1. European Intellectual Movement
Enlightenment
2. List elements of the Virginia Plan
2 House Leg.Representation based on Pop. In both houses
3. What were the Federalist Papers?
Written in favor of the
Constitution
4. Define Democracy
Rule by the people
5. Define Republic
Representative Democracy
6. 1st Ten Amendments are
called...
Bill of Rights
8. President elected by the House
Thomas Jefferson
9. Define Treaty
Agreement between 2 or
more countries
10. Capital of Illinois
Springfield
11. Importance of Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized separate but
equal (segregation)
12. Importance of Brown v. Board of
Educ., Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
13. Importance of Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda Warnings
14. Why was Greece/Rome
important to U.S. Govt.?
Where democracy first
developed
15. What is common law?
Law based on custom and use
16. Importance of Magna Carta
Kings & Queens no longer above
the law
17. Locke’s Philosophy
Natural Rights, life, liberty,
property
18. Author of Dec. of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
19. Define Separation of Powers
Dividing power in the national
gov’t into branches
20. What was a loyalist?
Favored loyalty to Great Britain
20. What was a patriot?Favored
independence
21. What was the Mayflower Compact?
Agreement between pilgrim
leaders
22. Define Confederation
Loose association of independent
states
23. Elements of the 3/5ths Compromise
5 slaves count as 3 people for both taxation
and representation
24. How many states needed to
ratify the new Constitution?
9
25. What is the checks & balances
system?
Each branch exercises a check
on the other branch
26. Requirements to vote in Illinois
18 years old30 day resident
U.S. Citizen
27. Illinois lawmaking power
rests in theGeneral
Assembly
28. Importance of the 14th Amendment
Gave blacks equal
protection under the laws
29. Define reapportionment
Redrawing voting districts after a census
30. 3 Most important powers of
CongressTaxationDeclaration of WarCreation of Law
31. Define Elastic Clause
Allows Constitution to
stretch
32. Another name for elastic clause
Necessary & Proper Clause
33. Importance of appropriations
committee
All $ bills begin here
34. Define “marking up a bill”
To approve, amend, or draft
a new bill
35. Define “reporting out a bill”
Approve a bill in committee
36. Role of party whip
Keep party members informed
38. Define popular sovereignty
Ultimate authority rests with the people
40. 1st major Supreme Court case
Marbury v. Madison
41. Define “dangerous tendency
test”
See if words could have a dangerous
tendency
42. Define “clear & present danger test”
See if words have a clear and present
danger
43. Explain due process of law
Course of legal measure to protect a person
44. Define double jeopardy
Being tried for the same crime
twice
45. All bills requiring a tax increase start
here
House of Representatives
46. Explain Habeus Corpus
Court order requiring a person
to go before a judge to decide if he’s
being held lawfully
47. Define Restitution
Making good to someone on a loss or damage
48. Define Civil Law
Body of law regulating
private rights and obligations
49. Define Criminal Law
Body of law regulating offenses against
community
51. Define contract
Written or oral agreement
between 2 or more parties
53. Define eminent domain
Right to take private property
for public use
54. Define misdemeanor
Minor crime
55. Give an example
Speeding Small theft
56. Define Felony
Serious crime
57. Give an example
ArsonMurder
58. Define Plaintiff
Party bringing suit in a civil
case
59. Define Writ of Certiorari
Notification that a higher court wishes to hear a case so send
the records
60. Define Dissenting Opinion
Opinion of Justices
disagreeing with majority
63. Reasons for writing Declaration of
Independence
New theory of Gov’tList of grievances
Declare Independence
64. Elements of Great Compromise
2 House legislature - 1 equal & 1 based
on population
65. Rights protected in 1st AmendmentRReligionAAssemblySSpeechPPressPPetition
66. 27th amendment
Congressional Pay raises
67. How many amendments are
there?
27
68. 17th amendment
Direct Election of Senators
69. Regarding a search warrant, what
is probable causeSufficient reason to believe a crime has been committed or
will be
70. Define double jeopardy
Being tried for the same crime
71. Define bail
$ needed to release a person until trial can be
held
72. Amendment that allows for
election of Pres. & VP as a ticket
12
73. 13th amendment
Freed the slaves
74. Women’s suffrage came in
which amendment
19
75. 23rd amendment
3 electoral votes to
Washington D.C.
76. 26th amendment is called
“Vietnam War Amendment”
becauseGave 18 yr.
Olds the right to vote
77. The chief executive of the U.S.
The President
78. The executive branch
enforces
79. The legislative branch
makes
80. The judicial branch
interprets
81. Qualifications for President35 yrs. Old
14 yr. ResidentNatural-born
citizen
82. How many terms or years can a
president serve?
2, 10
83. If the president dies or leaves office,
who follows?VP
Speaker of the House
84. List powers of the President
Just know he can’t declare
war
85. Define executive agreement
Pact between Pres. & head of another country
86. Define pocket veto
Pres. Does nothing with less than 10
days left in session of Congress
87. President’s advisors make up his
Cabinet
88. If there is not an electoral vote majority, who chooses the president?
House of Representatives
89. Define executive order
Rule issued by Pres. With
effect of law
90. A quorum is
majority
91. Presiding officer of the House
Speaker of the House
92. Define statutes
A written law
93. Define bicameral
2 House
94. Who approves Presidential treaties and by what vote?
Senate 2/3
95. Define conference committee
Makes a bill acceptable to both Houses of Congress
96. Define pigeonhole
To kill a bill in committee
97. Can the Pres. Call special sessions of Congress?
Yes
98. Purpose of Congressional Committees
Screen massive # of Bills
99. Define filibuster
Talk to stall action on a bill
100. President impeached but not
convicted
Andrew Johnson
101. Each states electoral votes is
equal to the number of
Senators & Representatives
102. Congress may override the
President’s veto with what vote?
2/3
103. Define impeach
Charge public official
104. Which age group of voters has
the poorest turnout at the polls?
18-24 year olds
105. When are National Party
Conventions held?
Summer of election year
106. What is their purpose?
Nominate Pres. & VP
candidates
107. How many electoral votes are
needed to be elected Pres.?
270
108. Define incumbent
Person already holding in office
109. In Illinois, senators are chosen from ___ legislative
districts & reps. from ___ representative
districts.
59
118
110. In Illinois, senators serve ______
year terms, representatives serve
___ year terms.
2 or 4
2
111. Where does a bill go if the Governor
vetoes?
Original House
112. Line of succession if
governor dies.
Lt. Governor
113. How many counties does Illinois
have?
102
114. When are state officials chosen?
General Election
115. State animal, bird, flower, dance.
White tail deerCardinalViolet
Square Dance
116. 10th Amendment
Powers reserved to the
states
117. Which law is supreme? Federal or
State?
Federal
118. How many articles are in the
Constitution?
7
119. Define Patent
Protection for an invention
120. Define Federalism
dividing power between state &
national gov’t
121. Define Naturalization
Process of becoming a citizen
122. Only court created in the Constitution
Supreme
123. Who nominates Supreme Court
Judges?
PresidentConfirms?
Senate
124. How many judges sit on the Supreme Court?
9
125. Term for Supreme Court
Judges?
Life
126. Who decides Supreme Court
Cases?Majority
127. Define Judicial Review
Act of declaring a law
unconstitutional
128. Which case did Judicial Review Start
with?
Marbury v. Madison
129. 3 Levels of Federal Court System
DistrictAppellateSupreme
130. Who set up the court of appeals?
Congress
131. Define precedent
decision made by a judge in a
previous & similar case
132. 2 Sides in Justice System
DefenseProsecution /
Plaintiff
133. Define ex post facto law
Law that punishes for something not a
crime when committed
134. What is the job of a Grand jury?
Indict a suspect
135. Define Censorship
Stopping written ideas before they
are expressed
136. When are warrants NOT necessary?
When you have probable cause
137. Define exclusionary rule
Forbids illegally gained evidence
from being used in court
138. Example of local trial courts
TrafficJuvenile
139. Appellate court can do what 3 things?
UpholdModify
Reverse
140. 2 Court systems found in the USA
FederalState
141. Cases involving the US gov’t are
heard where?
Federal Courts
142. When can demonstrations be
regulated?
Dangerous tendency/ Clear
and Present Danger
143. Define libel
Knowingly writing false & damaging statements about
someone
144. Define citizen
A person born or naturalized
in the USA
145. Define jus soli
Citizenship by birth
146. Define treason
Betrayal of one’s country
147. Define visa
Permission to enter a country
149. Define expatriate
Person who voluntarily gives up
citizenship
150. Define federalist
Person who favored the Constitution
151. Define prohibition
Period where alcohol was
illegal
153. Term of office for senators
6 years
154. Define original jurisdiction
Court handles case for the
first time
156. Define appropriate
To provide funds
157. Define sponsor
Congressman who drafts &
introduces a bill
159. Define gerrymandering
Redraw voting districts to favor party in power
161. Define constituent
Person represented by a member of
Congress
162. The congressional
schedule is called the...
Calendar
163. Define rider
Unrelated item added to a bill
164. Define impoundment
To stop appropriations
165. Define item veto
Power to reject a portion of a
bill
166. Define cloture
To end debate filibuster
167. Define compromise
Both sides agree to give
up part of their demands
168. What is suffrage?
Right to vote
169. What are natural rights?
LifeLiberty
Property
170. What are concurrent powers?
Powers shared by federal & state gov’ts
171. What was the House of Burgesses?
1st Representative Assembly in
America
172. Define lame duck
Person who is defeated, but still in office
173. Define veto
To reject a bill
174. In habeus corpus, does the
accused have to be brought before a
judge?Yes
175. Which gov’t agency handles chief
law enforcement duties?
Department of Justice
176. Role of attorney general
Provide legal advice to the
President
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