Articles & Constitution
This was the result of the Constitutional Convention and is the purpose of the bicameral legislature
What is the Great Compromise?
These are the three levels of vertical government
What are federal, state, and local?
These are the requirements to become President of the United States
These 2 things are the purpose of bureaucracy
What are implement laws passed by congress and develop rules and regulations?
There are _____ representatives and _____ senators
What is 435 and 100?
These are the three issues that came up when drafting the Articles of Confederation
What are representation, taxes, and western expansion?
This establishes the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land and puts federal law over state law
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Name the 3 informal powers of the presidency
Persuasion, media, and public opinion
Regulatory agencies have the power to do these three things that the other branches can do...
What are making rules and regulations, issuing notices and summons, and holding hearings?
This type of representation is when a member of congress votes based on what they think is in the best interest of their constituents
What is Trustee Representation?
This gives Congress the ability to pass laws as they see fit
This says that states must respect each other's public acts, records, and judicial proceedings
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
Name 3 formal powers of the presidency
What are power of appointment, signing/vetoing laws, conducting diplomacy with other states, issue executive orders, executive agreements with other nations, and executive privilege?
The president has a check on the bureaucracy because...
What is "they can appoint leaders and reorganize the bureaucracy?"
What is 60?
These are four things that the national government could not do under the Articles
What are levy taxes, wage war, regulate commerce, and issue a common currency?
These prohibited powers are denied to both federal and state governments
What are bestowing titles of nobility and ex past facto laws?
The military can engage in conflict during these three circumstances...
This is the current organization of the bureaucracy...
What is the cabinet, independent regulators, and government corporations?
These districts are mostly made up of non-White racial groups that the state legislature is required to gerrymander
What are majority-minority districts?
This is James Madison's belief about government
What is a strong, centralized republic that is necessary to represent a large country?
This describes Daniel Elazar's view on federalism
Self-rule plus shared-rule
Name 2 things that have influenced growth in the president's power
What are the party system, New Deal, delegation of budget powers, international relations, and media?
These are variations in how the bureaucracy functions
What are whistleblowers, clientele captors, and excessive red tape?
This committee reconciles the differences between House and Senate bills
What is Conference Committee?