The Three Branches
Congress is this, meaning it has two houses
what is bicameral?
These are powers that the national and state government share
What are the concurrent powers?
Law based on customs, traditions, and prior court decisions
What is common law?
This war was fought in Europe and the Pacific, against Germany and Japan, respectively
What is world war 2?
The policies (actions) followed by the government
what is public policy?
The listed powers of congress such as the powers to declare war and levy taxes are known as this
The US Constitution has twelve of these, while the Florida Constitution has only 7
What are articles?
This case established the principle that the Supreme Court has the power to determine laws are unconstitutional and invalidate them
What is Marbury v Madison?
This organization, known as the, North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to protect Europe against the threat of Soviet invasion
What is NATO?
This political party was founded in the 1850s and opposed slavery. Today it is the party of limited government and
What is the Republican party?
what is a natural born US Citizen?
Collecting trash, fixing roads and bridges, and maintaining libraries and public parks are all responsibilities of this level of government
What is local government?
Justice Burger stated that “Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law” in this landmark case
What is Brown v Board of Education?
This decades long conflict saw the US fight proxy wars against the Soviet Union. It never heated up, however.
What is the Cold War?
Interest groups use these people to ask (lobby) the government to approve laws that benefit them
who are lobbyists?
This article of the constitution established the supreme court
What is article III?
This is the largest unit of local government; Florida has 67 of these
What is county government?
Justice Taney argued that slaves are not citizens and do not have the rights and protections of citizens and slaves are property and cannot be taken away from their owners without “due process” in this controversial case
What is Dredd Scott v Sandford?
What are NGO's?
This form of political communication uses emotion to appeal to consumers
What is propaganda?
The president has these powers, which are not written in the constitution, but are suggested
What are the implied powers?
The federal government regulates this kind of commerce between the states
What is Interstate commerce?
This case limited the rights given to students under Tinker and argued that schools can limit the rights of students to that which is appropriate for children in school
What is Hazelwood school district v. Kuhlmeier?
This was the official US policy during the cold war aimed at making sure communism did not spread
What is containment?
Another word for prejudice, it means to favor one point of view over another
What is bias?