Vocabulary
Legislative
Executive
Constitution
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100
This system of government gives all key powers to the national government.
What is a unitary government?
100
Article I
Where are the enumerated powers listed or the part of the Constitution that addresses Congress?
100
Article II
What is the part of the Constitution that addresses the Executive Branch of government?
100
Bill of Rights
What is the term used when referring to the first ten ammendments to the Constitution?
100
This compromise made by the Founders left a great burden for future generations.
What is slavery?
200
A loose union of independent states.
What is a confederacy?
200
How did the US government get involved in the Civil Rights Act?
What is interstate commerce clause in the Constitution.
200
Veto
What is it called when the President rejects a Bill?
200
Seven years
What is the time period an ammedment must be ratified within?
200
Federal system of government
What is a government that divides powers between the national and states?
300
The effort to control or influence the conduct of government.
What is politics?
300
How long must a Senator have been a US citizen for prior to running for Senate?
What is nine years?
300
35 years old
What is the minimum age a person running for President muse be?
300
Popular Sovernignty
What is the concept the Constitution is based upon - saying that rule is done by the people?
300
Marbury v. Madison
What is the Supreme Court case that established judicial review?
400
The form of government we have in the USA.
What is representative democracy.
400
Override a veto
What is it called when both Houses of government vote by two-thirds to pass a Bill even though the President has vetoed it?
400
Impeachment
What is formal accusations of a crime while in office, which is the first step towards removing a President from office.
400
The Preamble
What is the introduction of the Constitution that lays out the foundation for the Constitution?
400
Slander
What is false speech?
500
The Mayflower Compact
What is the first colonial plan for self-rule?
500
Cloture
What is a three-fifths vote of Senators to stop a filibuster?
500
Vice President
What is the title of the person who replaces the President in case of death?
500
Extradition
What is it called to send a fleeing criminal back to a state for prosecution.
500
Interstate compact
What is an agreement between states?
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