Vocabulary
______ refers to a framework in which power is distributed among various groups, encouraging a diversity of viewpoints and negotiation for the "common good".
What is pluralism?
This president is known for guiding the U.S. through the Civil War and for pushing for the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to end slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Supreme Court Justices and other federal judges are appointed by the ________________ and confirmed by the _____________.
What is the president and the Senate?
The court ruled that states cannot interfere with Native American nations, recognizing the legal precedent of tribal sovereignty and federal authority in Indian affairs.
What is Worcester v. Georgia (1832)?
A________is a person represented by an elected official, such as a voter in a specific district, city, or state.
Who is a constituent?
The primary role of the executive branch is to _______ laws.
What is what is to enforce?
The process of reapportionment takes place across America after a constitutionally required counting of each state's population, in a process called the ____________.
What is the census?
The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law or executive order as unconstitutional is called ________ ____________.
What is judicial review?
This ruling established the principle of judicial review, giving courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
The president has the enumerated power to either sign a bill into law or to ______ /reject, a bill.
What is to veto?
The __________ ____________ is the unelected, administrative part of the US government's executive branch, comprising millions of employees and hundreds of agencies, departments, and commissions.
What is the federal bureaucracy?
America's bicameral Congress is made up of two chambers the _______________________ and the ________.
What is The House of Representatives and the Senate?
This decision declared that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, overturning “separate but equal.”
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
__________ created the first national government for the United States of America.
What is The Articles of Confederation?
The Colorado legislative branch is called _______ _______ _________.
What is The General Assembly?
What is Rule of Law?
Overturning the precedent set in Roe v. Wade, this ruling stated that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion and returned the issue to the states.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)?
What is The Department of War?
This process to redraw congressional districts to give one political party an electoral advantage is called _________ ___________.
What is partisan gerrymandering?
This Latin phrase refers to the document that is required to formally ask the Supreme Court to hear a case.
What is a writ of certiorari?
This decision protected students’ free speech in schools as long as it does not disrupt the learning environment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?