Who makes the policy for the country in a direct democracy?

Between the end of the American Revolution and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution we have today, what governing document did America have?

The U.S. Congress is made up of two chambers, what is the phrase for this?

In what document was it specified that the U.S. Congress would have two chambers?

In what form of government do people select representatives who make decisions on their behalf?

Which level of government grew stronger when the U.S. Constitution was adopted?

What branch of government is described in Article I of the U.S. Constitution?

What branch of government is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution?

What branch of government is described in Article III of the U.S. Constitution?

What happen to the states when the U.S. Constitution was adopted?

Over time which level of America's government has grown weaker?

Dual Federalism is when the national and state governments work __________.

What type of federalism is it when the national and state governments collaborate?

What historic event triggered the era of cooperative federalism?

What type of federalism is associated with layered cake?

Marble cake federalism is associated with ____________federalism.

Who was President during the New Deal?

Which type of federalism is associated with achieving political ends, rather than a philosophic approach to centralization or decentralization of power?

When the national government required state to raise the drinking age to receive highway funds, what type of federalism was this?

Civil liberties protect citizens from _____________.

Civil Rights are a protection provided by _______________.

What name do we give to the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

In which amendment to the U.S. Constitution do we find freedom of the press?

When someone refuses to answer question in a court room because answering truthfully would be admitting a crime, what do they say?

When someone pleads the fifth what are they referring to?

The establishment clause relates to what freedom in the U.S. Constitution?

The free exercise clause relates to what freedom in the U.S. Constitution?

The 10th amendment of the U.S. Constitution reserves power to the states or to the _____________.

Civil rights provide protection to whom?

Which of the following is NOT a protected class in the U.S. ?

Prior to the civil war where was slavery legal according to the U.S. Constitution?

Plessy v Ferguson established was legal principle in the U.S.?

What name do we give to the laws that segregated society along racial lines?

What is the lowest level of judicial scrutiny?

The elastic clause in the U.S. Constitution is has another name. What is it?

What causes Congressional districts to be redrawn?

How often is the census conducted in the U.S.?

When a member introduces a bill in Congress he drops it in the hopper, and it is assigned a number. Who numbers the bills?

After a bill receives a number it is sent to the committee of jurisdiction, who is responsible for this?

After the President vetoes a bill, two-thirds of the members of both chambers of Congress can _____________ the veto.

A key difference in the legislative process between the House and the Senate is the House _____________ Committee.

When the president issues a pardon who has to confirm it?

Under what title is the President the highest ranking U.S. Military personnel?

Which of the following is not an express power of the Presidency?

America's government is made up of a system of "checks and balances" how does Congress check the Presidency?

What author described the President's power as the power to persuade?

Clarence Thomas is currently the only African American man serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, who was the first?

Dr. Buehlmann used an analogy about meringues to teach about what ?

How many elected officials, with voting rights, sit in the U.S House of Representatives?