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The Constitution
Federalism
Potpourri
100
Institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is government?
100
Sets minimum voting age at 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
100
A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
What is a treaty?
100
These powers are those found directly within the Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
100
Three kinds of power every government has and exercises.
What is legislative, executive, and judicial?
200
A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with power to make law without consent of any higher authority.
What is a state?
200
Prohibition of Liquor
What is the 18th Amendment?
200
This Article created the judicial branch of government
What is Article III?
200
This type of grant is used for more widely defined purposes such as health care and social services.
What is a block grant?
200
These powers are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
What are implied powers?
300
In this type of government there is an alliance of independent states.
What is a confederation?
300
This outlawed slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
26 out of 27 amendments have been proposed and adopted this way
What is 2/3's vote in each house of Congress and ratified by 3/4's of state legislatures?
300
These powers belong to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
What are inherent powers?
300
In this type of government representatives are chosen to speak for the people.
What is a indirect democracy?
400
In this type of government all powers are held by a single, central agency.
What is a unitary government?
400
This guarantees equal suffrage (right to vote)
What is 19th Amendment?
400
This court case helped establish the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
400
These powers are those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
What are reserved powers?
400
The first court case that was called to settled the clash between national and state law.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
500
The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
What is extradition?
500
This repealed the prohibition of liquor
What is the 21st Amendment?
500
This is the custom in which the Senate will approve only those presidential appointees who are acceptable to the senator of the President's party.
What is senatorial courtesy?
500
This directs the people of a territory to frame a proposed State constitution.
What is an enabling act?
500
According to this theory, the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people.
What is the Social Contract Theory?