Judicial
Which Supreme Court case established judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What is the term when one party controls the executive branch while the other controls one or both houses of Congress?
What is a Divided Government?
What do we call powers that both the federal and state government have?
What is Concurrent powers?
An alliance between Congress subcommittees, government agencies, and interest groups. They work together to create policies directed at certain issues.
What is an Iron Triangle?
Which Supreme Court case made racial gerrymandering illegal?
What is Shaw v. Reno?
The legal doctrine that requires judges to follow the precedents established in prior court decisions and historical court cases.
What is Stare Decisis?
Congress’ authority to review or monitor federal agencies policy implementation, activities, programs, etc. Ex: Power of the Purse.
What is Congressional Oversight?
Which Foundational document states that there should be one big executive (a president) to increase the efficiency of the government?
What is Fed 70 written by Alexander Hamilton?
Employees of the government who aren't in elected roles and are non-military are referred to as “civil servants”. The work they do is referred to as___
What is civil service?
Define Gerrymandering
What is the manipulation of district boundaries to advance a political party, group or incumbent?
Name one of the checks and balances either the executive branch or the legislative branch has on the judicial branch?
Executive Branch - nominates judges
Legislative Branch - impeaches judges
What is the term for authorized funds given from Congress to local and state governments giving them the freedom to decide where they allocate those funds?
What is a Block Grant?
If the President and the Vice President are impeached by the House and removed from office by the Senate, who will be the next president?
What is the Speaker of the House?
What is the Spoils System vs The Merit System?
The spoils system is where political loyalty is awarded with government jobs. The merit system is where jobs are given with consideration of qualifications.
Gerrymandering is a form of _____
What is Redistricting?
Which clause was used in the Supreme Court case ruling of United States v. Lopez?
What is the Commerce Clause?
What is the term for the process the House of Representatives uses to force a bill out of committee and onto the House floor. Needs 218 member signatures or a majority of the House for it to be successful.
What is a Discharge Petition?
Scenario: A president issues a statement that calls for an ice cream ban in schools since it is the Department of Education’s responsibility to provide healthy and nutritious meals. This new policy goes into effect without Congressional approval. What is this action called?(hint: this is not a reserved power)
What is Executive Order?
What is the term for when senators and state representatives “bypass” the bureaucracy to get their constituents what they want?
What is casework?
Fill in the blank: ____ is the process of redistributing the 435 seats in the House of Representatives to reflect state population changes based on the ____
What is Reapportionment and the U.S. Census?
Which founding document written by Alexander Hamilton argued for a strong judiciary branch?
What is Federalist 78?
What is the term for two or more members of Congress agreeing to vote on each other's bills to ensure passage?
What is Logrolling?
When the government can’t agree on passing certain laws, often due to a divided government, is known as?
What is Political Gridlock?
What does FTC stand for and what is this agency’s purpose?
FTC: Federal Trade Commission- Works to prevent unfair or uncompetitive business practices
Name at least 2 methods of gerrymandering and what they do
-Packing(concentration voters of one type to limit their influence in other districts)
-Cracking(breaking up voters of one type so they cannot win in any district)
-Kidnapping(manipulating district lines so that an incumbent is placed in another district where they likely won't win)
-Hijacking(manipulating district lines to force two incumbents to fight for the same district)
-Bleaching(manipulating district lines to dilute the influence of a racial group.