Unit 2 AP Gov

Congress

2

This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.

What is the Senate?

4

The constitutional reason Franklin Roosevelt reported to Congress on December 8, 1941, that Japan had attacked America.

What is Congress' power to declare war?

6

In 1919 America did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles because of a vote in this chamber of Congress.

What is the Senate?

8

In 2013, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke for 21 hours and 19 minutes in opposition to the Affordable Care Act per this loophole in Senate rules.

What is the filibuster?

10

The formal motion used to end or limit debate in the Senate.

What is cloture?

The Presidency

2

This term refers to politicians who are completing their tenure in office after being voted out.

What is a lame duck?

4

In addition to signing and vetoing, this is the third option afforded to presidents upon the presentment of bills from Congress.

What is the pocket veto?

6

In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to establish relocation centers and detail American citizens.

What is an executive order?

8

In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began the modern tradition by which presidents use this annual message as a tool for agenda-setting.

What is the State of the Union address?

10

The justification for a single executive was outlined in this Federalist Paper.

What is Federalist #70?

Bureaucracy

2

The Cuyahoga River caught fire dozens of times before the federal government stepped in. Discretionary and rule-making authority to implement policy are given to bureaucratic agencies, including this agency most responsible for stopping the pollution in that river.

What is the Environmental Protection Agency?

4

This image reflects this relationship between regulators, legislators, and lobbyists.

What is an iron triangle?

6

Civil Service reform replaced the patronage system with this alternative way to staff government.

What is the merit system?

8

Jimmy Carter tried to cancel superfluous water projects early in his term as president, decrying them as this type of legislation.

What is pork barrell legislation?

10

Since Jimmy Carter has only served one term in office, this constitutional amendment guarantees he is eligible to run for one more term.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

Know your cases

2

This court case established the Supreme Court's informal power of judicial review.

What is Marbury v. Madison?

4

In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.

What is Shaw v. Reno?

6

In this case, the Court ruled, "one person one vote."

What is Baker v. Carr?

8

The ruling in this case regarding the 2000 Florida electoral recouont raised serious questions about the Supreme Court's legitimacy.

What is Bush v. Gore?

10

The Supreme Court's inability to enforce decisions was made apparent after Andrew Jackson ignored the court's finding that the Indians nation could not be legally removed from their native land.

What is Cherokee v. Georgia?

Judiciary

2

This clause of the Constitution ensures that federal law takes precedence when state and federal laws conflict.

What is the Supremacy Clause?

4

When judges allow their personal views and policy preferences to influence rulings and reinterpret old precedents or constitutional laws. Critics accuse them of practicing this.

What is Judicial Activism?

6

The practice where justices rely strictly on the text of the Constitution and precedent, limiting their interpretation, is known as this judicial philosophy.

What is judicial restraint?

8

This Federalist Paper, written by Alexander Hamilton, argues for the independence of the judiciary and defends lifetime appointments for judges.

What is Federalist 78

10

This type of court order, central to Marbury v. Madison, commands a government official to properly carry out their duties; its denial by the Supreme Court established judicial review.

What is Writ of Mandamus?