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Government is best defined as the
institutions and procedures by which a territory and its people are ruled.
When was the Articles of Confederation ratified by all the states?
1781
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What are civil rights?
guarantees of equal opportunity and protection through obligations imposed on government to protect individuals
Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by what later Supreme Court decision?
Brown v. Board of Education
Politics can be defined as
conflicts over the leadership, structure, and policies of government.
What were Jim Crow laws?
laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against Black Americans
________ compels state governments to obey costly federal regulations but does not reimburse those costs.
An unfunded mandate
The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires the
states to honor each other’s public acts and legal decisions.
A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called
constitutional.
The agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population is known as the
Great Compromise
The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
established the “separate but equal” rule.
Though the United States is a ________ at the federal level, there are provisions for ________ democracy at the state and local levels.
representative democracy; direct
The philosophical view articulated in the Declaration of Independence was most heavily influenced by the work of liberal theorist
John Locke.
How did the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision help to precipitate the Civil War?
It reinforced the institution of slavery and denied the rights of citizenship to all Black Americans, either free or enslaved.
The Supreme Court applied exclusionary rule to all levels of government in which case?
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Using block grants to return power to the states was part of ________ during the Nixon (1969–1974) and Reagan (1981–1989) administrations.
New Federalism
Which Supreme Court case was related to the publication of the so-called Pentagon Papers?
New York Times v. United States
What is the difference between a block grant and a categorical grant?
A block grant gives states more discretion over how to spend the funds than a categorical grant does.
The specific powers granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution are called the ________ powers.
expressed
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) established the right
to legal counsel in felony cases.
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973) have been extremely important in the development of
a constitutional right to privacy.
Which court case made interracial marriage legal in all states?
Loving v. Virginia
Which of the following explains why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores?
The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers provide female employees with free contraceptive coverage violated employers’ religious beliefs.
“Due process of law” is generally defined by the ________ amendments.
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth