This is the way in which a President establishes rules and regulations for federal agencies.
What is issuing an executive order?
100
This is another name for the death penalty.
What is capital punishment?
100
The first 10 amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
People agreeing amongst themselves to submit to the authority of a state.
What is social contract?
200
A bill that starts at the House of Representatives, goes to this place once it is passed.
What is the Senate?
200
A pardon is an example of this type of presidential power.
What is the power of clemency?
200
This rule states that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200
What the 24th amendment does.
What is abolishing poll taxes?
200
Form of government where people are the ultimate source of the government's authority. The people elect others to make decisions on their behalf.
What is a republic?
300
Congress can use this check against a judge who is corrupt.
What is impeach?
300
These are the people who really elect the President.
What is the Electoral College?
300
These are the two types of crimes.
What is a felony and a misdemeanor?
300
The 5th amendment grants due process rights against the federal government while the 14th amendment protects due process rights against _____________.
What is State governments?
300
Duties divided amongst 3 branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
400
This is the way in which Congress and the States can check the federal judiciary.
What is a Constitutional amendment?
400
A President needs this amount of Senators to agree in order to be able to pass a treaty.
What is 2/3?
400
Reasonable grounds for a search.
What is probable cause?
400
The Constitution strikes a balance between majority rule and what?
What is minority rights?
400
Sitting at a segregated lunch counter is an example of this.
What is civil disobedience?
500
This is the art of drawing lines to the political advantage of the party in power.
What is gerrymandering?
500
PACs serve the following function in a presidential campaign.
What is funding?
500
The President's main check on Congress.
What is a veto?
500
Patrick Henry was speaking about this document when he said, "My political curiosity... leads me to ask, who authorized them to speak the language of 'We, the People,' instead of 'We, the States?'"
What is the Constitution?
500
The Wealth of Nations was an important work written by this man. The Framers relied on it when deciding how to protect economic freedoms and rights to property.