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The Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 - ordered the
racial desegregation of public schools
A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is
said to be - engaging in prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election
is decided by - the House of Representatives
"A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all adults or
narrowly to exclude woman and slaves for example) are the ultimate political authority."
These words best define what political arrangement? - Democracy
New England's town meetings are examples of - direct democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
wrote - The Federalist Papers
In the seventeenth century, the signers of which document agreed to live under the
colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such as the Virginians had?
- The Mayflower Compact
A person who believes that the government should do what the majority of people in the
country want to do is advocating - majoritarianism
The purpose of the electoral college is to - choose the U.S. president
In debates over the Constitution, federalists and anti-federalists spoke of factions the
way we today speak of - interest groups
The U.S. Constitution requires that political authority be divided among the three
branches of government. This is referred to as - the separation of powers
The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the Declaration of
Independence was - John Locke
The Constitution dictates that members of Congress receive payment for their work
from - the U.S. Treasury
The vice president of the United States is the president of what government body? -
Senate
, What is the minimum age specified in the Constitution for members of the House of
Representatives? - 25
The Constitution specifically empowers Congress to coin money, declare war, and
admit new states into the Union. These powers are referred to as - enumerated powers
In which of the nation's founding documents could one point to an "elastic clause" to
justify the existence of large government agencies such as the Department of Health
and Human Services? - The Constitution
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution states that government powers "not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,"
are reserved for the - state legislatures and the people
The term administrative discretion refers to - Congress sets guidelines for government
agencies to follow
The Real ID Act of 2005 was an example of - an unfunded mandate
Senators have the power to "talk a bill to death." What is the formal term for this
procedure? - filibuster
A piece of legislation proposed to Congress is called - a bill
What do unanimous consent agreements accomplish? - they end debate in the Senate
When voting for presidential candidates, residents of the states are saying that they
want their state's Electoral College votes to go to that candidate. This is an example of -
indirect democracy
Interest groups can legally promote their agendas by - using the interest group's
legislative power to swing the vote; writing letters to the president; using letters, e-mails,
or phone calls to get the legislator's attention; organizing peaceful protests.
When a bill has passed through a subcommittee, a full committee, and both
Congressional houses, the president can still kill the bill via veto. What must happen for
a presidential veto to be overturned? - A two-thirds vote must occur in both
Congressional chambers.
If a president neither signs nor vetoes a piece of legislation within 10 days and
Congress remains in session, what becomes of the bill? - It becomes law.
Gerrymandering refers to the - creation of a Congressional district to ensure the election
of a person from a certain political party or ethnic or racial group
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