3.11-3.21 Flashcards
trial with no jury
bench trial
cabinet
president’s advisors
oversees the US military
Department of Defense
oversees social security, medicaid, and medicare
Department of Health and Human services
conducts diplomacy with foreign countries
Department of Foreign Affairs
defends against terrorist attacks
Department of Homeland Security
oversees the US marshals and federal prisons
Department of Justice
collects taxes, prints money, and fights counterfeiting
Department of Treasury
kind of primary that Indiana uses
open primary
contributions that Mccain-Feingold regulated
limited individual contributions to a political party
sherman silver purchase act
required the US gov to purchase more silver and added to the amount of money in circulation
sherman anti-trust act
prohibited business activities deemed uncompetitive and required the federal government to investigate trusts
patronage
awarding government positions to loyal party members
why did the framers reject the direct popular vote for choosing a president?
they thought people would pick a “favorite son” from their state and region without sufficient information
how do they decide how many electoral votes a state has?
it is based on the state’s number of representatives and senators in Congress
position that is the head of the executive branch in Indiana
governor
name of the legislative body in Indiana
General Assembly
PAC
organization created by an interest group to legally raise money for a candidate
lobbying
trying to influence public officials
principle established by the Marbury v. Madison case
judicial review
principle upheld by Baker v. Carr
one person, one vote
executive power overturned by clinton v. city of new york
line item veto
ruled that you can’t change election law in the middle of an election
bush v. gore
what was maryland trying to do in the mcculloch v. maryland case
impose a tax on the Second Bank of the US
