Quiz Questions Flashcards
The idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is found in the ___ ___ ___
Declaration of Independence
Negative liberty limits ___ ___
government action
An example of a ___ liberty is education, stop smoking programs, & illness prevention
positive
Democracy involves ___ ___
involved citizens
American government officials are ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
mixed between elected and unelected
Americans see the central government as a ___ ___ ___
threat to rights
True or False?
Social democracies tend to be more equal in opportunity
True
Americans lean more toward ___
individualism
The United States today aims for ___ ___
equal opportunity
What tells Americans who they are?
ideas
The ___ takes the ideas of the Declaration of Independence and turns them into laws and institutions.
Constitution
The framers did not allow the public to directly elect a president because they did not think the people had enough ___ or ___ to make the proper choice.
information or wisdom
Constitutionally, members of the U.S. House of Representatives must be ___ years of age.
25
The ___ ___ ___ ___ gives Congress a great deal of creative leeway.
necessary and proper clause
Treaties made by presidents are constitutionally valid if ___ of the Senate approve.
two-thirds
Article 3 pertains to the ___ ___.
Supreme Court
The only amendment to be ratified by state convention was the ____.
21st
The Constitution is the “supreme law of the land” because ___ ___ says so.
article VI (6)
___ is the relationship between different levels of government sharing and squabbling over power.
federalism
The ___ form of government favors a central government exercising all or most political authority.
unitary
Proponents of ___ policy argue that states are more responsive to citizen needs and desires.
state-level
An advantage of ___ is standardizing best practices across the nation.
federalism
If Virginia law conflicts with federal law, the ___ ___ states that federal law is superior.
supremacy clause
The Tenth Amendment relates to and best demonstrates ___ ___.
reserved powers
Public education would be a good example of ___ ___.
state powers
Cooperative federalism is most often attributed to the policies of President ____ ____.
Franklin Roosevelt
The “marble cake” model is a metaphor for ____ ____ because it was a system of mingled governing authority, with functions overlapping across national and state governments.
cooperative federalism
Establishing ___ is NOT identified in the Constitution as a responsibility of national government.
schools
