Congress
Bureaucracy
Constitution
Court Cases
Foundational Documents
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What Article in the Consitution deals with the Legislative branch?

What is Article One

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How many cabinet departments are there in the executive branch?

What is 15

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What was the name of our first form of government?

What is the Articles of Confederation
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What is the court case that gave the judicial branch its judicial review?

What is Marbury v. Madison

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This foundational document gives the ingredients needed for an energized president

What is federalist paper number 70

2

How old must a person be to run for House of Representatives? 

What is at least 25 years old

2

Which Act prohibits federal workers from participating in some political activities? 

What is the Hatch

2

What form of legislature, was a result of the Constitutional Convention?

What is a bicameral (two chambers)

2

What is the court case that orders districts to be as equal as possible in population, "One man, one vote."

What is Baker v. Carr

2

Which foundational document talks about the misbehaviors of factions?

What is federalist paper number 10

3

How many years must a person be a resident of the US before running for the House of Representatives? 

What is 7 years

3

Which cabinet departments did Congress create after the 9/11 attacks? 

What is the department of Homeland Security

3

What is the only formal method for ending a filibuster?

What is cloture with approval of 60 senators

3

What is the court case that guarantees a students right to protest, like wearing arm bands? 

What is Tinker v. Des Moines

3

This federalist paper also says that in order for you to be governed you must first give permission to be governed.

What is federalist paper number 51

4

Which chamber in Congress was intended by the founders to be the "people's branch."

What is the House of Representatives

4

What are the three players of the iron triangle?

What is Congressional committees, special interests groups, and bureaucracy

4

Ruling: Race cannot be a predominant factor when drawing legislative districts.

What is Shaw v Reno?

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What is the court case that placed limits on free speech because of a clear and present danger?

What is Schenck v. US

4

This foundational document argues that federal power is bad and that the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government, that states are better. 

What is Brutus #1

5

The plans that led to the Connecticut Compromise

What is the New Jersey and the Virginia Plan

5
What is one way Congress can control the bureaucracy?

What is the budget, congressional hearings, and confirmation of its leaders. 

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What is the clause that gives Congress the right to implied powers?

What is the necessary and proper clause

5

Which court case said that free speech also protects corporations from government limits, especially close to elections?

What is Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission

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This foundational document declared the 13 colonies independence from Great Britain

What is the Declaration of Independence