1.______The U.S. Congress is divided into two “chambers,” so it is what type of legislature?
2.______The “Upper Chamber” is called what?
3.______The “Lower Chamber” is called what?
4.______Members of the House of Representatives serve for how many years?
5.______Members of the Senate serve for how many years?
6.______How many Senators are elected from each state?
7.______What determines the number of House members from each state?
8.______The person in charge of the majority party in the House is called what?
9.______Who (title) is the President of the Senate?
10.______What is the title of the person who takes over the Senate when the President of the Senate is missing?
11.______What title is used for the assistant leader for both the majority and minority leaders in both Houses?
12.______What determines who gets on powerful committees?
13.______Congressional powers spelled out in the Constitution are called what?
14.______What type of Congressional powers arise out of the “necessary and proper clause?”
15.______Impeachment is an example of what type of power?
16.______Congress cannot pass laws that punish a person without a trial, known as what?
17.______Laws that declare an action as illegal being used to punish a person that committed the act before it was made illegal. (prohibited)
18.______Talking a Bill to death in the Senate is called what?
19.______An Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that begins in the Congress must pass both houses with what majority at a minimum?
20.______All spending bills must begin where?
21.______For a Bill to reach the President, how much difference can there be between the House and Senate versions?
22.______Who is the chief diplomat of the United States?
23.______What is the current salary of the President of the United States ?
24.______Who approves the treaties the President negotiates?
25.______What person is the President of the Senate?
26.______What is the maximum number of years a person can be President of the United States?
27.______What is the maximum number or terms a person can be elected to the Presidency?
28.______Who approves Presidential appointments to positions like Federal Judges?
29.______What is it called when the President officially forbids a bill passed by Congress?
30.______What title goes with the Presidency that means he is in charge of the US military?
31.______When something happens to the President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House, who is next in line?
32.______What is the major political party that is identified as “conservative?”
33.______What party believes in using strict construction to greatly limit the size of the U.S. government?
34.______What is the major political party that is identified as “liberal?”
35.______What party is generally chosen instead of a major party when registering to vote?
36.______What is the newly organized conservative party within the “conservative” party?
37.______What is the set of ideas for which a party stands that is decided at the party convention?
38.______What is each individual idea called within the set?
39.______What is it called when candidates appear together to each answer the same questions and make their positions known on issues?
40. ______To what must candidates now add “I approved this message?”
41.______What term is used to describe a candidate’s experience that relates to the position he/she seeks?
42.______The news media might unfairly cover a criminal or political event, affecting the opinions of viewers(making them ineligible for jury duty).
43.______The systematic effort to spread opinions or beliefs is called what?(
44.______The actions a government makes to solve problems in a community.
45.______The Florida House of Representatives has how many members?
46.______The Florida senate has how many members?
47.______What type of “power” is administering elections?
48.______What type of “power” is levying taxes?”
49.______What type of “power” is the regulation of interstate commerce?
50.______What type of “power” is the declaration of war?
51.______What type of law includes felonies and misdemeanors?
52.______What type of law makes use of lawsuits?
53.______What type of law uses the court-martial?
What state cabinet office oversees:
54.______Elections and the licensing of businesses
55..______Legal disputes
56.______Public schools
57.______The U.S Supreme Court may declare laws passed by Congress to be unconstitutional, a process called what?
58.______There are how many Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?
59.______Federal judges and Justices serve for how many years?
60.______What is the process that begins removal of a Federal Judge or Justice?
61.______Federal Judges are appointed by the President and approved by whom?
62.______The first court that hears a case is said to have what type of jurisdiction.
63.______What is the First U.S Court to usually hear a case?
What was the significant outcome or dispute in the following cases?
64.______Marbury v Madison
65.______Plessy v Ferguson
66.______Gideon v. Wainwright
67.______Miranda v. Arizona
68.______Brown v. Board
69.______Tinker v. DesMoines
70.______Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
71.______U.S. v. Nixon
72.______Bush v. Gore
73.______Examples arethe Statue of Liberty, White House, Mount Rushmore, Capitol, Empire State Building, Gateway Arch, Independence Hall, Alamo, Hoover Dam
74.______Rule by a King or Queen with an elected legislature.
75.______Examples areThe South, Rust-belt, and Silicon Valley.
76.______Representatives make decisions
77.______Examples are American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands.
78.______Obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, serve on juries
79.______Using resources wisely to make them last.
80.______The spread of culture.
81.______The Rio Grande River
82.______Separation of Powers
83.______The Great Lakes and 49th parallel.
84.______Rule by one person
85.______The government owns all the businesses – command economy
86.______Oligarchy
87.______was the period of time in Europe, following the Renaissance, during which there was an explosion in scientific knowledge and political thinking.
88.______is the term for the leaders of the American Revolution who wrote the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution.
89.______Which political philosopher inspired the reference in the Declaration of Independence to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?”
90.______was the philosopher who felt that government powers should be separated (into branches) to prevent any part from becoming too powerful.
91.______was a pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonists to rebel against England.
92.______was written as a final response to British Acts (Coercive Acts, Tea Act, etc.) and fighting at Lexington and Concord. It referenced “the Laws of Nature” and “unalienable rights.”
93.The ______(Colonies) had a cold climate and rocky soils, making large scale farming difficult. They specialized in logging, ship building, fishing, and fur trading.
94.The ______(Colonies) had a warm climate and specialized in the large scale production and trade of agricultural products.
95.The ______(Colonies) had climate and soils that made the production of cash crops easy, and their natural resources resulted in mining, ironworks, and industry.
96.______What English document established the principle and precedent of limited government in English law?
97.______All citizens vote on all issues
98.______Examples areGrand Canyon, Mt. Denali, Everglades, Great Salt Lake, Mississippi River, Great Plains.
99.______Resource found in The Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and Texas/Oklahoma.
100.______Resource found in California and several western states.
101.______Statistical characteristics of a population.
102.______Method of becoming a citizen
103.______established the right to a fair trial and required Parliamentary approval of taxes, moving England toward a Constitutional Monarchy.
104.______was the government established by the Pilgrims in which they agreed to a direct democracy.
105.______Which amendment protects persons from being tried twice for the same crime?
106.______Which amendment protects the rights of states?
107.______Which amendment protects individuals from unreasonable search and seizure?
108.______Which amendment is about the right to bear arms?
109.______Which amendment provides for the following freedoms: speech, religion, press, assembly, petition?
110.______Which amendment guarantees that all people will be treated fairly under the law throughout the U.S..? It was originally intended to protect the rights of freed slaves.
111.______Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
112.______The seventh amendment guarantees what?
113. ______Who won the right to vote first, women or freed male slaves?
114. ______How old do you have to be to vote?
115. ______Testifying against yourself is called what?
116. ______What kept minorities from voting (outlawed by the 24th amendment)?
117. ______What is the term for being forced to keep soldiers in your home?
118. ______What is the taking of private land for the public good?
119.______What group wanted a strong unifying national government?
120.______What group insisted the Constitution include a Bill of Rights because they did not trust the government?
121.______What means that government officials are subject to the same laws as citizens?
122.______What part of the Constitution safeguards individual freedoms?
123.______What type of powers belong only to the states?
124.______What type of powers belong only to the US government?
125.______What principle guarantees that each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches of government?
126.______An address or exact latitude and longitude.
127.______Members of a country who owe it their loyalty
128.______Augusta
129.______Concord
130.______Pierre
131.______What powers belong to both the US government and state governments?
132.______What is the “supreme law of the land?”