interest groups compete for attention, each promoting its policy preference.
100
What are inherent powers
Powers that exist for national government because the government is the ultimate power
100
The accused have many rights including the right to not self incriminate under which amendment?
The fifth amendment
100
What act allowed Native Americans to have casinos on reservations?
Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988
100
What case overturned separate but equal?
Brown v Board of Education (1954)
200
If government has only the powers given to it in the constitution it is considered to be what type of government?
Limited government
200
what is a power that the national government has that the state governments don't?
Coin and print money, acquire territory, regulate interstate commerce.
200
______ is the most common form of speech, it is verbal and is given the most protection by courts
Pure Speech
200
What is the fastest growing minority population in the US?
Hispanic Americans
200
What was the decision in Plessy v Ferguson?
Upheld Jim Crow laws and established separate but equal
300
What is one check the Legislative branch has over the judical branch?
Creates the lower courts
300
What is an example of the full faith and credit clause?
California recognizing Arizonan birth certificates
300
The addition of the Bill of Rights in 1791 guaranteed what?
The government guaranteed its citizens specific basic rights such as the right to free speech
300
What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights?
Civil liberties are rights that belong to everyone and civil rights are positive acts of the government designed to prevent discrimination and inequality
300
Why were affirmative actions quotas ruled unconstitutional in Regents of the University of California v Bakke in 1978?
The university had used race as the sole factor in determining admission
400
What are the three parts of the Declaration?
The theory of government, list of grievances, and a statement of colonial unity and separation
400
What is an advantage of federalism?
Avoids concentration of power
400
What is legislative action?
Laws that set limits on one person's rights over anther's
400
What prohibited gender discrimination in the workplace?
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
400
What supreme court case expanded congress' powers over interstate commerce?
Gibbons v Ogden
500
Explain the formal amendment process?
Congress proposes an amendment by 2/3 vote in each house of congress then ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures
500
What did Nixon, Reagan, and Bush 1 try to reverse and what was this movement called?
They tried to reverse cooperative federalism and this became known as new federalism.
500
What has the Supreme Court ruled in relation to religious beliefs? What clause are they dealing with?
Religious belief is absolute but religious practice can be restricted. they are dealing with the Free Exercise clause
500
What amendment abolished slavery?
The thirteenth amendment
500
What was the main outcome of McCulloch v Maryland (1819)?