The Constitution and the Founding
Federalism
Civil liberties and Civil rights
The parties
Mix
Guess who (Despot edition)
100
This group wanted a strong national government and urged ratification of the Constitution
Who were the Federalists?
100
An example of a conflict between states, both the Texas Attorney General and a Louisiana grand jury have sued/indicted a NY doctor for doing what?
What is prescribing abortion medication?
100
The 8th amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment is an example of a Civil ______
What is liberty?
100
True or False: In the United States, voters pick the party candidates who will run in the general election, while in most European Parliamentary democracies, the parties choose the candidates who will run in the general election
What is true?
100
This is the principle that, as a way to limit government, its powers should be divided among separate branches, each of which also shares in the power of the others as a means of checking and balancing them
What is separation of powers?
100
The CIA found a wealth of content on this extremist Nepo baby's hard drive after his death, which included Yoshi's Island DS, Super Mario Brothers, Final Fantasy VII, Dragon Ball Z, Counter Strike, and Half Life. He also had the movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and 10 documentaries about himself.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
200
This is the name given to the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which contain individual rights that the government cannot encroach upon
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
In this type of system, sovereignty is vested entirely in subnational (state) governments. This was the U.S. system under the Articles of Confederation
What is a Confederacy?
200
The Voting Rights Act, which prohibits attempts by states to disenfranchise certain voters, is an example of ______
What is civil rights legislation?
200
This process occurs when there is a major coalitional change that disrupts and reconfigures the current party landscape. It has happened 4 times in U.S. political history
What is party realignment?
200
This is an example of one of the most egregious civil liberties violations in American history
What is Japanese internment?
200
This war criminal is such a big fan of ABBA that he held a private concert in his residence by the ABBA cover band Bjorn again. They played a 15 song set which included the hits 'Waterloo,' 'Gimme Gimme Gimme,' and 'Dancing Queen.'
Who is Vladimir Putin?
300
This compromise created a House of Representatives with seats apportioned by population and a Senate where each state has 2 Senators
What is the Connecticut compromise?
300
Name a policy area typically under the purview of the states
What is education, criminal justice, infrastructure, voting laws, healthcare, etc?
300
This classic text makes the case for civil disobedience as a tool to achieve civil rights.
What is MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham jail"?
300
That the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have 1st amendment free speech rights had major implications for this
What is campaign finance/election spending?
300
This is the public's reaction to specific and immediate policies and problems
What is public opinion?
300
This father/son duo of mutual insanity can really knock them back. The now deceased elder reportedly spent 1 million per year on Hennessy (his favorite liquor), while his son once bragged that he drank 10 bottles of Bordeaux in a single night.
Who are Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un? 
400
Under the Articles of Confederation, the Continental Congress could not do either of these things, which proved problematic
What is levy taxes and regulate interstate commerce?
400
At the heart of debates over the proper role of the federal government is this amendment: "The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states.”
What is the 10th amendment?
400
The concept of civil rights is rooted in this Constitutional amendment
What is the 14th amendment?
400
The process wherein liberals came to identify as Democrats and conservatives came to identify as Republicans is called this
What is sorting?
400
This is a tradition of excluding large segments of the population from participation in the political system despite espousing universal language of equality, liberty, and freedom
What is Ascriptive Americanism/inegalitarianism?
400
A big fan of Raisin Bran Crunch, when this fearsome dictator was served Fruit Loops while in detention, his jailer reported it was one of the only times he saw him 'look defeated.'
Who is Saddam Hussein?
500
This was the only group that was initially allowed to vote when the Constitution was ratified in 1788
Who were white landowning men over 21?
500
This aspect of American federalism today incentivizes states to conform to the federal government’s policy preferences, allowing them greater influence over state policy
What is the grant in aid system?
500
This is the process through which certain rights (ex. freedom of speech) contained in the Bill of Rights became applicable through the 14th Amendment to actions by the state governments
What is selective incorporation?
500
This is arguably the key reason that the U.S. has a two-party system
What is the system of single representation?
500
These are the 4 core ideals/principles that make up the 'American creed'
What is liberty, equality, individualism, and self-government?
500
This lovesick tyrant once played former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice a video montage of herself accompanied by an original song called 'African flower in the White House.' After his death in 2011, photo albums of Rice were found in his residence, which she called 'Quite extraordinary, weird, and creepy.'
Who is Muammar Gaddafi?