Chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

Who is the Lieutenant Governor of Texas?

Answer 1

Dan Patrick; most powerful

Question 2

Who is the governor of Texas?

Answer 2

Gregg Abbott?

Question 3

Who is our senator?

Answer 3

Ted Cruz

Question 4

The formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of states are conducted

Answer 4

Government

Question 5

Who enforced the importance of individualism?

Answer 5

Puritans

Question 6

Who categorized the government by participants, those who govern, and authority?

Answer 6

Plato and Aristotle

Question 7

Defined by the rule of one hereditary king or queen in the interest of subjects

Answer 7

Monarchy

Question 8

Governed by the few in the service of many

Answer 8

Aristocracy

Question 9

Aristotle considered this rule by “tyranny” based on religion ideology, or culture

Answer 9

Totalitarianism

Question 10

Few people rule in their own interest

Answer 10

Oligarchy

Question 11

A representative or indirect democracy

Answer 11

Republic roots

Question 12

Entitles people to a trial by jury, to be informed of their charges, and to be tried in a courtroom

Answer 12

Bill of Rights

Question 13

Who is commander in chief?

Answer 13

President

Question 14

Who raises the army?

Answer 14

Congress

Question 15

Shared attitudes, beliefs and core values

Answer 15

Political culture

Question 16

American pop culture emphasizes what values?

Answer 16

Liberty and equality

Question 17

Freedom from government interference and demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices with gov. Interference or discrimination

Answer 17

Personal Liberty

Question 18

Principle all citizens are equal in the eyes of the law

Answer 18

Political equality

Question 19

Principle that gov. Must draw their powers from the consent of the governed

Answer 19

Popular consent

Question 20

Popular consent derived from which social contract?

Answer 20

The Declaration of Infependence

Question 21

Notion that the ultimate authority in society rests with the people

Answer 21

Popular Sovereignty

Question 22

What is popular sovereignty based on?

Answer 22

Natural Law

Question 23

What differentiates America from other democracies?

Answer 23

Individualism

Question 24

Coherent set of values and beliefs people hold about their purpose and scope of gov. In the actions of indivuals

Answer 24

Political ideology

Question 25

What is a potent political force?

Answer 25

Ideologies

Question 26

What are two factories that shape human history?

Answer 26

Science and Technology; ideological battles

Question 27

One who favors limited gov. Intervention, particular in economic affairs; private sectors

Answer 27

Conservative

Question 28

Believe that the government should support and further traditional moral teachings

Answer 28

Social Conservative

Question 29

Favor gov. Intervention in economic affairs and social services

Answer 29

Liberals

Question 30

Takes a relative centrist or middle-of-the-road view on most political views

Answer 30

Moderates

Question 31

Believes in extensive gov. Control of personal & economic liberties

Answer 31

Statists

Question 32

Believes in limited gov. Interference

Answer 32

Libertarians

Question 33

The study of who gets what, when, how-the process which policy decisions are made

Answer 33

Politics

Question 34

An economic theory designed to increase a nation's wealth through the development of commercial industry and favorable balance of trade

Answer 34

Mercantilism

Question 35

Which clause is most widely used?

Answer 35

Commerce clause

Question 36

What are the qualifications of the Supreme Court?

Answer 36

None

Question 37

Who enforces laws on a national level?

Answer 37

No one

Question 38

Who can declare war?

Answer 38

Only congress

Question 39

Who are the fathers of the constitution?

Answer 39

Madison, Jay, Hamilton

Question 40

Are requirement for house?

Answer 40

25

Question 41

Age requirement for Senate?

Answer 41

30

Question 42

Term for Senate?

Answer 42

6

Question 43

Term for Executive?

Answer 43

4

Question 44

Term for house?

Answer 44

2

Question 45

Term for judiciary?

Answer 45

Life

Question 46

Document drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that proclaimed the right of the American colonies to separate from Great Britain

Answer 46

Declaration of Independence

Question 47

The compact between the thirteen original colonies that created a loose league of friendship, with the national government drawing its power from the states

Answer 47

Articles of Confederation

Question 48

Type of gov. In which the national government derives its power from the states; a league of independent states

Answer 48

Confederation or confederacy

Question 49

A rebellion in which an army of 1500 disgruntled and angry farmers led by Daniel Shays marched to Springfield, Massachusetts, and forcible restrained the state court from foreclosing mortgages on their farms

Answer 49

Shay's Rebellion

Question 50

A document establishing the structure, functions, and limitations of a government

Answer 50

Constitution

Question 51

The key points were a bicameral legislature, as well as an executive and a judiciary chosen by the national legislature

Answer 51

Virginia Plan

Question 52

Creation of a powerful central government with three branches

Answer 52

The Virginia Plan

Question 53

One house legislature with one vote for each state, a Congress with the ability to raise revenue, a Supreme Court with members appointed for life

Answer 53

New Jersey Plan

Question 54

Create a two house legislature, with the lower house elected by the people and with powers divided between the two houses; made national law supreme

Answer 54

Great Compromise

Question 55

A constitutionally mandated structure that gives each of the three branches of government some degree of oversight and control over the actions of the others

Answer 55

Checks and Balances

Question 56

System of government in which the national government and state governments share power and derive all authority from the people

Answer 56

Federal system

Question 57

A way of dividing the power of government among the branches, each staffed separately, with equality and independence of each branch ensured by the constitution

Answer 57

Separation of powers

Question 58

Article 1?

Answer 58

Legislative Branch

Question 59

Article 2?

Answer 59

Executive Branch

Question 60

Article 3?

Answer 60

Judicial Branch

Question 61

The powers of the national gov. specifically granted to Congress in Article 1, section 8

Answer 61

Enumerated powers

Question 62

The final paragraph of Article 1, section 8, which gives Congress the authority to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers specified in the constitution; also called the elastic clause

Answer 62

Necessary and proper clause

Question 63

The powers of the national government derived from the enumerated powers and the necessary and proper clause

Answer 63

Implied powers

Question 64

Section of article 4 that ensure judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in any other state

Answer 64

Full faith and credit clause

Question 65

Portion of Article 6 mandating that national law is supreme to all other laws passed by the states or by any other subdivision of government

Answer 65

Supremacy Clause

Question 66

Those who favored a strong national government and proposed the constitution; first political party

Answer 66

Federalists

Question 67

Those who favored strong state governments and a weak national government; opposed ratification of the constitution

Answer 67

Anti-Fedralists

Question 68

Series of 85 political essays written by Hamilton, Madison, Jay in support of the ratification of the constitution

Answer 68

The Federalist Papers

Question 69

First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution which largely guarantees specific rights and liberties

Answer 69

Bill of Rights

Question 70

Federal Courts had the power to nullify acts of the nation's government

Answer 70

Marbury vs. Madison