Branches of Government
This branch makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
These are the three main levels of government in the United States.
What are federal, state, and local?
This is what government decides to do (or not do) about a public problem.
What is public policy?
This is an organized group of people who share similar beliefs and work to win elections.
What is a political party?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
This branch enforces or carries out the laws.
What is the executive branch?
This level of government is responsible for running cities, counties, and towns.
What is local government?
A law requiring seat belts or free school lunches is an example of this in action.
What is public policy?
A formal statement of a political party’s goals and positions on major issues.
What is a political platform?
Elections held by political parties to choose their candidates for the general election.
What are primaries?
This branch interprets the laws and can declare them unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
This system divides power between the national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This type of law deals with disputes between private individuals, such as contracts or property.
What is civil law?
A person whose views fall in the middle between liberal and conservative.
What is a moderate?
The system used to elect the President of the United States.
What is the Electoral College?
In North Carolina, this is the name of the state legislature.
What is the general assembly?
In North Carolina, this elected body runs Guilford County.
What is the Board of Commissioners?
This term describes voters or politicians who avoid extreme positions on either side.
What is a moderate?
The two major political parties in the United States today.
What are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party?
The practice of drawing voting district lines to favor one political party.
What is gerrymandering?
This power allows the courts to decide whether a law or government action violates the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
Powers that are shared by both the federal and state governments are called this.
What are concurrent powers?
Liberal, conservative, and moderate are all examples of different types of this.
What is an ideology?
A set of beliefs about how society and government should work.
What is an ideology?
Rules or obstacles that make it harder for people to register or cast a ballot.
What are barriers to voting?