Quiz_________________?
Answer✅
anti-incumbency
Quiz_________________?
"Clear and present danger" test, free speech -
Answer✅
Schenck v US, 1919
Quiz_________________?
"Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Widely used by advocates of a weaker central government and stronger state governments
-
Answer✅
10th Amendment
Quiz_________________?
(both require super-majority of states)
1
, 1. 3/4 of state legislature to vote in favor of amendment proposed in Congress
2. states call constitutional convention, 3/4 of them to vote in favor of proposed amendment
-
Answer✅
2 ways to amend Constitution
Quiz_________________?
1. 25 years old
2. US citizen for at least 7 years
3. resides in the state they wish to represent
4. up for Re-election every 6 years -
Answer✅
qualifications of House
Quiz_________________?
1. 30 years old
2. US citizen for at least 9 years
3. resides in the state they wish to represent
4. Up for re-election every 2 years (closest representation to the people) -
Answer✅
qualifications of Senate
Quiz_________________?
1. British remained in forts in upper Midwest
2. Spanish control of the closure of the Mississippi River in 1784
3. Pirates off coast of North Africa kidnapping/enslaving American sailors
4. States arguing about interstate trade/boundary lines
5. Some states refused to send any tax revenue to the central government
2
, 6. Shay's Rebellion 1786 - farmers demanded fewer taxes and other economic reforms,
wanted to end the loss of their properties as a result of debt
7. Needed to control commerce more efficiently -
Answer✅
problems under weak central government with Articles of Confederation
Quiz_________________?
1. hold politicians accountable
2. inform people about what the govt is up to
3. identify problems and present potential agenda items to the country
4. to make money (for-profit agencies) -
Answer✅
purpose of news media:
Quiz_________________?
1. home style
2. press release gather more attention
3. organized, paid staff engaged in constituent service
4. franking privileges
5. travel budgets
6. name recognition -
Answer✅
advantages of incumbency
Quiz_________________?
1. implement laws passed by Congress
2. regulation
3. rule-making
4. income redistribution -
3
, Answer✅
tasks of federal bureaucracies
Quiz_________________?
1. Jamestown, Virginia: representative assembly of wealthy male land-owners
2. Plymouth, Massachusetts: Mayflower Compact
3. Navigation Acts: aimed to keep as much wealth as possible in British hands, which
Americans ignored -
Answer✅
examples of self-government
Quiz_________________?
1. New England Town Meetings
2. Recall
3. Initiatives (aka propositions)
4. Referendum (legislation submitted directly to people for approval)
Most common in California and western states -
Answer✅
examples of direct democracy
Quiz_________________?
1. Speaker of the House - presides over House sessions
2. Majority Leader - guides the majority party's agenda throug the legislative agenda
3. Whip - keeps count of votes & drums up support for his/her party's agenda -
Answer✅
House leadership
Quiz_________________?
4
Answer✅
anti-incumbency
Quiz_________________?
"Clear and present danger" test, free speech -
Answer✅
Schenck v US, 1919
Quiz_________________?
"Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Widely used by advocates of a weaker central government and stronger state governments
-
Answer✅
10th Amendment
Quiz_________________?
(both require super-majority of states)
1
, 1. 3/4 of state legislature to vote in favor of amendment proposed in Congress
2. states call constitutional convention, 3/4 of them to vote in favor of proposed amendment
-
Answer✅
2 ways to amend Constitution
Quiz_________________?
1. 25 years old
2. US citizen for at least 7 years
3. resides in the state they wish to represent
4. up for Re-election every 6 years -
Answer✅
qualifications of House
Quiz_________________?
1. 30 years old
2. US citizen for at least 9 years
3. resides in the state they wish to represent
4. Up for re-election every 2 years (closest representation to the people) -
Answer✅
qualifications of Senate
Quiz_________________?
1. British remained in forts in upper Midwest
2. Spanish control of the closure of the Mississippi River in 1784
3. Pirates off coast of North Africa kidnapping/enslaving American sailors
4. States arguing about interstate trade/boundary lines
5. Some states refused to send any tax revenue to the central government
2
, 6. Shay's Rebellion 1786 - farmers demanded fewer taxes and other economic reforms,
wanted to end the loss of their properties as a result of debt
7. Needed to control commerce more efficiently -
Answer✅
problems under weak central government with Articles of Confederation
Quiz_________________?
1. hold politicians accountable
2. inform people about what the govt is up to
3. identify problems and present potential agenda items to the country
4. to make money (for-profit agencies) -
Answer✅
purpose of news media:
Quiz_________________?
1. home style
2. press release gather more attention
3. organized, paid staff engaged in constituent service
4. franking privileges
5. travel budgets
6. name recognition -
Answer✅
advantages of incumbency
Quiz_________________?
1. implement laws passed by Congress
2. regulation
3. rule-making
4. income redistribution -
3
, Answer✅
tasks of federal bureaucracies
Quiz_________________?
1. Jamestown, Virginia: representative assembly of wealthy male land-owners
2. Plymouth, Massachusetts: Mayflower Compact
3. Navigation Acts: aimed to keep as much wealth as possible in British hands, which
Americans ignored -
Answer✅
examples of self-government
Quiz_________________?
1. New England Town Meetings
2. Recall
3. Initiatives (aka propositions)
4. Referendum (legislation submitted directly to people for approval)
Most common in California and western states -
Answer✅
examples of direct democracy
Quiz_________________?
1. Speaker of the House - presides over House sessions
2. Majority Leader - guides the majority party's agenda throug the legislative agenda
3. Whip - keeps count of votes & drums up support for his/her party's agenda -
Answer✅
House leadership
Quiz_________________?
4
