Branches
______, which is assigned by geography, the Constitution, or even Congress, refers to the authority to initially hear a case.
What is original jurisdiction?
The name of the populist poet of Jacksonian democracy who was also an enthusiastic supporter of the U.S. war against Mexico.
Walt Whitman
What were the three types of governmental systems that the founders considered or were exposed to during the founding?
What are confederal, unitary, and federal systems?
What are corporate groups & associations, labor groups, professional associations, and citizen/public interest groups?
In this format, identify the right/freedom affiliated with each item: right/freedom, civil right or civil liberty, where the right/freedom comes from (if applicable).
Ex: WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE/Civil liberty/20th amendment
A PERSON IS DISCRIMINATED AT WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE DISABLED.
civil right/American Disabilities Act of 1990
"The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America" is known as?
What is the vesting clause?
This was the basis of the US economy as industrialization quickened.
What is real estate?
The authority possessed by both state and national governments, such as the power to levy taxes.
What are concurrent powers?
Individuals who take advantage of something without paying for it or contributing to it are ______.
What are free riders?
In this format, identify the right/freedom affiliated with each item: right/freedom, civil right or civil liberty, where the right/freedom comes from (if applicable).
Ex: WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE/Civil liberty/20th amendment
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
civil liberty/First Amendment
These courts are the first to hear a criminal or civil case.
What are trial courts?
This as the purpose of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania and other Christian missionary boarding schools.
What is assimilation?
The name of the author who wrote the chapter "The Constitutional Contradiction."
Who is Derrick Bell?
The four different kinds of ___________ include: informational benefits, material benefits, solidary benefits, and purposive benefits.
What are selective benefits?
In this format, identify the right/freedom affiliated with each item: right/freedom, civil right or civil liberty, where the right/freedom comes from (if applicable).
Ex: WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE/Civil liberty/20th amendment
A GAY COUPLE IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET MARRIED IN OKLAHOMA.
In order to become president, a person must have lived this many years in the United States.
What are fourteen (14) years?
The name of W the federal program in 1953 that forced the deportation of more than a million Mexican workers, many of them U.S. citizens.
What is "Operation Wetback"?
It is an agreement between people to live in society with a government that rules based on the consent of the governed.
What is the social contract?
In this type of voting system, rather than casting a single vote for a candidate, a voter ranks multiple candidates from most preferred to least preferred.
What is ranked choice voting?
In this format, identify the right/freedom affiliated with each item: right/freedom, civil right or civil liberty, where the right/freedom comes from (if applicable).
Ex: WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE/Civil liberty/20th amendment
VARIOUS NEWS NETWORK CHANNELS PUBLICLY CRITICIZE THE PRESIDENT.
Which of the following are NOT powers granted by the Constitution to the President in Article II?
a. military
b. judicial
c. diplomatic
d. senatorial
What are senatorial powers?
The Lakota Sioux have struggled to restore this sacred site.
What is the Paha Sapa or Black Hills?
This is a form of government in which a single individual—a king, queen, or dictator—rules.
What is an autocracy?
This is a multimember district system that allows each political party representation in proportion to its percentage of the total vote.
What is proportional representation?
In this format, identify the right/freedom affiliated with each item: right/freedom, civil right or civil liberty, where the right/freedom comes from (if applicable).
Ex: WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE/Civil liberty/20th amendment
A BLACK WOMAN AND A WHITE WOMAN GET MARRIED
civil right/Loving v. Virginia (1967)