Constitutional Democracy
What is the difference between representative democracy and direct democracy?
Representatives make laws rather then the people voting on everything
How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
27
What is the name for powers specifically given to one of the branches of government?
Delegated or Enumerated Powers
What is the name of the ideology that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity?
Liberalism
What section of the country has experienced the fastest population growth in the past two decades?
South and West
What governing document of the US was replaced by the Constitution in 1789?
The Articles of Confederation
What do we call it when presidency is controlled by 1 party, + legislature by another?
Divided Government
Give an example of a program funded by a categorical formula grant:
Medicaid, Head Start
What is the name of the ideology that limited government ensures order, competitive markets and personal opportunity?
Conservatism
What ethnic group is the largest minority group in the U.S. today?
Hispanic and Latino Americans
What state was the compromise that led to a bicameral legislature named after?
Connecticut
Name two checks the legislature has over the executive branch?
Confirmations, veto, impeachment, oversight
What precedent did McCulloch v. Maryland set?
Necessary and Proper Clause
The gender gap refers to what fact about political behavior?
The fact that women vote in higher rates than men but are less represented in the upper levels of politics
What are two ways that younger Americans differ from older Americans in their political beliefs and habits?
Various answers
What compromise accommodated concerns over how to count slaves for apportionment purposes?
3/5s Compromise
What was the precedent set in Marbury v. Madison?
Judicial Review
What do we call powers that are shared by both state and federal government?
Concurrent Powers
What is one reason that minority groups tend to support liberalism?
Various answers
The US is predicted to have a minority majority population by 2050. What does this mean?
There will be no majority group in America
In the battle over Constitutional ratification, what group argued for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights?
Anti-Federalists
What portion of the states does it take to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?
3/4ths
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 gives the Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations. What is its name?
Interstate Commerce Clause
The belief that ultimate power resides in the people is known as what?
Popular Sovereignty
What is the name of political divisions within a society that can make political conflict more intense and society more polarized?
Reinforcing Cleavages