Part 2

Question 1

Marbury v Maddion

Answer 1

established judicial review

Question 2

Gibbons v Ogden

Answer 2

Only the national gov has power to regulate interstate trade

Question 3

enumerated powers

Answer 3

powers specifically granted to the national gov by the US constitution

Question 4

implied powers

Answer 4

statement in us constitution granting congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

Question 5

frontloading

Answer 5

tendency of state to hold primaries in order to have a greater influence on the nomination process

Question 6

McCulloch v Maryland

Answer 6

congress can create a national bank (implied powers/elastic clause) and state gov cannot tax the national government (supremacy clause)

Question 7

superdelegate

Answer 7

democratic national party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the democratic national convention

Question 8

delegate

Answer 8

individuals who attend their party’s national convention and vote to select their party’s nominee for president. Delegates are elected in a series of primaries and caucuses that occur during winter and spring of an election year.

Question 9

national convention

Answer 9

a meeting party of delegates that is held every 4 years to formalize a party platform and formally nominate a candidate for the presidential election

Question 10

open primary

Answer 10

elections to select party nominees in which voters can decide on Election day whether they want to participate in democratic or republican contests

Question 11

closed primary

Answer 11

elections to select party nominees in which only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for the party’s candidates, thus encouraging greater party loyalty

Question 12

caucus

Answer 12

a system of selecting convention delegates used in about a dozen states in which voters must attend an open meeting to express their presidential preference

Question 13

federalism

Answer 13

a system of government where state and national government have separate and shared powers

Question 14

separation of powers

Answer 14

a constitutional principle where each of the three branches of government have powers that are independent

Question 15

checks and balances

Answer 15

a constitutional principle that limits governments power by requiring each branch to obtain the consent of the others for its actions, limiting and balancing power among the branches

Question 16

republic

Answer 16

a form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws

Question 17

direct democracy

Answer 17

a form of government where all citizens participate directly in government actions