The characteristics and traditions that have been handed down by our ancestors

According to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism

Powers given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution

Gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers

the proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states

A proposed new law

The highest number of votes won, but less than a majority

Presidential rejection of a bill

Past decisions involving similar court cases

The armed citizenry

The power to veto part of a bill without rejecting an entire bill

An election in which voters approve or reject a proposed amendment

The process whereby a person changes citizenship from one country to another

The secret ballot system

What verse says “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people”?

What verse promises success and prosperity to the person who meditates upon and obeys God’s Word?

What is the first foundational civil ordinance?

What term refers to a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates?

What kind of commands by the President have the force of law?

What term describes a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials?

Who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

IN what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherits his position?

In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the state?

What term means a crime so serious that it is punishable by death?

Which of the following is not a primary role of the President?

Who was responsible for the final draft of the Declaration of Independance?

Which of the following became America’s first national constitution?

Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?

Name the member of Parliament who supported the American colonists.

Who wrote the final draft of the U.S. Constitution?

Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?

What document placed the king under the law for the first time in English history?

Who formulated the basic ideas of Communism?

Who laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury?

Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?

In what kind of government system is the central government subordinate to the states?

What document was the forerunner to the written constitution in America?

What document strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689?

Which Supreme Court case asserted the right of judicial review?

Who was the Chief Justice who ruled in Marbury v Madison?

What term describes a statement of an individual citizen’s legal privileges?

What term refers to an instance in which the Supreme Court goes beyond the Constitution to change societal behavior by interpreting the Consitition to mean what the justifies want it to mean?

The U.S. ((Supreme Court)) is the most active level of the federal judiciary courts.

A ((write of certiorari)) is a brief that is filed by individuals who are not parties in a particular case but still have an interest in the case’s outcome.

The Chief Justice under whom the Supreme Court adopted the philosophy of judicial activism was ((William Rehnquist)).

((Judicial restraint)) refers to when the Supreme Court interprets and applies the Constitution according to the original understanding of those who wrote and ratified it.

((Welfare)) refers to monies the national government gives to state and local governments for some designated purpose.

A ((board of supervisors)) is the most common type of county board.

((Judicial review)) refers to the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law, or action based upon that law, unconstitutional.

((Louisiana)) is the only state to have a unicameral legislature.

((Federalism)) refers to the division of power among the governments within a nation.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in ((Gibbons v Ogden)) gave a broader interpretation of Congress’ power to regulate commerce.

((Extradition)) refers to when a federal law supersedes or overrides a similar state law.

The Supreme Court case of ((McCulloch v Maryland)) established the doctrine of implied powers.

The state office of ((lieutenant governor)) can be compared to that of Vice President.

A ((Justice of the peace court)) is generally a court of last resort within a state.

Which Article declares the Constitution to be the “supreme law of the land?

Which article established the Executive branch?

What amendment prohibited the production, sale, or transport of alcoholic beverages?

What amendment reserves powers not delegated to the national government for the sates and the people?

Which amendment established the legislative branch

Which amendment provided for the direct election of senators

Which amendment protects against unreasonable and unlawful searches without a warrant?

Which article establishes the process for amending the Constitution?

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

Which amendment guarentees a “speedy and public trial” in criminal cases?

Which amendment provided for a federal income tax?

Which article established the judicial branch?

Which amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms?

Which amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishment?

Which article outlines the relationship among the states and between the national government and the states?

What is the largest unit of local government in most states?

What Supreme Court case opened the door for federal court regulation of state apportionment?

What term refers to the rules that govern the use of money granted to the states by the national government?

Which of the following is not guaranteed by the First Amendment?

Who represent a special interest group before a political body?

What term refers to a system whereby able-bodied men are required to join a particular branch of the nation’s armed forces for a certain period of time?

By what process do voters propose an amendment to a state constitution?

What is the single most important source of revenue for state governments today?

What word describes a person’s allegiance to a country or full membership and participation in its political and social institutions?

What local voting district also serves as the basic unit of American political party organization?

In what kind of primary election must a voter resister with a party and vote only for candidates in that party?

What is the oldest, most widely used form of city government?

What is the Chief source of income for local governments?