Legislative Process
Branches and Levels
Politics
Civil Rights
Misc.
100
an idea for a law is known as _________
What is a bill?
100
You would like to apply for a passport to travel to India from the passport agency. This agency is part of the _______ branch and _____ level of government
What is the executive? and the federal?
100
Members of this political group believe that the government should help the needy.
Who are moderate Democrats or who are liberals?
100
This is the the Amendment that protects freedom of religion
What is the First Amendment?
100
This is the term for someone who has committed a serious crime
What is a felon?
200
There are many ways to prevent a bill from becoming law. One is that it can be subjected to a _____ in the Senate, which means unlimited debate. Or, a president can reject a bill passed in Congress, which is known as a ____
What is a filibuster? What is a veto?
200
The Council is part of our _________________ branch at the _____________ level.
What is legislative at the city level?
200
This political group believes that the government should be very minimal, just providing defense and police
Who are libertarians?
200
What are civil rights?
What are rights that all citizens should enjoy and equality under the law regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, etc..?
200
This term ______ refers to powers given to the federal government in the Constitution, while this term _____ refers to powers kept by the States.
What is delegated? What is reserved?
300
Organizations made up of people with similar goals can form __________, to influence government policy. An example of an organization like this would be ________. These organizations hire _______ who meet with government officials to influence their vote. These organizations also ____ or officially support candidates for election or re-election.
What are interest groups? Examples could include: National Dairy Council, Sierra Club, NAACP, Pharma, etc.. Who are lobbyists?
300
The ______ level of government is primarily responsible for operating public schools, while the _____ level of government sets the standards students need to graduate from high school. Finally the ____ level sets nutrition standards for K-12 schools.
What is the local? and what is the state? What is federal?
300
This political group known as _______ believes that government should be as minimal as possible because the government and business is corrupt. This group is on the ___ side of the political spectrum.
Who are anarchists? What is left?
300
In an effort to fight unfair laws and practices, some civil rights activists used the _______, a tool where you avoid doing business with a company or institution as a form of protest. An example of this might be _____.
What is a boycott? (One example was the Montgomery Bus Boycott)
300
When official in government also have private businesses or investments that may corrupt them, these are called __________. Another problem occurs when officials leave their government jobs to work in the private sector or go from the private sector into government, where they serve their private interest over the public interest. This phenonmenon is known as ______________.
What are conflicts of interest? What is the Revolving Door?
400
Methods used by interest groups to shape government policy include _____________, ____________________, and __________. Finally, these groups often hire former government officials, sometimes even promising existing government officials future jobs.
lobbying government officials, endorsing candidates, and giving money to candidates. Also, influencing public opinion through advertisements so they they will pressure government.
400
Give at least three accurate examples of checks and balances.
What are (multiple answers)
400
This term refers to money that is given indirectly to a candidate through an outside group.
What is SOFT money?
400
This method of fighting unjust laws involves non-violent actions to violate the laws. This method is called ____ An example of both a group that utilized this method and a situation where they used it are?
What is civil disobedience? Examples of groups: SNCC, CORE, SCLC... Situations: Freedom Rides, Lunchcounter sit-ins, etc..
400
In this State ______ those who are on parole are not elegible to vote until they have been released from parole. In this state _____ those on parole will never regain the right to vote even if they complete their term.
What is New York? What is Florida?
500
identify seven steps in the law making process at the federal level as discussed in class. Then, explain why the process is so difficult
What is 1) proposing a bill 2) Committee Action 3) Rules Committee 4) Coming for a vote in the House 5) Coming for a vote in the Senate 6) Repeating the process 7) Action by the president. The process is difficult for several reasons: a) to prevent bad ideas from becoming law by filtering b) give lots of people a chance to share their opinions c) ensure laws will be carefully considered, and to avoid tyranny.
500
The _____ party has won control of the NYS Assembly while the _______ party won control of the the NYS Senate, and the Governor _____ is a member of the _____ party
Who is the Democrats? Who are the Republicans? Who is Andrew Cuomo? Who are the Democrats?
500
The Supreme Court case known as _____________ allows unlimited amount of money to be given by a donor to a candidate for her or his campaign. This has led to the rise of ______ , organizations funded by corporations to spend money on political campaigns.
What is Citizens United vs. FEC? What are Political Action Committees (PACs)?
500
Many civil rights struggles still to this day involve a conflict between federal and state or local authority. identify a situation in which such a conflict existed, and identify the federal and state and local officials in conflict.
Example: In Topeka, Kansas the local school board was sued in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka for requiring segregated K-12 public schools. The federal Supreme Court over-turned the local law, requiring equal access to public schools of all races
500
Define gerrymandering. Give an example of a case involving gerrymandering, which political party benefited and explain the outcome of the case
What is a method for drawing legislative district lines in a way that favors one political party of another. For example, North Carolina was sued for gerrymandering that favored Republicans and limited the impact of African American voters. The Supreme Court ruled the plan was unconstitutional, and the districts had to be redrawn.
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