Checks & Balances
Origins
Origins II
Amendments
Clauses
100
When the President vetoes a bill, Congress can check this by ____.
What is 2/3 majority in both Houses to override the bill.
100
Rule by the people.
What is direct democracy.
100
The Connecticut Plan solved the issue of ______.
What is representation/layout of government (bicameralism).
100
3rd Amendment
What is quartering of troops.
100
The clause that gives the government the most control.
What is the commerce clause.
200
How does Congress check the judicial branch?
What is enlarging, shrinking the court system and number of justices; approve judicial nominees (also a check on the executive); passed laws that could work around court decisions.
200
The Communist Manifesto was written by ____.
Who are Marx & Engels.
200
Marbury v. Madison gave rise to this power.
What is judicial review.
200
The due protection clause is in ______
What is the 14th Amendment. (incorporation)
200
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was ____.
What is addressing the oppression done by the British monarch.
300
When the president chooses a judicial nominee, he/she must go through this unwritten rule.
What is senatorial courtesy.
300
Various groups try to compete for influential roles in our government. This is called ____.
What is pluralism.
300
The rebellion that arose as colonial soldiers faltered into debt.
What was Shay's Rebellion.
300
10th Amendment concerns with _____.
What are state powers. (reserved)
300
Federal law trumping state law is defined in _____.
What is the supremacy clause.
400
Who formulates, who declares war?
Who is the president and Congress respectively.
400
Madison proposed a system where it can control _____.
Who were factions.
400
The original intent at the Constitutional Convention was to _____.
What revising the Articles of Confederation.
400
The 9th Amendment concerned with
What is unlisted powers going to the people
400
The government cannot establish a religion due to the ____.
What is the Establishment Clause.
500
Advocating for any policy is a form of what process? Formal or informal?
What is informal.
500
A major conflict that was seen by the framers was the unequal distribution of ____.
What is property. (part of Madisonian model)
500
John Locke advocated for ______.
What is limited government, property, natural rights.
500
Self incrimination is found in ____.
What is the 5th Amendment.
500
Passing a healthcare law is permitted under _______.
What is necessary & proper/commerce clause.
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