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Legislative Branch
Misc.
100
This government has elected officials that are voted into office.
What is Representative Democracy?
100
The constitution is considered to be this kind of document.
What is a living document?
100
Interest groups hire these people to influence the government.
Who are lobbyists?
100
It means to have two houses.
What is bicameral?
100
This house of Congress is based off population of a state.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
This government is one that is ruled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
200
This group wanted the Bill of Rights and was afraid of a National Government.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
200
This is when politicians put a bill on the ballot for citizens to vote for.
What is a referendum?
200
This ensures that men and women have the same number of opportunities in education.
What is Title IX?
200
This measures the amount of people who want a job but can not find one.
What is the Unemployment Rate?
300
This economy is found in America.
What is a mixed economy?
300
This government principle is shown when the President vetoes a law passed by Congress.
What is checks and balances?
300
The Libertarian and Green party are examples of this.
What are third parties?
300
The power to decide how to spend money.
What is the power of the purse?
300
This court case gave the Supreme Court "judicial review"
What is Marbury vs Madison?
400
This government is a synonym for a dictatorship. Hint, it starts with an A.
What is authoritarian?
400
This part of the 5th Amendment says that you can not be charged for the same crime twice.
What is double jeopardy?
400
This selects the President of the United States.
What is the electoral college?
400
MD's legislative Branch
What is the General Assembly?
400
This Supreme Court case says that Congress can do anything that is necessary and proper? (It dealt with the National Government making a bank.)
What is McCulloch vs MD?
500
This system of government is one that has states with more power than the federal government.
What is a confederacy?
500
These are rights given to those accused of a crime.
What is due process?
500
This is when politicians run for office. They are running a __________?
What is a campaign?
500
Two part question. This measures inflation This measures the total amount of goods and services in a specific country.
What is Consumer Price Index and Gross Domestic Product?
500
This style of government says that the National government and State governments work together but the National has more power.
What is Federal Government?