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Political Parties
Accepting the Constitution
Electing the President
Federalism
Principles of Government
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The political party of Barack Obama.
What is Democrats?
100
What did the Anti-Federalists wanted the Federalists to add to the Constitution?
What is a Bill of Rights?
100
The three Constitutional requirements for the presidency.
What is 35 years old, natural born citizen, and resident for 14 years?
100
Another word for concurrent powers.
What are shared powers?
100
One check the president can have on the legislative branch
What is veto bills?
200
This political party is considered more conservative than the other.
What are Republicans?
200
The reason why Federalists said a Bill of Rights was not needed in the Constitution.
What is: No way to list all rights, and protections are already in the Constitution.
200
The name for the election in which only party members vote.
What is the closed primary?
200
Another word for delegated powers.
What are national powers?
200
One check the legislative branch can have on the executive branch?
What is override veto or impeach?
300
The political party that would more likely be opposed to abortion, gun control, and welfare.
What are Republicans?
300
One thing that the Federalists and Antifederalists disagreed upon.
What is: Who controls commerce? or Revising/rewriting constitution?
300
A specific role the president plays.
What is Commander in Chief, Chief Legislator, Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat
300
The elastic clause can be found here in the Constitution.
What is Article I, Section 8, Clause 18?
300
One way the judicial branch checks the powers of the legislative branch.
What is declare laws unconstitutional?
400
What political party is often referred to as the tax and spend party?
What are the Democrats?
400
The states that the Federalists were trying to convince to accept the Constitution through a series of essays known as the Federalists.
What is New York and Virginia?
400
An argument against the electoral college.
What is a candidate could win the popular vote but still lose the election? (Other answers may apply)
400
Give an example of one delegated power, one concurrent power, and one reserved power.
What is Delegated : Coin money, declare war, post offices, interstate commerce Concurrent: Court systems, taxes Reserved: Intrastate commerce
400
The function of each branch of government.
What is judicial: interprets laws, executive, enforces laws; legislative-creates laws
500
What political party believes that more power should be given to the states?
What is the Republican party?
500
Who were the three authors of the Federalists papers?
Who is John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton?
500
Number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
What is 270?
500
The interstate commerce clause has been stretched to allow Congress to make laws such as: ______________.
What is minimum wage, stopping segregation in private businesses
500
4 of the 6 principles of government.
What is popular sovereignty, limited government, federalism, checks and balances, separation of powers, judicial review