3.11-3.21

Question 1

trial with no jury

Answer 1

bench trial

Question 2

cabinet

Answer 2

president’s advisors

Question 3

oversees the US military

Answer 3

Department of Defense

Question 4

oversees social security, medicaid, and medicare

Answer 4

Department of Health and Human services

Question 5

conducts diplomacy with foreign countries

Answer 5

Department of Foreign Affairs

Question 6

defends against terrorist attacks

Answer 6

Department of Homeland Security

Question 7

oversees the US marshals and federal prisons

Answer 7

Department of Justice

Question 8

collects taxes, prints money, and fights counterfeiting

Answer 8

Department of Treasury

Question 9

kind of primary that Indiana uses

Answer 9

open primary

Question 10

contributions that Mccain-Feingold regulated

Answer 10

limited individual contributions to a political party

Question 11

sherman silver purchase act

Answer 11

required the US gov to purchase more silver and added to the amount of money in circulation

Question 12

sherman anti-trust act

Answer 12

prohibited business activities deemed uncompetitive and required the federal government to investigate trusts

Question 13

patronage

Answer 13

awarding government positions to loyal party members

Question 14

why did the framers reject the direct popular vote for choosing a president?

Answer 14

they thought people would pick a “favorite son” from their state and region without sufficient information

Question 15

how do they decide how many electoral votes a state has?

Answer 15

it is based on the state’s number of representatives and senators in Congress

Question 16

position that is the head of the executive branch in Indiana

Answer 16

governor

Question 17

name of the legislative body in Indiana

Answer 17

General Assembly

Question 18

PAC

Answer 18

organization created by an interest group to legally raise money for a candidate

Question 19

lobbying

Answer 19

trying to influence public officials

Question 20

principle established by the Marbury v. Madison case

Answer 20

judicial review

Question 21

principle upheld by Baker v. Carr

Answer 21

one person, one vote

Question 22

executive power overturned by clinton v. city of new york

Answer 22

line item veto

Question 23

ruled that you can’t change election law in the middle of an election

Answer 23

bush v. gore

Question 24

what was maryland trying to do in the mcculloch v. maryland case

Answer 24

impose a tax on the Second Bank of the US

Question 25

the amount of wiggle room that pollsters allow for a poll

Answer 25

sampling error

Question 26

when illegitimate pollsters ask poll questions to try to get a certain result

Answer 26

push polling