Government Final (Part II)
repealed prohibition
21st Amendment
estblished a two-term limit on the Presidency
22nd Amendment
lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
26th Amendment
banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alchol
18th Amendment
provded women with the right to vote
19th Amendment
A constitution sets out to establsh....
the processes, structure, and principles of government
The government of the U.S is ______
federal
In a _______, supreme authority belongs to the people
Democracy
In a _______ government, the executive and legislative branches share powers
presidential
A _______ government serves the people
representative
called for a legislature made up of two houses. In the smaller house all States would be represented equally; in the larger house, representation would be decided by population
The Connecticut Compromise
At present the number of formal amendments to the Constitution is
27
means that all government power belongs to the people
Popular Sovreignty
The U.S Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional is an example of...
checks and balances
The principle of government that favors a national government with three independent branches is called
separation of powers
made the 15th Amendment effective
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
A psychological factor that influences voting behavior is __________
party identification
has the most impact on American politics
Television
refers to the attitudes held by large numbers of Americans
Public opinion
are the most important factors in political socialization
Family and Education
is a private organization that forms to promote the interests of its members
Interest group
get people interested in public affairs, provide information to government, and join together people from different parts of the country
Interest groups
A political actions committee's purpose is to.....
raise money for political candidates
A term in the House of Representatives is
2 years
If the offices of both the President and the Vice-President became vacant, the ..... becomes president
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The U.S began to emerge as a world power....
after the Spanish American War
A period of ________ occurred after the U.S withdrew form the Vietnam War
détente
extends protections of the Bill of Rights to the States
14th Amendment
An example of symbolic speech is...
wearing a black armband to protest a war
Staates have given reporters some ability to protect their sources through
shield laws
states that "Congress shall make no law" restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
First Amendment
The Constitution of the U.S ....
was ratified in 1789
The U.S Constitution was ______ the first constitution the U.S ever had
NOT
a tax on goods brought into a country
tariff
a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
Representative Government
A Republic is ____ a nation in which voters have no say in who governs them
NOT
An amendment to the Constitution _____ be proposed without Congress
CAN
The Three Branches of Government are the .....
Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive Branch
the sharing of power between the states and the national government
Federalism
the power of people to decide who governs them
Popular Sovreignty
Amend means to.....
Change
Unalienable rights are rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred.
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are some of those rights
a form of govrnment that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power
Democracy
to accept by vote
Ratify
the right of the supreme court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not
Judicial Review
the bill of rights are the __________ and detail the protection of individual liberties
First ten amendments to the Constitution
considered the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits
Seventh Amendment
states that the poeple have rights other than those specifically mentioned in the Constitution
9th Amendment
the 1803 court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It set up the priniple of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison