Constitution
What slogan explains why the colonists protested the Stamp Act?
"No taxation without represention"
What food analogy is given to the concept of dual federalism
layered-cake federalism
What are civil liberties?
Legal rights protected from abuse from the government
Where do laws regulating private discrimination come from?
Laws passed by congress or state legislatures
What are requisitions and how did reliance on them weaken the central government?
Requisitions were requests that the state governments pay money to Congress. The states would usually make excuses not to pay these and the central government had no enforcing control/ punishment ability over the states.
What is principled federalism?
A strict commitment to following the exact allocation of power between state and federal gvts
What is the most protected First Amendment Expression?
Political expression
Securing the inclusion of minorities is?
affirmative action
Who is the ONE philosopher named as the the inspiration for the founding father's forming of the constitution?
Montesquieu
Which of the following is NOT a common argument made in favor of greater state government authority (and less national government authority)?
A) Learning from policy experimentation (“laboratories of democracy”)
B) Representing the diversity of local community values and interests
C) Benefitting from “foot voting”
D) Protecting liberty
E) Preserving the Union
E) Preserving the Union
Which amendments protects our reasonable right to privacy
4th amendment's right to no unlawful search and seizure
What court case created the "Separate but Equal doctrine"
Plessy v Ferguson
Which branch's powers did the founders of the US constitution wish to control by creating the principle of checks and balances?
Legislative Branch
During Lyndon Johnson's term, the government began to rely heavily on grants that gave strict guidelines on how states spent their budgets, what were these called?
categorical grants
What rule states that evidence found unlawfully cannot be presented in court?
Exclusionary rule
Which president's administration ended the "Don't Ask don't Tell" policy
Obama
What are the two ways Article V states that an amendment can be proposed?
1. Two-thirds of Congress votes to propose an amendment
2. Two-thirds of state legislatures petition Congress to call a special convention to propose
Why did the national debt double under the Reagan administration in the 1960s?
Large tax cuts with no reduction in government spending
What amendment states the Due Process clause that sources unenumarated rights?
14th amendment
According to the Supreme Court, what determines an action of sexual harassment?
A work environment that would be perceived by a reasonable person as “hostile or abusive"