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Midterm study cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the percentage of people in the world that enjoy political and personal freedom? | 40% |
| Who helped shape the evolving ideas about liberty and political rights? | John Locke |
| What is the this belief that ordinary citizens can affect what the government does, that they can take action to make the government listen to them? | Political efficacy |
| When did Native Americans become citizens of the United States? | 1924 |
| What was the percentage of the foreign-born population by 1970 that was at an all time low? | 5% |
| Despite the rise in the mega rich and the top 10% by 2014, what group of people have seen their numbers swell to nearly one-third of the population? | Poor and near poor |
| Which company successfully challenged a provision of the Obamacare because of religious objections? | Hobby Lobby |
| What refers to the right to participate in politics equally? | political equality |
| Which part of Congress is a large body elected directly by the people? | House of Representatives |
| What percentage of Americans say the "government has too much power"? | 55% |
| The Constitution is made up of three branches of government; legislative, executive and judicial. (T/F) | True |
| The Article of Confederations was a success that we still use today? (T/F) | False |
| Which future president of the United States squashed Shay's Rebellion? | George Washington |
| What did the Great Compromise finally settle for the government? | Senate & House of Representatives |
| What is a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution between a central government and regional government? | Federalism |
| Which Supreme Court case established judicial review? | Marbury v. Madison |
| Which branch of government passes federal laws, collect taxes, borrow money, regulate commerce, declare war and maintain an army and navy? | Legislative |
| Which part of Congress is elected every six years and whose terms are staggered into thirds for election every two years, per the Seventeenth Amendment? | Senate |
| Which part of Congress is elected every two years and elected by the people? | House of Representatives |
| Which amendment was changed because of the Vietnam War? | 26 |
| Which power enabled Congress to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper? | Implied |
| Which amendment is known for its "reserved powers"? | 10th |
| Which clause says that each state has to honor judical proceedings? | Full faith and credit clause |
| What is it called when the governmental powers are shared between the federal and state governments? | Dual Federalism |
| What clause was made famous by the McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Supreme Court case? | Commerce |
| Who was the chief justice that argued the Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Supreme Court case? | Marshal |
| Who was the most prominent advocate of states' right, saying that they should have veto power on any federal law? | John C. Calhoun |
| Which program required that the money provided by the government for the state be employed for the purposes defined by the federal government? | Grants-in-aid |
| What Act required state and local governments to make public transit accessible to disabled people with wheelchairs? | Rehabilitation act |
| Which Act greatly increased the surveillance powers of the federal government? | USA PATRIOT Act |
| What did the Bill of Rights interpret to put limits on from the time it was written until the end o the 1800s? | The national Government only |
| What is a court order demanding an individual in custody be brought iinto court and shown reason for detention? | Habeas Corpus |
| Which two amendments have due process of the law in their writings? | 5 & 14 |
| Which court case led to the Lemon test? | Lemon v Kurtzman |
| What judicial doctrine places a heavy burden of proof on the government when it seeks to regulate or restrict speech? | strict scrutiny |
| Which convention in 1984 did a person burn an American flag? | Dallas/Republican |
| Which famous court case deals with the Sixth Amendment's guarantee to a right of counsel? | Gideon v Wainwright |
| What is it called when a written statement is defamatory? | Libel |
| Which court case was the first to be recognized by the Court when it is related to right to privacy when it comes to birth control? | Griswold v Connecticut |
| Whhc court case did the Supreme Court rule that state governments could no longer make private sexual behavior a crime? | Lawrence v Texas |
| Which amendment is part of the "equal protection of the laws?" | 14 |
| What were the Jim Crow Laws? | They criminalized intermarriage of the races and segregate trains and depots. |
| Who help found the NAACP? | WEB Du Bois |
| What state granted full suffrage to women? | Wyoming |
| What was the decision in the court case Shelley v Kraemer? | A seller could not forbid a buyer from selling to a non-Caucasians the future. |
| What was the most important piece of legislation passed by Congress in 1964? | Civil Rights Act |
| What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 protect voters from? | Taking literacy test |
| What are the two different types of sexual harassments? | quid pro quo harassment and hostile environment |
| What does DREAM Act stand for? | Development, Relief, and Education act for Alien minors |
| What has brought a substantial amount of money into the Native American lands? | casino gambling |
| What term is used today that refers to someone who generally supports the social and economic status quo and is suspicious of efforts to introduce new political formulas and economic arrangements? | Conservative |
| What political ideology that argues for the need to place strict limitations on voting right and civil liberties? | Socialism |
| What process do Americans tend to learn political beliefs and values through? | political socialization |
| What poll questions the design to shape the respondents opinion rather than measure the respondents opinion? | Push poll |
| Which term is used in public opinion polling to denote the small group representing the opinions of the whole population? | Sample |
| Who controls three-fourths of the daily print newspapers in the United States? | large media conglomerates |
| What is needed for a digital citizenship? | high speed internet and the skills to look up online information |
| What part of the media's powers determines what becomes a part of the political discussion? | Agenda setting |
| Which organization has used the internet to anonymously release thoughts of secret US government documents relating to corruption, war crimes, and torture in recent years? | WikiLeaks |
| What does the FCC regulations apply to? | over-the-air broadcast media |
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