GOV Semester Exam

Awards public offices to those who supported the political party

People opposed to the ratification of the Constitution

Powers that are NOT stated but suggested

Ethnic term referring to races or groups

Two groups that were later given suffrage

Drawing electoral district lines to limit the strength of a group

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Eighteen year olds have suffrage

Location where voters report to their polling place

Legal process by which a fugitive in one state is returned to state of crime

Government where the leader has the absolute power over society

What is the main purpose of voter registration?

Two main political parties in the USA

English document in 1215 that included rights like trial by jury

Courts have the power to review government actions or laws

How did the Great Compromise solve the representation dilemma?

Representation would be based on population

Minor parties that have broken away from one of the major parties

Extends restrictions on other branches

System of government where the states have the power over the national level

Two most significant events in U.S. history for deciding party affiliation

Powers that belong to a national government because it is sovereign

This compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans together

Right to vote

Group that makes the formal selection of the President

Power held by a small group of people

What is the meaning of time zone fallout?

Freedoms of speech and religion

Representation would be equal for all states

Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers?

What event prompted the 26th Amendment

Allows citizens to register when then renew driver's license

Voters with no party affiliation

To formally approve

Having power within your territory to make policies

People who favored ratification of the Constitution

Farther down an office is on the ballot fewer number of votes are cast

What were the two major issues of the Anti Federalists?

Major point of disagreement between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans

Governmental power is divided into three branches

Powers given to the states

Strong support for your party and platform

Why do voters believe there are only two real choices on the ballot?

Agreement on how to count slaves for determining representation

Pact made by the President with the leader of a foreign nation

Clause which allows the government powers to be stretched for situations

Process by which people gain their political attitudes

Key principle of dividing power between the national and regional governments

Identify one way for an amendment to be ratified with the correct ratio

Voting for candidates of only one party in election

Formal agreement between two or more states

Voting differences between men and women

Abolished the poll tax

Voting for candidates of different parties at the same election

Government formed by a number of parties to create a majority

Branch that enforces the laws

First ten Amendments

Women have suffrage

Powers shared by both national and state

Branch that interprets the laws

Congressional elections held in even years between Presidential elections

Form of government where the authority rests with the people

Early government before the Constitution where each state held sovereignty

Constitution is the highest law in the nation

Meets in the summer of every presidential year to officially pick party candidates

Black men have suffrage

Unit into which cities are divided

How do most Americans become connected with their party?

Branch that makes the laws

Purpose of the Full Faith and Credit Clause

Agreement where the people create a state with individual rights and popular sovereignty

Current officeholder in a government position

Leaders of the executive agencies that advise the President

Supreme law of the nation