Federalism
Linkage Institutions
Constitution
Civil Rights & Liberties
Court Cases
100
A definition for federalism
What is the balance of power between national and local governments?
100
The definition for "linkage institution."
What is "it connects the people to the government"?
100
Article 1 of the Constitution's subject matter.
What is the legislative branch of government?
100
At least three amendments that increased suffrage.
What are:
19th
26th
23rd
24th
15th
100
The court case and Chief Justice that established judicial review.
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
Who is Justice Chief Marshall?
200
Ways for the federal government to convince states to do what it wants in areas not under their jurisdiction.
What are grants?
200
An example of an interest group.
What is the (NRA, NAACP, AARP, etc.)?
200
The duty of the Executive branch.
What is execution of laws passed by the legislative branch?
200
An explanation of the due process clause.
What is no state shall take away an individual's rights without due process?
200
Two court cases that either expanded or limited federal power.
What is:
Marburry vs. Madison
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Gibbons vs. Ogden
US vs. Lopez
etc.300
The powers shared by the federal and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
300
The three points of the Iron Triangle
What are Bureaucracy, Congress, Interest Groups?
300
The name for the first ten amendments that allowed the Constitution to be passed.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
The two clauses of freedom of religion and what they mean.
What are the establishment and free exercise clauses?
Establishment clause: US cannot establish an official religion.
Free exercise: US cannot prohibit people from freely practicing their religion, except when it causes harm/infringes upon other people's rights.
300
The court case that overturned the precedent "separate but equal."
Brown vs. Board
400
An example of a reserved, an enumerated, and a concurrent power.
400
The two types of media and how they are different.
What are mass and social media?
Mass media is put out to everyone regardless of who they are, while social media is personalized for each person.
400
The reason it was so difficult to get the Constitution passed.
What are the Anti-Federalists being afraid of a strong central government reverting them back to a monarchy?
400
At least 3 examples of a court case, amendment, or law that increased Civil Rights
What are:
Amendments 15, 19, 23, 24, 26
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Obergefeld vs. Hodges
Loving vs. Virginia
Brown vs. Board
etc.
400
The court case with the precedent that free speech does not protect anything that presents a "clear and present danger."
Schenck vs. US
500
The reason we have a federalist government in the first place.
What is, the founders trying to please both those who wanted a strong federal government and those who wanted strong state governments as well as trying to avoid any possibility of going back to a monarchy?
500
The four Linkage Institutions and how they connect people to the government.
What are
Political parties: they provide people with a "brand" to associate with and provide opportunities to participate in government.
Interest Groups: they provide people with an opportunity to influence legislation and policy in favor of their interest.
Media: it shows the people what their candidates, parties, and government is doing.
Elections/Campaigns: they allow people to learn about each candidate's platform and to elect candidates into positions.
500
The concept of balancing power between the three branches of government.
What are checks and balances?
500
The difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and which clauses of the 14th amendment they are associated with.
What is:
Civil Rights has to do with WHO is being denied the right and is associated with the equal protection clause.
Civil Liberties has to do with WHAT right is being denied and is associated with the due process clause.
500
The process a court case must go through to reach the Supreme Court.
What is...
District court
Appellate court
Writ of Cert/Rule of Four