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Study of Government
Founding & Constitution
Federalism
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
100
Aristotle (a really famous Greek philosopher) believed this was the ideal form of government.
What is a Polity?
100
A single vote for each state in Congress. Congress' lack of authority over interstate commerce. States' right to ignore laws passed by Congress.
What were some major shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation?
100
The two sovereigns under federalism.
What are the federal and state governments?
100
This civil liberty protects citizens from unlawful detention.
What is habeas corpus?
100
Government's responsibility to ensure equality of citizenship.
What are civil rights?
200
The three forms of government commonly seen today.
What are totalitarian, authoritarian, and constitutional?
200
This was the agreement which created a two-house Congress.
What was the Connecticut (or "Great") Compromise?
200
This is a state's ability to preserve order and protect its citizens.
What are police powers?
200
This constitutional amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
200
This constituional amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
300
These are the traditional and modern views of how government originated.
What are Divine Right and the Social Contract?
300
This compromise counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes.
What was the 3/5 (or North-South) Compromise?
300
How separation of powers prevents any one branch of government from gaining too much power.
What are checks and balances?
300
This U.S. Supreme Court decision requires states to observe the Exclusionary Rule.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
300
The process where you have the right to notice, to present evidence on your behalf, and to appeal decisions against you.
What is due process?
400
Some characteristics of constitutional government. (Name at least three.)
What are pluralism, representation, rule of law, civil society, civil liberties & rights?
400
These people wanted the states to ratify the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
400
The constitutional clause that says each state must respect the legal acts of other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
400
These laws make certain acts retroactively illegal and are forbidden by the Constitution.
What are Ex Post Facto laws?
400
The two kinds of due process guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
What are procedural and substantive due process?
500
These are the two main functions of politics in a constitutional system.
What are distribution of public goods and conflict reduction?
500
The three branches of government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judiciary?
500
This constitutional clause forbids states to discriminate against other states' citizens.
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
500
This constitutional amendment guarantees the right against self-incrimination and protection against double jeopardy.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
500
This U.S. Supreme Court decision ended legal racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?