history deck term 1

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of a country.

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

he branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch.

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

the government that writes, debates, and passes laws. Making laws can be called legislating.

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

The judicial branch is one of three branches of the federal government. The judicial branch includes criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution

Question 5

President

Answer 5

the elected head of a republican state

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.

Question 7

census

Answer 7

an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals

Question 8

Supreme Court

Answer 8

the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.

Question 9

House of Representatives

Answer 9

The lower house of the United States Congress. With 435 popularly elected officials

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular.

Question 11

liberalism

Answer 11

a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.

Question 12

conservatism

Answer 12

A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change

Question 13

checks and balances

Answer 13

counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 15

politics

Answer 15

the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries.

Question 16

Republican

Answer 16

of a form of government,belonging to, or characteristic of a republic.

Question 17

Democrat

Answer 17

an advocate or supporter of democracy.

Question 18

election

Answer 18

a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.

Question 19

voting rights

Answer 19

A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people.

Question 20

Electoral College

Answer 20

a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

Question 21

Constitution

Answer 21

a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Question 22

constitutional

Answer 22

relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.