Government Structure
This principle of government divides power between federal and state levels
What is federalism?
The Constitution is this type of document for the United States
What is the basis for the federal government and the highest form of law?
The group that determines the president
What is the Electoral College?
The two parts of the Legislative Branch
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This case made segregation in public schools illegal
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The main way states and local governments get money to run the government
What are taxes?
This describes the Bill of Rights
What is a document that ensures basic freedoms and protects citizens' rights?
The type of election where political parties nominate their candidates
What is a primary election?
The leader of the Executive Branch
Who is the President?
The landmark case that established judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The two most powerful political parties in the United States
What are Republican and Democrat?
The number of states required to ratify a constitutional amendment
What is three-fourths?
The number of electoral votes needed to win the presidential election
What is 270?
This occurs when a Senator tries to delay a vote by giving a long speech
What is a filibuster?
The current number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
When special interest groups try to influence public officials
What is lobbying?
When a state law conflicts with a federal law, this clause determines precedence
What is the Supremacy Clause?
If no candidate receives a majority of Electoral College votes, this group decides the president
What is the House of Representatives?
The total number of U.S. Senators and Representatives
What is 100 Senators and 435 Representatives?
Two documents that guarantee the right to a fair judicial process
What are the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
The agency that collects taxes in the United States
What is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?
The balance of power between federal and state governments has historically moved in this direction
swung back and forth between the federal government and the states as the Supreme Court has changed
This election activity is a privilege and responsibility of citizens
What is voting?
How can the judicial branch check the power of the legislative branch?
By declaring a law unconstitutional
What is considered the highest court of the United States?
The Supreme Court