Early American Government
Judicial Branch
Comparative Politics
The legislative branch
Foreign Policy
100
Created the current houses in our bicameral legislature
What is the Virginia Compromise
100
The authority to hear a case
What is Jurisdiction
100
Type of government in which the power is in the hands of one person or a small group
What is Authoritarian
100
Drawing congressional districts for political advantage
What is Gerrymandering?
100
A nations plans and procedures for dealing with foreign nations
What is foreign policy?
200
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Person whom the claim is filed against in court
What is the defendant
200
This type of democratic system chooses the executive out of the legislative branch.
What is parliamentary system
200
Talking a bill to death/stalling the vote
What is a filibuster?
200
Formal agreement between nations
What is a treaty?
300
Proposed the idea of a separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu
300
Term length for a supreme court justice
What is life long
300
A period of racial segregation in South Africa
What is Apartheid
300
The president does not sign a bill for ten days and Congress is not in session
What is a pocket veto?
300
Foreign policy system that says staying out of world affairs prevents war.
What is isolationism?
400
This limited the power of the King
What is the Magna Carta
400
Court case established the process of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison
400
A type of government ruled by a religious leader
What is a theocracy?
400
The age requirement to be a U.S. Representative
What is 25 years?
400
This document stated the United States intentions to remain neutral in European affairs.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
500
This origin theory says that people will voluntarily give up some rights for protection.
What is the social contract theory
500
First chief justice of the supreme court
Who is John Marshall
500
Founder of modern day socialism
Who is Karl Marx?
500
Comes after the vice president in presidential succession
Who is the speaker of the house?
500
The policy sought to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
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