Principles and Powers
A system of government where federal and state government levels share power.
This branch of government includes the U.S. Congress, that is made up of the House of Representatives and Senate.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This Constitutional Amendment guarantees all people equal protection of the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Traditional values, strong institutions, and limited government are values of this political ideology.
What is Conservative Ideology?
This group of people established in the U.S. Constitution is responsible for electing the U.S. President.
What is the Electoral College?
The principle that the government gets it authority to govern from the consent of the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This branch of government includes the president, vice president, and cabinet.
What is the Executive Branch?
Paying taxes, going to school, serving on juries, obeying laws, and registering for the Selective Service are examples of this civic value.
What is Civic Duty?
Social change, equal opportunities, social programs, and environmentalism are examples of this political ideology?
What is Liberal Ideology?
White Evangelicals, blacks, Hispanics, women, and Catholics are examples of what important election groups?
What are Voting Blocs?
This type of democracy involved citizens electing representatives to make laws and conducts government on their behalf.
What is representative democracy?
This branch of government includes the U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, and District Courts.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Voting, staying informed, volunteering, and staying loyal to one's country are examples of this civic value.
What is Civic Responaibility?
Having a smaller role in government, being pro-life, strong patriotism, and opposition to illegal immigration are values in this political party.
What is the Republican Party?
This voting method is when a citizen votes for the same political party candidates on the entire ballot.
What is Voting Party Line?
Powers of the federal government that include coining money, regulating foreign trade, maintaining the armed forces, and declaring war.
What are the Enumerated Powers?
This principle promotes dividing government into branches to ensure that no branch has too much power.
What is Separation of Powers?
Protesting, contacting one's elected official, running for office, and donating money are examples of this civic value.
What is Civic Participation?
What is the Democratic Party?
This voting method is when a citizen votes for candidates of different political parties on the same ballot.
What is Ticket Splitting?
What are Concurrent Powers?
This principle states the each government brach should have limits on its powers from other branches, such as veto or declaring laws unconstitutional.
What are Checks and Balances?
Courage, justice, moderation, respect, and humility are examples of this civic value.
What is Civic Virtue?
This political party won Minnesota's Governor and U.S. Senate seat in 2026.
What is the Democratic Party?
What is the 5th Amendment?