Foundations of Government
This principle means government power comes from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This is the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
This branch makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
These are the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
What are Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
This organized group seeks to influence government policy and win elections.
What is a Political Party?
This term means unlimited wants exceed limited resources.
What is Scarcity?
This document declared independence from Great Britain and stated natural rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This principle divides power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This amendment guarantees citizenship and equal protection.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This system is used to elect the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
This is the value of the next best alternative given up.
What is Opportunity Cost?
This principle divides government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
This amendment protects due process at the federal level.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This branch is led by the President.
What is the Executive Branch?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This number of electoral votes is needed to win the presidency.
What is 270?
This economic system combines private ownership with government regulation.
What is a Mixed Economy?
This document limited the power of the English king and influenced American government.
What is the Magna Carta?
This clause establishes the Constitution as the highest law of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This process allows immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
What is Naturalization?
These organizations raise money to support or oppose candidates.
What are PACs (Political Action Committees)?
This determines prices in a market economy.
What is Supply and Demand?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other.
What is the Great Compromise?
This phrase begins the Preamble and shows government power comes from citizens.
What is “We the People”?
This power allows courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This oath is a promise to support and defend the Constitution.
What is the Oath of Allegiance?
This law ended discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This organization controls monetary policy in the United States.
What is the Federal Reserve System?