The Courts
Interest Groups
Congress
Presidency/Bureaucracy
Civil Liberties/Civil Rights
100
This is the term length for the Supreme Court.
What is a lifetime term?
100
This was James Madison's solution to the problem of factions (interest groups).
There should be many interest groups to prevent a few from becoming too powerful.
100
This is the percentage of Congress needed to override a presidential veto.
What is 2/3?
100
This is what presidential powers that are not written in the Constitution are called. Give an example of this kind of power.
What are inherent powers?
100
This case, which dealt with a group of individuals who used hate speech while picketing a Marine's funeral, reaffirmed our right to free speech, even if that speech is outrageous and unpopular.
What is Snyder v. Phelps?
200
If the Supreme Court decides that a law or action by the other branches of government is unconstitutional, the court is exercising this power that it gained as a result of Marbury v. Madison.
What is judicial review?
200
Would it be easier to organize individuals receiving food stamps or business owners into an interest group?
What is individuals receiving foodstamps?
200
This chamber of Congress impeaches the President, while this chamber tries and can remove the President from office. (two answers)
What is the House? What is the Senate?
200
These individuals head up the departments of the bureaucracy and advise the president on issues pertaining to their department.
What are secretaries?
200
Explain the difference between civil liberties and civil rights.
A civil liberty is a right that cannot be taken away from you by the government. A civil right is something the government provides or enforces for you.
300
This is what is meant by the rule of four.
The rule of four is an unofficial requirement for cases to be heard by the Supreme Court. Four justices must agree to hear a case before it is accepted.
300
If your tuition is lowered as the result of lobbying by an interest group that you are not a member of, you are an example of this.
What is the freerider problem?
300
This is the key feature of the Great Compromise in regards to Congress.
What is the creation of a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate?
300
These carry the force of law and do not require the direct approval of Congress.
What are executive orders?
300
The Supreme Court's decision in this case legalized birth control. This case set a precedent for Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion on the basis of personal autonomy.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
400
Explain the difference between a civil case and a criminal case.
A civil case is a case that involves suing for damages, divorces, or accidents. A criminal case involves a crime that was committed.
400
Interest groups fall in line with this model of democracy.
What is pluralism?
400
This type of is made up of members of both the House and the Senate. This type of committee is fairly weak because it cannot actually vote on bills.
What is a joint committee?
400
How will a divided government likely affect a Presidency?
If Congress is divided, a President will be less likely to achieve legislative goals.
400
This case established the separate but equal doctrine which was overturned in 1954 by the decision in Brown v Board of Education.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
500
What type of cases are heard by the Supreme Court?
Cases that involve a federal question to be heard by the Supreme Court.
500
List three functions of interest groups.
What is education, participation, program monitoring, agenda building, and representation?
500
A representative follows his conscience and votes in favor of a bill that most of his constituents oppose. What type of representation is he modeling?
What is trustee?
500
How much does the cabinet influence presidential decisions?
What is not much?
500
This broad piece of legislation legally put an end to discrimination in public facilities, further enforced the right to vote regardless of race, and established a commission to ensure equal employment opportunities, among many other things.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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