The first principle of government, which focuses on the idea of supreme power or source of authority.
What is sovereignty?
100
The U.S. Constitution protects the rights of the states to maintain and equip this group.
What is a militia?
100
The length of time Supreme Court justices can serve
What is a lifetime term?
100
The Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gives eighteen year-old citizens the right to vote.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
100
West Virginia voters normally cast their ballots in two types of elections.
What is general and primary elections?
200
The United States Constitution established a national government of three branches
What is the judicial, legislative, and executive branches?
200
To prevent guns from being brought into schools, the Legislature passed this law in 1995.
What is Safe Schools Laws?
200
The second basic principle of American government. Certain powers are given to each branch of the government.
What is limited government?
200
This plan in the Constitution called for a strong national government.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
People who supported the strong national government.
What is a federalist?
300
Citizens may be asked to serve on either these type of juries.
What is trial and grand jury?
300
This document must be presented by a law enforcement
officer before the officer can legally enter the premises.
What is a search warrant?
300
People may keep firearms for the purpose of defense.
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
300
Adopted in 1781, this document intentionally established a weak national government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
Groups of individuals who are interested in one
particular issue.
What is a special interest group?
400
A federal system is one in which the ___________________ government and the ____________
governments share authority over the same territory and the same people.
What is national and state governments?
400
A spoken statement made to harm a person’s character or reputation.
What is slander?
400
This Amendment does not mean that individuals are free to keep any kind of weapon they wish.
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
400
According to the 2010 Census, this amount of representatives West Virginia has in the House of Representatives
What is three?
400
This amendment repealing prohibition is the only amendment to our Constitution that did not originate in Congress.
What is the 21st Amendment?
500
The number of weeks citizens must register before an election in order to vote in that election.
What is 4 weeks?
500
A printed or published statement made to harm a person’s character or reputation.
What is libel?
500
The number of citizens that can serve on a trial jury.
What is twelve?
500
Persons from other countries can become American citizens through this process.
What is naturalization?
500
This Compromise solved the debate over whether to include slaves in a state’s population.