Unit 2 Review

A

100

I am powers that are expressed in the Constitution

WHAT ARE EXPRESSED POWERS?

200

I am the court case that established interstate commerce

What is Gibbons v. Odgen?

300

I am laws that are not illegal, because they were made before me

What is Ex Post Facto Laws?

400

I am a type of legislation with two chambers

What is a bicameral Legislature?

500

I am the state that has a unicameral legislature

What is Nebraska?

B

100

Selecting the president in case of a tie

What is a power reserved for the house?

200

I am the power to talk a bill to death 

What is Impeachmet?

300

- Removing President 

- Confirming Government Officials 

- Approving Treaties

What are three powers for the Senate? 

400

This is the way committees in the house and senate are divided

What is proportional?

500

I am a Committee that is formed whenever the House and Senate have a disagreement 

What is a Conference Committee?

C

100

I am the court case that gave people rights in trials in Congress

What is Watkins vs United States?

200

I am the responsibility that Congress hasen't misused powers

What is Legislative Oversight?

300

I am when one branch makes sure the other branches aren't too powerful

What are Checks and Balances?

400

I give the President the responsibility of coming up with an annual budget

What is the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act?

500

I used to be something the President could do whenever they vetoed parts of a bill

What is a line-item veto?

D

100

I am the committee that deals with taxes

What is the ways and means commitee?

200

This is the process that congress does to decide how money is spent

What is Approrpriation?

300

I am a type of budget that you cannot touch 

What is an uncontrollable?

400

I am factions that have a set of beliefs that change over time

What are political parties?

500

I am large groups people pay to join to support certain laws

What are interest groups?

E

100

I am what may be known as the, "fourth branch of Government"

What is the media?

200

I am an institution that keeps society going

What is Government?

300

I am a theory that says people have to give up some rights in order to get protection

What is a Social Contract Theory?

400

I am the powers divided between the state and federal government

What is Federalism?

500

I am the part of the Constitution that says nothing may go above me

What is the Supremacy Clause?