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Means "rule by the people"
What is democracy?
100
Adopted on July 4, 1776 and declared the colonies were now free from British rule.
What is Declaration of Independence?
100
How many seats in the Senate does each state get?
What is 2?
100
A charge levied by government on persons or property to meet public needs.
What is a tax?
100
Spreading ideas to persuade people to your side.
What is propaganda?
200
This branch of the US government makes the laws
What is legislative?
200
Created the first central government for the US. Major weakness was foreign policy.
What is Articles of Confederation?
200
There is only one business that offers a certain product or service.
What is a monopoly?
200
The second highest public office created by the Constitution.
What is Vice President?
200
A group of people who seek to control government through winning elections.
What is political party?
300
A guiding belief that is used to form a way of life
What is a principle?
300
A bicameral legislature has how many houses?
What is 2?
300
Power of a court to hear and decide a case.
What is jurisdiction?
300
A proposed law.
What is a bill?
300
Devices used to collect information by asking people questions. Best measure of public opinion.
What is public opinion polls?
400
The power to enforce your own laws
What is sovereignty?
400
Name of the essays that were written to support the ratification of the Constitution
What is Federalist Papers?
400
Economic system based on private ownership of the wealth of a nation.
What is capitalism?
400
An estimate of how much money will be spent during a certain time period.
What is budget?
400
The names of the 2 major political parties in the US.
What is Republican and Democrat?
500
Power is divided between the national government and state governments. It is an American invention.
What is Federalism?
500
Power of the Supreme Court to declare a government act or law unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
500
How a nation deals with other countries.
What is foreign policy?
500
Taxes on imports.
What is tariffs?
500
Set of beliefs that form the basis of a political system.
What is ideology?