The U.S. Constitution
This plan proposed a legislature where representation was based on population, favoring larger states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This amendment protects freedoms of speech, press, and religion.
What is the First Amendment?
This type of government does NOT divide power between national and state governments.
Unified/centralized government
These are scientific instruments used to measure public opinion.
What are public opinion polls?
This political ideology generally supports a strong central government and social equality.
What is liberalism?
The Constitution was ratified after Federalists agreed to add this set of protections for individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This act, passed in 1964, prohibited racial discrimination in public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This principle states that federal law overrides conflicting state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This type of journalism, common in the 1960s and 1970s, involves an aggressive stance toward government officials.
What is adversarial journalism?
This political ideology favors maintaining traditional institutions and limiting government intervention.
What is conservatism?
This was the first governing document of the United States, replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This type of federalism, prominent in the 1960s, involved federal government expansion into state affairs.
What is cooperative federalism?
This media concept describes the power of the press to shape which issues the public thinks are important.
What is agenda-setting?
This type of democracy, found in the U.S., involves electing representatives to make decisions on behalf of the people.
What is a representative democracy?
The Federalist Papers were written by these three authors to advocate for ratification of the Constitution.
Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This amendment ensures that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states or people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This media strategy influences how an issue is interpreted by presenting it from a certain perspective.
What is framing?
The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created with these three unalienable rights.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This compromise determined how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This clause in the First Amendment prevents the government from establishing an official religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
This clause in the Constitution allows Congress to pass laws necessary to carry out its powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)?
This polling method ensures that every individual has an equal chance of being selected.
What is random sampling?
This term refers to the belief that government should interfere as little as possible in economic transactions.
What is laissez-faire capitalism?