Executive Branch
When the President refuses to sign a bill into law.
What Is Veto?
Introduction to the Constitution stating the purpose of government.
What Is The Preamble?
An organization of people who share similar ideas about government and work to win elections.
What Is A Political Party?
An individual with certain rights and duties under a government who, by birth or by choice, owes allegiance to that government.
What Is A Citizen?
The Inability To Satisfy All Wants At The Same Time
What is Scarcity?
Proposer of the legislative agenda.
Who Is The Chief Legislator?
Gov’t divided into three branches with different responsibilities.
What Is Separation Of Powers?
Smaller political parties that rarely win but influence debates and specific issues.
What Is A Third Party?
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Resources from nature, like water, land, and minerals, used to make things.
What Are Natural Resources?
Postpones the carrying out of a person’s sentence.
What Is Reprieve?
Limited the king’s power; established rule of law.
What Is The Magna Carta (1215)?
A political ideology in which a person’s opinions and beliefs are not strong or extreme. The majority of Americans fall into this category. (Moderate)
the right, power, or privilege of making a choice for a candidate that represents your needs.
What Is Election?
What is given up when a choice is made (the second-best alternative).
What Is Opportunity Cost?
The president’s annual speech that outlines goals and policies.
What Is The State Of The Union Address?
Guaranteed freedom of religion and separation of church/state.
What Is The VA Statute For Religious Freedom (1786)?
An organization that raises and spends money to elect or defeat candidates or to promote a particular issue.
What Is A Political Action Committee (PAC)?
Things citizens are required to do by law for the good of their community, such as paying your taxes.
What Are Civic Duties?
The point where supply and demand meet.
What Is Equilibrium Price?
The many departments, agencies, and commissions that help carry out executive work.
What Is Bureaucracy?
Allows Congress to stretch its powers to carry out duties. (Necessary and Proper Clause).
What Is Elastic Clause?
Decided that individuals, business, and unions can donate unlimited amounts to PACs and Super PACs.
What Is Citizens United V. FEC?
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.
What Is The 14th Amendment?
Consumers determine through purchases what goods and services will be produced.
What Is Consumer Sovereignty?