POLS 155 Midterm Jeopardy

The Constitution

100

This Article Creates the House and the Senate

Article 1

200

The Number of States Needed to Ratify the Constitution

Nine

300

This Branch of Government, Outlined in Article 3, Can Determine the Constitutionality of Laws

Judicial Branch

400

According to the Constitution, This Group Has the Power to Declare War

Congress

500

The Constitution Giving the Branches of Government the Power to Keep the Others from Having too Much is Called This

Checks and Balances

Federalism

100

Type of Federalism that Divides Power Between States and the Federal Government

Dual/Layer Cake Federalism

200

Type of Federalism Where Federal and State Governments Work Together

Cooperative/Marble Cake Federalism

300

This Type of Federalism Had a Pause During the Civil War

Dual/Layer Cake Federalism

400

An Example of This Type of Federalism is Marijuana Being Legal in California But Not Federally

Cooperative/Marble Cake Federalism

500

This Program in the 1930s Led to the Adoption of Cooperative Federalism

The New Deal

Rights and Liberties

100

The Bill of Rights Protects This

Civil Liberties

200

This Amendment in the Bill of Rights Protects from Unreasonable Search and Seizure

4th Amendment

300

The Second Amendment Protects This Right

To Keep and Bear Arms

400

The Civil Rights Movement for Farmers Was Lead by This Person

Cesar Chavez

500

This Act, Passed in 1965 and Signed Into Law by Lyndon B. Johnson, Increased the Ability for African Americans to Participate in Politics

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Interest Groups

100

An Interest Group that is Pro-Second Amendment, But Started Out With Differing Views to Today

NRA/National Rifle Association

200

Interest Groups Can Fund Candidates Through This

PAC/Political Action Committee

300

Factors of an Interest Group Include a Common Interest, Voluntary Membership, and This.

Lobbying Government

400

This Type of Interest Groups Usually Concern Business or Labor

Economic

500

Term for the Relationship Between Congressional Committees, Federal Agencies, and Interest Groups that Lock Others Out

Iron Triangles

Public Policy

100

What __________ Does

Government

200

The Second Step of the Policymaking Process

Formulation

300

The View That Political Power Should Be in the Hands of a Small Part of a Population

Elitism/Elite Theory

400

This Person Studied and Wrote About Pluralism

Robert Dahl

500

This Model Relies on Perfect Information and Involves Listing All Possible Alternatives

Rational-Comprehensive Model