unit one politics ch 1,2,3,4,5
Totalitarian
A government that is not constrained by legal limits and also seeks to eliminate any challenges to its authority is known as a(n) ________ government
stop debate about slavery in the territories
How did the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision help to precipitate the Civil War?
civil rights: protection by government civil liberties: protection from government
How do civil liberties differ from civil rights?
preemption
The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.
civil liberties
What are aspects of personal freedom constitutionally protected from government interference
protection by government
What are civil rights?
the decline of indentured servitude and the corresponding rise of slavery within the British American colonies
What best highlights the significance of the Bacon Rebellion?
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
separation is not equal
What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
the authority of the national government over the states:
What does the supremacy clause assert?
home rule
What is it called when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs?
employment discrimination protection
What is the significance of the Bostock v Clayton County (2020) court case?
the first women's rights convention in the United States
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
Confederation
A ________ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body.
unitary system
A _________ is a centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government.
counter illegal immigration
Operation Lone Star goals are to _______
people hold power
A republic (also known as a representative democracy) is a system of government that
right to privacy.
A woman is trying to buy birth control at a pharmacy, but the pharmacist refuses to sell her birth control on religious grounds. Which right is the pharmacist infringing upon?
bill of rights
American civil liberties and rights, such as freedom of speech, worship, and trial by jury are listed primarily in
the government is controlled by a singe individual
An autocracy exists when
the legalization of it
An example of U.S. Federalism is states/cities with different individual policies in regard to marijuana. In the state of Texas what most recent political action occurred regarding marijuana.
Congress into two chambers.
Bicameralism is a constitutional principle that represents the division of
give states maximum flexibility in the use of the funds to address the multiple needs of their populations.
Block grants are designed to
a form of democracy in which all laws and policies imposed by governments are determined by the people themselves
Direct democracy is best defined as
1988
During World War II, 120,000 individuals of Japanese descent, including 90,000 American citizens, were forcibly placed in internment camps. When did the federal government formally acknowledge that this denial of civil rights was a "grave injustice"?
federalist
During the founding era, ________ were the strongest supporters of adding a bill of rights to the Constitution
power divided between national and state government
Federalism is best defined as a system of government
abide by laws, pay our taxes, and vote
Generally speaking, in order to be a good citizen in the United States, it is most critical to have
Institutions and procedures by which a piece of territory and its people are ruled.
Government is best defined as the
de jure
In Shelby County v. Holder (2013), the Supreme Court Legally enforced segregation in public schools is a form of ________ discrimination.
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
In the Declaration of Independence, which rights were declared inalienable?
Paving the Way to School Desegregation.
Mendez v. Westminster (1947) was significant because
first amendment
The "wall of separation" between church and state is best found in which clause of the Constitution?
small localized governments
The Antifederalists argued that the powers of the national government should be limited by
Required that all states offer marriage licenses to two people of the same sex
The Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) was significant because it
Articles of Confederation
The United States' first written constitution was called the
Supremacy Clause
The ________ clause in the U.S. Constitution affirms that national laws and treaties are "the supreme Law of the Land."
Connecticut Compromise
The agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population is known as the
Popular sovereignty
The belief that citizens can affect what government does is best referred to as
1789 to 1901
The era of dual federalism was from the ________ until ________.
Declaration of Independence and constitution
The essential documents of the American Founding are the ________ and the ________.
bill of rights
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are also called
the belief that the Constitution of the United States has relevant meaning beyond the original text and is an evolving document that changes over time.
The idea of the "living Constitution" means that
stock market crash, Great Depression, and run of banks
The power of the federal government began to expand after 1933 in response to
intergovernmental relations.
The processes by which local, state, and federal governments negotiate and compromise over policy responsibilities is called
the power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use,
The term "eminent domain" describes the
Judicial, executive, legislative
The three branches of government created by the Constitution are
new federalism
Using block grants to return power to the states was part of ________ during the Nixon (1969-1974) and Reagan (1981-1989) administrations
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What was the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that stipulated that for apportionment of congressional seats, only a portion of enslaved people would be counted?
increases in energy costs for electricity, motor fuels, and natural gas
What was the result of this Texas city that banned fracking?
mandated racial segregation in all public facilities
What were Jim Crow laws?
Plessy v.Ferguson
Which court case introduced the separate but equal rule?
The Great Depression
Which of the following events was most influential in triggering the rise of a more active national government?
oligarchy
Which term describes a form of government in which a small group, typically landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants, controls most of the governing decisions?
Richard Nixon
Who was the first president to promote New Federalism?
Ceasar Chavez
Who was the leader of the United Farm Workers union in the 1960s?
it was supposed to represent "liberty," yet women could not vote in the United States.
Women's rights advocates called the Statue of Liberty "the greatest hypocrisy of the nineteenth century" because
alumni, jewish
______ admissions were originally created to limit _____ students entry in elite institutions.
confederacies
_______ has been campaigning to close stores and cancel conferences expressing support for Palestine.
535, John Whitmire, Sheila Jackson Lee
_______ member of Congress _________ campaigned to become mayor of the city of Houston._________ was accused of inappropriate behavior and apologized for her actions.