The institutions and procedures through which a land and its people are ruled. (See page 5)
What is Government?
100
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1791. This document ensures certain rights and liberties to the people. (See page 39)
What is the bill of rights?
100
Those who favored a strong national government and supported the constitution proposed at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. (See page 42)
What is Federalists
100
Power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs. (See page 62)
What is Home rule
100
The protectors of citizens from improper governmental action. (See page 84)
What is Civil liberties
200
A form of government in which a single individual rules. (See page 6)
What is Autocracy
200
Americas first written constitution. Adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777
What is Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
200
Those who favored strong state governments and a weak national government and who were opponents of the constitution proposed at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. (See page 42)
What is Antifederalists
200
The clause found in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which delegates to Congress the power to regulate
What is Commerce clause
200
The legal or moral claims that citizens are entitled to make on the government. (See page 86)
What is Civil rights
300
Enjoying the benefits of some good or action while letting others bear the costs. (See page 9)
What is free riding
300
The power of the courts to declare actions of the legislative and executive branches invalid or unconstitutional. The Supreme Court asserted this power in Marbury v. Madison (1803). (See page 37)
What is Judicial review
300
The mechanisms through which each branch of government is able to participate in and influence the activities of the other branches. (See page 39)
What is Checks and balances
300
The condition in American government in which the presidency is controlled by one party while the opposing party controls one or both houses of Congress. (See page 79)
What is Divided government
300
Racial segregation that is not a direct result of law or government policy but is, instead, a reflection of residential patterns, income distributions, or other social factors. (See page 111)
What is De facto segregation
400
The rules and procedures that provide incentives for political behavior, thereby shaping politics. (See page 10)
What is Institutions
400
An agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 stipulating that for purposes of the appointment of congressional seats, every slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person. (See page 32)
What is Three-fifths Compromise
400
An agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population. (See page 29)
What is Great Compromise
400
Power reserved to the state to regulate the health, safety, welfare, and morals of its citizens. (See page 60)
What is police power
400
Racial segregation that is not a direct result of law or government policy but is, instead, a reflection of residential patterns, income distributions, or other social factors. (See page 111)
What is De facto segregation
500
A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it. (See page 6)
What is Totalitarian government
500
A clause of Article VI of the Constitution that states that all laws passed by the national government and all treaties are the supreme laws of the land and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision. (See page 37)
What is Separation of powers
500
The division of a legislative body into two houses or chambers. (See page 33)
What is Bicameralism
500
The notion that the Constitution grants to the federal government only those powers specifically named in its text. (See page 59)
What is Expressed powers
500
An effort by a government agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship. In the United States, the courts forbid prior restraint except under the most extraordinary circumstances. (See page 99)