Chapter 2

Question 1

Checks and Balances

Answer 1

Authority shared by three branches of government

Question 2

Faction

Answer 2

A group with a distinct political interest

Question 3

Federalist

Answer 3

Those who favor a stronger national government

Question 4

Anti-Federalist

Answer 4

Those who favor a weaker national government

Question 5

Coalition

Answer 5

An alliance of groups

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

First 10 amendments to the constitution

Question 7

Habeas Corpus

Answer 7

An order to produce an arrested person before a judge

Question 8

Bill of Attainder

Answer 8

A law that declares a person, without a trail, to be guilty of a crime

Question 9

Ex Post Facto Law

Answer 9

A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed

Question 10

Amendments

Answer 10

A new provision to the Constitution that has been ratified by the states

Question 11

Line-item Veto

Answer 11

An executive’s ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature

Question 12

Concurrent Powers

Answer 12

Powers shared by the national and state government