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WorksheetsReview so Far #2 - Up To Political Parties
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Another name for direct democracy is this:
Oligarchy
Republic
Pure Democracy
In this type of democracy, the will of the people is translated into public policy by the people themselves through mass meetings.
Direct Democracy
Social Democracy
Representative Democracy
The Connecticut Compromise was also called this because it ended the dispute and led to the successful writing of the Constitution.
The Big Plan
The Great Compromise
The Amazing Deal
The Three-Fifths Compromise disappeared from the Constitution with the adoption of the this Amendment which abolished slavery in 1865.
13th
14th
15th
A changes in the Constitutions written words.
Article
Preamble
Amendment
The power to declare unconstitutional (to declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect) a government action that violates a provision of the Constitution
Checks and Balances
Senatorial Courtesy
Judicial Review
The legislative branch of our federal government.
Congress
The President
The Supreme Court
The Term for a member of the House of Representatives is:
2 Years
4 Years
6 Years
The Amendment which limits the President to serving 2 full terms is the:
22nd
25th
27th
A Natural Born Citizen is someone who:
is born with U.S. Citizenship
Becomes a U.S. Citizen but going through the naturalization process
Has relatives who are born in the U.S.
The Court’s Opinion
Concurring Opinion
Majority Opinion
Dissenting Opinion
In the federal court system, these courts have original jurisdiction
Circuit Court
Appellate Courts
District Courts
Minor parties based on one particular belief.
Ideological Parties
Splinter Parties
Economic Protest Parties
They were the first political party to nominate a candidate for President.
Bull Moose Party
Whig Party
Anti-Mason Party
In 1860, he became the first Republican President.
Ulysses S. Grant
Millard Fillmore
Abraham Lincoln
One of the most famous splinter parties, it was formed by Teddy Roosevelt, who split from the Republican Party in hopes of regaining the Presidency in 1912.
Whig Party
Green Party
Bull Moose Party
Because President Adams delivered their commissions on the last day of his term, the new judges were called this.
Midnight Judges
Lame Duck Judges
New Year's Judges
Federal Judges are appointed for this many years.
6 Years
10 Years
Until they resign, die, are removed from office or retire
The title given to the head of the Justice Department:
Chief Justice
Commander General
Attorney General
If the President dies, resigns or is removed from office by impeachment, this person becomes President.
The Secretary of State
The Vice President
The Speaker of the House
In order to qualify to run to be a member of the House, you must be at least this age.
25
30
35
The number of members of the House of Representatives is:
100
327
435
For all of the methods to propose and ratify an Amendment, ratification occurs at this level.
National
Local
State
At the Constitutional Convention, each state would have this many votes regardless of the size of their state or the number of delegates from their state present.
1
5
13
The theory about the origins of the state that held that God created the state and that God had given those of a royal birth a “divine right” to rule.
Divine Right Theory
Social Contract Theory
Evolutionary Theory
