🌍 Introduction to Politics
This system decides who gets power and influence in society.
What is politics?
In this system, citizens hold political power.
What is democracy?
This group supported a strong national government.
Who were the Federalists?
These powers are shared by state and federal governments.
What are concurrent powers?
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This system exercises authority and runs a country.
What is government?
In this system, leaders hold all the power.
What is authoritarianism?
This group feared a strong national government.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
This clause says the Constitution is the “law of the land.”
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This amendment guarantees citizenship to people born in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This document declared American independence in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This term describes a situation with no government and no laws.
What is anarchy?
This agreement created a two-house Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
These federal funds allow states to decide how to spend the money.
What are block grants?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This addition to the Constitution protects freedoms like speech and religion.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In this economic system, profit and private ownership are most important.
What is capitalism?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
These federal funds must be used for a specific purpose.
What are categorical grants?
This Supreme Court case ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This war began in 1861 between the North and the South.
What is the Civil War?
This U.S. social program helps older Americans pay for healthcare.
What is Medicare?
This branch interprets laws and includes the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial branch?
These federal rules states must follow without receiving funding.
What are unfunded mandates?
This Supreme Court case legalized interracial marriage.
What is Loving v. Virginia?