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Consitution
Clauses and Grants
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Donald Trump boycotted the Republican presidential debate after Fox News refused to remove this moderator.
Who is Megyn Kelly?
100
The principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution. For example, the first amendment prohibits the government in restricting our freedoms of speech.
What is Limited Government?
100
The introduction of the Constitution is called this.
What is the Preamble?
100
These grants are large chunks of money given to state and local authorities by the federal government for general purposes, such as public enforcement, law enforcement, or community development. They give a lot of discretion to the local and state governments in how to spend the money. An example of this type of grant is TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
What is Block Grants?
100
"How are you going to get to the beach without a car?" This is an example of this type of political analysis.
What is Feasibility Analysis?
200
According to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, which surveyed Democratic voters in Iowa, this candidate has the support of nearly 4 in 5 Democrats between the ages of 18 and 44 — a key demographic.
Who is Bernie Sanders?
200
In some areas, the states share these powers (authority possessed by both state and national governments) with the national government.
What is concurrent powers?
200
During the 1960's/1970's, young men were angry that they were old enough to be drafted for the Vietnam war, but not old enough to vote. This amendment to the Constitution was one of the quickest to be ratified allowing eighteen year olds to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
200
An example of this grant would be how the United States Congress required states to raise the drinking age for alcohol from 18 to 21 in order for the individual states to continue to qualify for federal funds for interstate highways located within each state.
What is Grants-in-Aid?
200
A system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between the central (national) government and regional (state) governments
What is Federalism?
300
1st president to refuse a 3rd term.
Who is George Washington?
300
This two-house legislature plan worked for all states after delegates at the Constitutional Convention argued about how many representatives each state should be allowed.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
55 Delegates arrived at this city in 1789 to write the Constitution.
What is Philadelphia?
300
Congress creating taxes, declaring war, issuing money and balancing states' rights with the power of the federal government are all examples of this clause.
What is the Elastic Clause (aka Necessary and Proper Clause)?
300
After the Iowa Caucus, a Primary will be held in this State.
What is New Hampshire?
400
1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.
What is Election Day?
400
This clause provided that national laws and treaties “shall be the supreme Law of the Land” and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
400
This man is called the "Father of the Constitution" because he contributed more ideas than anyone else.
Who is James Madison?
400
The first and most important case involving this clause, was McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), which involved the question of whether Congress had the power to charter a national bank, as such an explicit grant of power was nowhere to be found in Article I, Section 8.8
What is the Commerce Clause?
400
The Bank's existence is a great example of these powers: the Constitution doesn't say that Congress has the right to make a bank, but its defenders claimed that one was necessary to carry out the Congress' power to collect taxes.
What is Implied Powers?
500
This former first lady once wrote to NASA as a child inquiring how to become an astronaut. NASA replied that girls could not be astronauts.
Who is Hilary Clinton?
500
The debate over whether, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes led to this in 1787.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
The three Latin phrases found in the Constitution are "pro tempore," "ex post facto," and this legal 2 word phrase.
What is Habeas Corpus?
500
The state of Florida sets a sales tax of 7% on non-food items purchased within the state. Because Florida is a major hub of tourism in the United States, the state decides to charge a higher sales tax rate of 8% for non-Florida residents. While the state has a right to set taxes within its boundaries, this clause prohibits treating people who do not reside in the state any differently.
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
500
From the Latin for "walk before," a famous example of this eight-letter word was written in 1787.
What is Preamble?