Court Cases
Vocab
Important Documents
Democracy Terms
Pick Me!!!
100

This court case established judicial review.

Marbury vs. Madison

James Madison did not give Marbury his letter of appointment when he became president, so Madison sued. 

100

Define Popular Sovereignty.

What is POP SOV!?! The people rule

100

This document declared our freedom from Britain.

What is the Decleration of Independence?

100

The President of the United States

Who is Joe Biden? (I ran out of questions...)

100

These are the 4 main political ideologies.

What are authoritarians, libertarians, liberals, and conservitaves?

200

The state in which United States vs. Lopez took place in.

What is Texas? 

200

Define Elitism.

What is a system of democracy where the most powerful rule?

200

This Federalist paper said that there should be one powerful president.

What is Fed 70?

200

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

What are unalienble rights?

200

Committies that are short term and for a specific topic.

What are select committies?

300

Give a summary of Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission.

What if Citizens made an ad on Hillary Clinton too close to the election and FED said nope, Citizens United sued.  Citizens United said political ads were free speech and won.

300

Define Federalism.

What is a Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed between The Federal Government and the states?

300

Summarize Fed 10.

What is a bigger government means less power to the factions?

300

The people give up some liberties in exchange for security.

What is Social Contract Theory?

300

A bunch of different agencies under the command of the President.

What is the Bureaucracy? 

400

Define gerrymandering and state what case this was present in.

What is to achieve a result by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency? What is Shaw vs. Reno? 

 

400

Define Logrolling

What is trading votes for other things?

400

Explain Brutus 1.

What is the document tat says Federalism gives the government too much power?

400

What they called when it was decided that slaves were partly citizens for the sake of taxes and population.

What is the 3/5 Compromise?

400

A court case involving the Amish community.

What was Wisconsin vs. Yoder?

500

Sum up McCulloch vs. Maryland

Maryland tried to tax the Second Bank of the US, but the Supreme Court was like "Nah, Congress has implied powers under the necessary and proper clause to create that bank and y'all can't tax it."

500

Define Party Whips.

Who are people in charge of discipline for their respective parties?

500

This Federalist Paper encouraged checks and balances.

What is Fed 51?

500

The Connecticut Compromise.

What was the compermise where it was decided that one one chamber of government (The House) would be based on population, and another chamber (The Senate) would have equal say between the states?

500

This is what R.I.F.L.E stands for.

What is:  Rule of Law, Individualism, Free Enterprise, Limited Government, Equality of Oppurtunity