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.