Foundations of Government
This document was the first governing framework of the United States and created a weak national government?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What are 10 amendments?
This case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
What is 435?
The president is elected through this system.
What is the Electoral College?
This group wrote essays supporting ratification of the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This case established the principle of separate but equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
How many senators does each state have?
What is 2?
This presidential power allows rejection of legislation passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
This Constitutional principle divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This amendment established the direct election of senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
This case overturned Plessy and desegregated public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This congressional committee reconciles differences between House and Senate versions of a bill.
What is a conference committee?
This type of election determines each party's nominee.
What is a primary election?
This Constitutional principle prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
This case required police to inform suspects of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This constitutional power allows Congress to remove a president from office.
What is impeachment?
This occurs when states redraw congressional district boundaries to benefit a political party.
What is gerrymandering?
This principle states that government gets its power from the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
This amendment limited presidents to two elected terms.
What is the Twenty-Second Amendment?
This case protected symbolic speech by students wearing armbands.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This clause prevents members of Congress from being arrested while attending sessions, except for serious crimes.
What is the Speech or Debate Clause?
This election system awards all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who wins the state's popular vote in most states.
What is the winner-take-all system?