Feel the Bern
Bacon
Make America Great Again
Power Lifting Guy
Yay America
100
Concept by which power is shared by the national and state governments
What is Federalism
100
This house of Congress has 435 members
What is House of Representatives
100
This house of Congress has 100 members
What is Senate
100
The person developed the idea that all governments should have 3 distinct branches
What is Baron de Montesquieu
100
Concept that each branch of the government has some control over each of the others
What is checks and balances
200
According to the philosopher John Locke, what are your natural rights?
What is Life, Liberty, Property
200
Persons of color were counted as less than a whole person in the population count
What is 3/5 Compromise
200
Governmental powers that are written directly in the constitution
What Expressed Powers
200
Powers that both the national government and state governments share
What is concurrent powers
200
This created the bicameral legislature we have in the U.S. Congress
What is Virginia Compromise
300
This was the first national government of the United States
What is Articles of Confederation
300
The concept of dividing the government into parts with their own purpose
What is Separation of Powers
300
The mandate that gives individuals the right to be brought before a judge to determine whether or not they are guilty of a crime
What is Habeas Corpus
300
The supreme law of the land
What is U.S. Constitution
300
The additions to the constitution that contain many of our individual freedoms
What is Bill of Rights
400
From the Greek model. Every free person would vote on every issue.
What is Direct Democracy
400
Powers that are not directly written in the Constitution
What is Implied Powers
400
In a republican government, this is how an individual becomes a political official (like a governor)
What is they are elected
400
This house of congress will act as the jury during an impeachment trial of the President
What is Senate
400
This document established the idea of rights and liberties even a monarch can't violate
What is Magna Carta
500
The group that favored ratification of the constitution
What is Federalists
500
This house of Congress proposes tax bills
What is House of Representatives
500
The biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is government's inability to tax
500
The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
What is Judicial Review
500
How long is the term for a member of the House of Representatives AND the Senate
What is 2 years (house) 6 yeas (senate)
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