights of the accused by preventing this.
What is self-incrimination?
800
To win the presidency, a candidate must receive this number of electoral votes.
What is 270?
800
True or false: once heard at the intermediate appellate level, a case can still be appealed.
True
800
Latino voters are singled out to take a reading test in order to register to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
900
Both the US Congress and the North Carolina legislature are described as this, meaning made up of 2 houses.
What is bicameral?
900
Most supporters of the AOC favored _____ over a strong central government.
What are states' rights?
900
Creating the Air Force, prohibiting discrimination in restaurants, and other powers Congress has but that are not specifically stated in the Constitution are implied by this clause.
What is the necessary and proper (or elastic) clause?
900
Political parties have these 3 goals:
What are win elections, control government, and influence government policy?
900
This power, decided in the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison, gives the Supreme Court the power to declare a law unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review?
900
A police officer wants to search a family's home without a warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
1000
These were sets of laws that limited the ability of Black people to exercise their rights as citizens.
What are Jim Crow laws? (or black codes)
1000
Separation of Powers was an Enlightenment principle coined by this thinker.
Who is Montesquieu?
1000
This amendment was reaffirmed by Gideon v. Wainright when the Supreme Court ruled that everyone has a right to an attorney when they are standing trail for a crime.
What is the 6th Amendment?
1000
"Make America Great Again," "Change We Can Believe In," and "Stronger Together" are campaign slogans that use this propaganda technique.
What is glittering generalities?
1000
True or false: Jurisdiction means that courts hear different kinds of cases and cover different locations.
What is true?
1000
A landlord refuses to rent an apartment to a person because they are Muslim.
What is the Fair Housing Act of 1968?