Foundations of Government
Principles of the U.S. Constitution
The Political Process
The Three Branches
Amendments
100
Form of government in which only one person is in power.
What is an autocracy?
100
A two house legislature.
What is bicameral?
100
Another word for franchise.
What is suffrage?
100
The power to make legal decisions and judgments.
What is jurisdiction?
100
Gave African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
An environment in which an individual acts on his or her own desires; every man for himself.
What is state of nature?
200
In order for an amendment to become official - it must go through this process in the states first.
What is ratification?
200
Open discussion to choose a candidate for the general election.
What is a caucus?
200
Interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
200
Gave three electoral votes to the District of Columbia.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
300
Political thinker who believed that the social contract between a government and its citizens was a two-way street.
Who is John Locke?
300
The "Small State Plan"
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
Political ideology that tends to favor the free market system; little to no regulations.
What is conservatism?
300
"Talking a bill to death."
What is a filibuster?
300
States' reserved powers.
What is the 10th Amendment?
400
Form of government in which a small group has sovereignty.
What is an oligarchy?
400
The agreement that the Founding Fathers came up with in regards to representation in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
538
How many electors are in the Electoral College?
400
The third step a bill takes in becoming a law - debate takes place.
What is floor action?
400
Right to a trial by jury in civil cases exceeding $20.
What is the 7th Amendment?
500
Make laws, provide protection, keep order, and provide services.
What are the four roles of government?
500
Regulation of elections, set up public schools, mandate licensing requirements.
What are reserved powers?
500
Age, race, income, education, family, friends.
What factors affect voter turnout?
500
What are the qualifications to become a Supreme Court justice?
500
No soldiers shall be quartered in citizens' homes.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
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