Foundations of American Democracy
This document formally declared the colonies' separation from Britain and listed grievances.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Which branch is described in Article I of the Constitution?
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
The sharing of power between state and federal governments is known as...?
What is federalism?
What does the 1st Amendment protect?
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Which Enlightenment thinker introduced the idea of natural rights?
Who is John Locke?
What allows the President to reject a bill?
What is the veto?
Federal funds given to states for broad purposes are called...?
What are block grants?
Which case ruled school-sponsored prayer is unconstitutional?
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
What term describes voting based on a candidate’s past actions?
What is retrospective voting?
What compromise created a bicameral legislature combining the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
What is the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
How can the Senate end a filibuster?
What is a cloture vote (requires 60 votes)?
This clause lets Congress pass laws it deems “necessary and proper.”
What is the Elastic Clause?
What court case protected symbolic student protest with armbands?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
Which demographic factors best predict voter turnout?
What are education and age?
What clause establishes that federal law is above state law?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This Federalist Paper explains the need for checks and balances and separation of powers.
What is Federalist 51?
This case confirmed Congress’s implied powers and federal supremacy.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
Which case established the "clear and present danger" test?
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
What are the four linkage institutions?
What are political parties, elections, interest groups, and media?
Which Anti-Federalist document argued against ratification of the Constitution?
What is Brutus 1?
What Supreme Court case established judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
This type of federalism emphasizes states and federal government staying in their own lanes.
What is dual federalism?
What case ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
What case allowed unlimited independent expenditures by corporations and unions?
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)?