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Jeopardy!
By Vinh Nguyen
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Amendments
Federalism
Political Culture
Elections And Campaigns
Court Cases
Congress
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- 100 This branch has the power to veto to
check the power of the legislative branch
C1-100
What is the executive branch
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- 200This is a senator who helps the party
leader stay informed about what party members are
thinking
C1-200
What is a whip
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- 300This is the power for the government to
regulate food and drugs
C1-300
What are implied powers
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- 400This type of committee is responsible for
legislation within a certain subject area
C1-400
What is a standing committee
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- 500A proposal of a formal amendment to the
Constitution requires this
C1-500
What is a two-thirds vote in Congress
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- 100This Amendment states that senators are
elected from the citizens of the state
C2-100
What is the 17th Amendment
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- 200This Amendment states that states have
powers that are reserved to them
C2-200
What is the 10th Amendment
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- 300This Amendment declared the voting age to
be 18
C2-300
What is the 26th Amendment
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- 400This Amendment established the order of
presidential succession
C2-400
What is the 25th Amendment
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- 500This Amendment allows Congress the right
to collect income tax
C2-500
What is the 16th Amendment
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- 100This Group argued that the Constitution
would provide elite control and endanger liberty
C3-100
What are Anti-Federalists
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- 200This is a law which punishes people for a
crime that was not a crime when it was committed
C3-200
What is ex post facto
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- 300This is a system of government in which
both the states and national government remain
supreme within their own spheres
C3-300
What is Dual Federalism
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- 400These are federal grants that can only be
used for specific purposes of state and local
spending
C3-400
What are categorical grants
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- 500This is the Constitutions requirement
that each state accept the public acts and
records of every other state
C3-500
What is full faith and credit
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- 100This is the sense that citizens have the
capacity to influence political events
C4-100
What is political efficacy
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- 200This is the most common form of political
participation in the U.S.
C3-200
What is voting in presidential elections
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- 300This is the process by which an
individual acquires his/her political beliefs and
orientations
C3-300
What is socialization
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- 400This is the process of depriving ones
rights, especially the right to vote
C3-400
What is disfranchisement
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- 500This Act helped end formal and informal
barriers to African American suffrage
C3-500
What is the Voting Rights Act (1965)
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- 100This is the potential result of split
ticket voting
C4-100
What is a divided government
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- 200This type of primary election strengthens
political parties
C4-200
What is a closed primary
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- 300This is a pattern where women are more
likely than men to vote Democratic
C4-300
What is gender gap
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- 400The electoral college allocates its votes
based on this system
C4-400
What is winner-take-all
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- 500This act required congressional
candidates to disclose campaign contributions
C4-500
What is the Federal Election and Campaign Acts
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- 100This court case established the principle
of judicial review
C4-100
What is Marbury vs. Madison
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- 200This court case ordered House districts
to be as near equal in population as possible
C4-200
What is Wesberry vs. Sanders
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- 300This court case held that Congress had
exceeded its commerce clause power by prohibiting
guns in school
C4-300
What is U.S. vs Lopez
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- 400This court case stated the principle of
the supremacy of federal law over state law
C4-400
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
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- 500This court case stated that legislatures
can limit contributions, but not how much one
spends of his own money on campaigns
C4-500
What is Buckley v. Valeo