Government Types
What are two main types of governments?
What is AUTHORITARIAN and DEMOCRATIC?
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
Who is GEORGE WASHING?
How many articles are in the Constitution?
What is 7?
What is the main job of the legislative branch?
What is to MAKE LAWS?
What are the two major political parties in the US?
What are the DEMOCRATS & REPUBLICANS?
In what type of democracy do people vote on every issue themselves?
What is DIRECT DEMOCRACY
What document officially explained why the colonies wanted independence from Britain?
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What does the 1st Amendment protect?
What are FREEDOMS OF SPEECH, RELIGION, PRESS, ASSEMBLY, AND PETITION?
Who leads the executive branch at the federal level?
Who is the PRESIDENT?
What is a Political Platform?
What is a PARTY'S SET OF BELIEFS AND GOALS?
Which government form is ruled by a small group often military-led?
What is OLIGARCHY?
What were the Navigation Acts designated to control?
What is COLONIAL TRADE?
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th AMENDMENT?
What court is the highest in the US Judicial System?
What is the SUPREME COURT?
What kind of election determines a party's nominee for the general election?
What is a PRIMARY ELECTION?
What type of government controls all aspects of people's lives?
What is TOTALITARIANISM?
What was the 1st permanent English colony in America?
What is JAMESTOWN?
What is the term for the Supreme Court's ability to declare laws unconstitutional?
What is JUDICIAL REVIEW?
How many justices currently serve on the Supreme Court?
What is 9?
What does a Super PAC allow that a Traditional PAC does not?
What is UNLIMINITED SPENDING?
What is COMMUNISM?
What agreement at the Constitutional Convention resolved the issue of state representation?
What is the GREAT COMPROMISE?
What compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation?
What is the THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE?
Who takes over the presidency if both the president and vice president can't serve?
Who is the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
Which Supreme Court case allowed unlimited corporate election spending?
what is CITIZENS UNITED V. FEC?