GVPT Chapter 2

The discrepancy between what citizens ideally would like their agents to do and how the agents actually behave.

• agency loss

• agenda control

• agent

• antifederalists

• articles of confedaration

Someone who makes and implements decisions on behalf of someone else.

• agency loss

• agenda control

• agent

• antifederalists

• articles of confedaration

The capacity to set the choices available to others.

• agency loss

• agenda control

• agent

• antifederalists

• articles of confedaration

A loosely organized group (never a formal political party) that opposed ratification of the Constitution, which the group believed would jeopardize individual freedom and states’ rights. After ratification, the efforts of the Antifederalists led to adoption of the first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights.

• agency loss

• agenda control

• agent

• antifederalists

• articles of confedaration

The compact among the thirteen original states that formed the basis of the first national government of the United States from 1777 to 1789, when it was supplanted by the Constitution.

• agency loss

• agenda control

• agent

• antifederalists

• articles of confedaration

A legislature composed of two houses or chambers. The U.S. Congress (House and Senate) and every U.S. state legislature (with the exception of Nebraska’s, which is unicameral) are _______ legislatures.

• bicameral legislature

• bill of rights

• checks and balances

• command

• commerce clause

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

• bicameral legislature

• bill of rights

• checks and balances

• command

• commerce clause

A constitutional mechanism giving each branch some oversight and control of the other branches. Examples are the presidential veto, Senate approval of presidential appointments, and judicial review of presidential and congressional actions.

• bicameral legislature

• bill of rights

• checks and balances

• command

• commerce clause

The authority of one actor to dictate the actions of another.

• bicameral legislature

• bill of rights

• checks and balances

• command

• commerce clause

The clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution that gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce with other nations and among the states.

• bicameral legislature

• bill of rights

• checks and balances

• command

• commerce clause