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Concepts of Gov.'t
Federal Judicial Branch
State and Local Gov.'t
Principles of Gov.'t
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100
Gov.'t only has as much power as is given to it
What is Limited Government?
100
Number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
100
49 out of 50 states have this type of legislative branch
What is Bicameral?
100
Three branches of gov.'t
What is legislative, executive, and judicial?
100
The rights of all citizens
What are civil rights?
200
Each branch of gov.'t has authority over the other two
What is Checks and Balances?
200
Power to check to make sure gov.'t actions and laws are "constitutional"
What is judicial review?
200
Leader of the state executive branch
What is a governor?
200
Purpose of the U.S. Supreme Court?
What is to determine constitutional/unconstitutional?
200
5 Freedoms of the First Amendment
What are Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, and Petition?
300
Each level of gov.'t is divided into three branches
What is Separation of Powers
300
To ask a higher court to "review" a lower court's decision on a case
What is a an appeal?
300
PA has 67 of these forms of local gov.'t
What is a county?
300
Gov.'t cannot "unconstitutionally" deny a citizen their rights and must follow the constitutionally prescribed steps/procedure.
What is Due Process?
300
The plan of government for the U.S.
What is the Constitution?
400
The gov.'t gets its power and authority from the people
What is Popular Sovereignty?
400
Court case that established the procedure law enforcement must follow when taking a suspect into custody
What is Miranda v. Arizona
400
The entry level position (lowest level) of the PA judicial branch (court system)
What is a magistrate (district magistrate)?
400
The people give the gov.'t "permission"
What is Consent of the Governed?
400
U.S. foreign policy to try and not get entangled in other countries' affairs and politics.
What is Isolationism?
500
U.S. foreign policy from WW II to 1990
What is Containment?
500
Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board?
500
Official title for the legislative branch of PA
What is the PA General Assembly?
500
The system used to elect the president
What is the Electoral College?
500
The "mission statement" for the nation and our government.
What is the Preamble?