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Test #1 Flashcards

1
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Why did the first colonists come to this country (main reason)?

A

Commerce

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2
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Is the US population getting older or younger

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Older

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3
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How do people in the South feel about the Federal Government?

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It should be smaller

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4
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Which group of people care most about Medicare and Social Secuirty?

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Old people

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5
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Do people in the US have confidence in Congress?

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No

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6
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When were state governments the most powerful?

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The first 150 years of the US

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7
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The Stamp Act put a tax on

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Paper

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8
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Who participated in Shay’s rebellion?

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Farmers

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9
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Gibbons v Ogden – which part of the Constitution did the Marshall Court use?

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Commerce clause

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10
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Which describes the relationship between the three branches of government?

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Checks and balances

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11
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What did the anti-federalists insist on, to protect your civil liberties?

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Bill of Rights

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12
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Which group would support strong state governments?

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Anti-federalists

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13
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Which one describes a law that makes something illegal after the fact

A

Ex post facto

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14
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McCulloh v Maryland said ___ powers say Congress can create a national bank?

A

Implied

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15
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Which kind of grant is specific and restrictive?

A

Categorical

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16
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Which Act of Congress says the government can examine your private records?

A

USA Patriot Act

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17
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Cursing is an example of ___, which are not constitutionally protected

A

Fighting words

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18
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Which court case was about the right to privacy

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Lawrence v Texas (2003)

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19
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Plessy v Ferguson ushered in the ____ doctrine

A

separate but equal

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20
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Which describes something denied to black people in the Black codes

A

Voting

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21
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The intermediate standard of review is for which kind of discrimination?

A

Sex-based

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22
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Giving men’s programs more money than women’s programs at college is a violation of?

A

Title IX

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23
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Was the Equal Rights Amendment ever ratified?

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No

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24
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Which Act did the Supreme Court use to say that Trump shutting down DACA was unconstitutional?

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The Administrative Procedures Act

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25
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What are core American values?

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Liberty, equality, individualism, and self-governance

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26
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How have the American people and their culture changed over time?

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  • size and population trends
  • racial and ethnic composition
  • ISSUES OF AN AGING POPULATION
  • religious beliefs
  • family and family size
    -regional growth and expansion
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27
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How many states ratified the Constitution in 1789

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Nine

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28
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How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution?

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Nine

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29
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What is federalism?

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Division of powers and functions between the national government and state governments

30
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9th Amendment

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Guarantees that just because there is a special listing of rights in the BOR doesn’t mean that others don’t exist

31
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10th Amendment

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The powers not delegated to the national gov are RESERVED to the states or to the people

32
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This kind of due process says state governments are the ones that need to prove their laws are a valid exercise of government power

A

Substantive due process

33
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the fourteenth amendment allowed for the application of the bill of rights to state and local governments, or selective ______

A

Incorporation

34
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What is selective incorporation?

A

a constitutional doctrine that protects American citizens from states enacting laws that could infringe upon their rights.

35
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What is Establishment Clause?

A

The national government cannot establish an official church.
Separation between church and state.

36
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What types of speeches are protected by the First Amendment?

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Political speech/ political cartoons
Hate speech
Student speech

37
Q

Our expectations of our federal government have done this over time

A

Increased

38
Q

prayer in school cannot be _______ or it is unconstitutional

A

Mandatory

39
Q

if the cops come into your house without a warrant and find drugs, the exclusionary rule says no evidence allowed in court that was seized in this way

A

Illegally

40
Q

used the courts to challenge school segregation

A

NAACP

41
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the form that federallism took after the Great Depression

A

Cooperative

42
Q

these requests for federal money are also called earmarks

A

Progmmatic

43
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the founding fathers agreed enslaved peoples would count as this fraction of a person for the purpose of seats in the House of Representatives

A

Three fifths

44
Q

the percentage of Americans that came to the US from another country

A

Fifteen

45
Q

the only western country that still uses the death penalty

A

The United States

46
Q

Obama helped get passed this act, which addressed gender-based pay discrimination

A

Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009). Overruled the SC decision that women could not seek redress of grievances under the provisions of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 for discrimination that had occurred over a period of years.

47
Q

the Supreme Court uses strict scrutiny when there is a law separating people based on this.

A

Race

48
Q

Calhoun thought a state could declare they didn’t want to and wouldn’t follow a federal law

A

Nullification

49
Q

these governments increased their powers with things like grants and mask mandates during COVID-19

A

State and local

50
Q

the establishment clause says the government cannot set up a state church and make everyone follow the same _______

A

Religion

51
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the tenth amendment says these are powers for states or localities

A

Reserved

52
Q

in 2008, the Supreme Court said enemy combatants have the right to habaes corpus or their _________

A

Day in court

53
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famous for the social contract theory

A

Locke

54
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the clause that says the constitution is the supreme law of the land

A

The Supremacy clause

55
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clause used in McCulloch v Maryland

A

The Supremacy Clause

56
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our form of government during the Revolutionary war

A

Confederate

57
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also known as a representative democracy, like what we have in the US

A

Republic

58
Q

this amendment says everyone gets due process and equal protection under the law

A

Fourteenth

59
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main reason the colonists rebelled

A

Taxes

60
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What are earmarks?

A

a congressional directive that funds should be spent on a specific project.

61
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What does the due process clause of the 14th Amendment requires state and local govs to do?

A

guarantee rights stated in the BOR

62
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

A

The Supreme Court case established that Congress had the power to establish a national bank and that a state (in this case, Maryland) did not have the power to tax branches of the federal government that are carrying out powers legal in the Constitution.

63
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The Supremacy Clause

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establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.

64
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What does using a strict scrutiny test mean?

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Means that the burden of proof would fall on the
government to show that the law in question WAS
constitutional

65
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Full faith and Credit Clause

A

The states should honor acts from other states.

66
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Comity clause

A

If you are entitled to a privilege in one state, you are also entitled to it in another state

67
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Interstate Compact Clause

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States can enter into agreements.

68
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The commerce clause

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gives Congress broad power to regulate interstate commerce and restricts states from impairing interstate commerce

69
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Gibbons v Ogden (1824)

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established the principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce.

70
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Dual Federalism

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Early to mid 1800s
Crisis over how power is divided between the states and national gov.
A major issue was slavery

71
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Cooperative Federalism

A

During and after the Great Depression.
Uses aid strategically to pursue nationally defined goals.

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