This political ideology believes in government being able to address shortcomings of capitalism, as well as bring about justice and equality
What is liberalism?
100
This uprising by farmers in Massachusetts showed Americans that the Articles of Confederation needed to be amended
What is Shays' Rebellion?
100
This is the most powerful of the House of Representatives' standing committees
What is the Rules Committee?
100
So you want to be president? You better be at least this age
What is thirty-five (35) years old?
100
This term refers to a political party in the United States that is neither the Republican nor Democratic party
What is a third party?
200
This political party's platform has increasingly been shaped by the Tea Party, Christian conservatives, and libertarians
What is the Republican Party?
200
This agreement between slave states and free states answered the question of how slaves would be counted for representation in Congress
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
200
The current Senate Majority Leader...only for one more week
Who is Harry Reid?
200
These federal employees are appointed by the President, and are responsible for determining the constitutionality of federal laws
Who are Supreme Court justices?
200
This is the main work of interest groups -- making direct contact with and providing information to lawmakers to support to position of the group
What is lobbying?
300
Since the 1970s this has become a feature of elections -- the difference in voting between men and women
What is the gender gap?
300
This was added to the Constitution to protect individual rights, and secure support of Anti-Federalists
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
This is a provision added to a bill that is unrelated to the rest of the bill
What is a rider?
300
This is the system for electing the President of the United States. And no, they don't use the Common App
What is the Electoral College?
300
They aren't superheroes; they're just party officials and representatives who can vote for any candidate at the party's national convention
What are superdelegates?
400
More than any other factor, Americans who have a high level of this are more likely to vote than Americans who do not
What is education?
400
Interstate relations and -- believe it or not -- the fugitive slave clause -- are found in this Article of the Constitution
What is Article IV (four)?
400
Starting in January, all committee chairs in the Senate will be from this party, as it will be the majority party in that chamber
What is the Republican Party?
400
This cabinet position is principally responsible for handling foreign affairs
What is the Secretary of State
400
This "law" states that single-member districts and winner-take-all elections tend to produce two-party systems
What is Duverger's Law?
500
The drop in the blue-collar workforce has meant a drop in these; traditionally a strong bloc of support for Democrats
What are union members?
500
In Federalist 10, James Madison ultimately argues that this form of government provides the cure to the violence of factions
What is a republic?
500
Sometimes after a census states lose seats in the House, and sometimes they gain seats. This is the name of that process
What is reapportionment?
500
The author of Federalist 68, who felt "There is hardly any part of the system which could have been attended with greater difficulty in the arrangement of it than this," about the challenge of creating the Presidency
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
This 2010 Supreme Court case was a big win for interest groups -- they can spend independently of campaigns in unlimited amounts