Foundations of democracy
This concept describes the balance and sharing of power between federal government and state government.
Federalism
This branch enforces and executes the laws of the United States
Executive Branch
The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution are called this
The Bill of Rights
This describes how one acquires political beliefs and opinions from family, school, and their environment.
Political socialization
This group of people ultimately decide the president of the United States in an election.
The Electoral College
This clause in the Constitution prevents states from impeding or restricting federal laws and power.
Supremacy Clause
House of Representatives
This amendment protects your right from unreasonable search and seizure
4th Amendment
This ideology includes an expansion of civil rights and higher taxation for the wealthy.
Liberal
These groups lobby policymakers for changes.
Interest groups
These many states are needed to ratify a constitutional amendment.
Three-fourths of the states
This position is the most powerful in the House of Representatives
This Supreme Court case ruled that states cannot require Amish children to attend high school, protecting this right to free exercise of religion.
Wisconsin v Yoder
This political party has often promoted an expansion of the American military budget.
Republican Party
This amendment granted the right to vote regardless of race.
This Supreme Court case involving the creation of a Bank of the United States reinforced the power of the federal government over the states.
McCulloch v Maryland
This federal program provides retirees a monthly supplemental pension and is funded mainly by payroll taxes.
Social Security
This clause in the 1st Amendment forbids the government from endorsing or promoting religion
This institution oversees the supply of money primarily through the use of interest rates.
The Federal Reserve
This type of voting looks at what a candidate has done in the past.
This type of federal grant gives states a set sum of money and lets the state government figure out how to spend it.
Block grant
She was the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
This is when the Supreme Court decides to apply a federal amendment right to the states.
Selective incorporation
This word describes the characteristics of an area's population, usually by age, gender, income, education.
Demographics
This amendment lowered the right to vote to 18 years of age
26th Amendment