Federal Government (F19) Final Review

so Americans will be better able to assess their own interests when making political choices, it is important for them to have

• college degree

• voting power

• political knowledge 

• political relationships

1. _____________is being an informed and active member in a political community.

• Citizenship

• political ideology

• political knowledge

• interest group member

Articles of Confederation is

• Still in use as an alternative to the current constitution

• the first constitution of the U.S.

• Used only in the Southern States

• Never existed

Representation for both small and large states was resolved by the

• It was not resolved - states are not represented equally

• Declaration of Independence

• Great Compromise

• Articles of Confederation

Federal and state government sharing responsibilities is

• the great compromise

• nonexistant

• federal share amendment

• federalism

Delegating a policy from one level of government to another, such as from the national government to the state is

• 11th Amendment

• Federalism Revolution

• Devolution

• New Federalism

What amendment states “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

• Bill of rights

• Declaration of Independence

• 10th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

Griswold v Connecticut (1965) & Roe v Wade (1973) have helped in the development of the _______________

• Right to Privacy

• Bill of Rights

• 19th Amendment

• Supreme Court Decisions on equality

In order to overcome the consequences of past discrimination and encourage greater diversity ___________

policies take race or some other status into account.

• civil liberties

• affirmative action

• equal opportunity

• equality for all laws

the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did the following for voters, especially in southern states (check all that apply)

• required some state and local governments to obtain federal pre-clearance before making any changes to their voting laws or practices.

• protected voting rights by barring literacy and other tests as a condition for voting

• setting criminal penalties for interference with efforts to vote

• providing for the replacement of local registrars with federally appointed registrars