U.S Government Bells (Mr. Lanphier)

How many represenatives does Alaska have? What is/are their names?

1 - Don Young

Which amendment states "powers not delegated to the United States... are reserved to the States?"

10th amendment

How long does a term of Congress last?

2 years

How old do you have to be to run for President of the United States?

35

How long is the term of office for the president?

4 years

How many voting members are in both houses of Congress?

535

How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention?

55 Delegates

How many articles are in the Constitution?

7 articles

Name a factor that can influence your party membership?

Age

What is the worlds LARGEST (mass) state?

Alaska

Who wrote the majority of the federalist papers?

Alexander Hamilton

A dictatorship in which a single person holds unlimited political power?

Autocracy

Who was the oldest person to sign the Constitution?

Ben Franklin

Name one of the two presidents who have been impeached?

Bill Clinton

Teddy Roosevelt belonged to this splinter party?

Bull Moose Party

An organization of government departments, agencies, and offices?

Bureaucracy

Having a standing military meets which purpose of government laid out in the Preamble?

"To provide for the common defense."

Name one of the things that a political party does?

Campaign

Name one of the roles (jobs) of the president?

Carry out laws

The system that allows the branches of government to restrain the actions of one another?

Checks and balances

Name one common feature of state constitutions?

Civil Rights and Liberties

This type of power is shared by the national government and states?

Concurrent Powers

The court having the power to determine if the government has acted constitutionally is known as?

Constitutionalism

This pivotal document was adopted by what second constitutional congress/

Declaration of Independence

Name one of the Executive departments?

Department of Agriculture

Which theory of the state holds that God created the state, making it sovereign?

Divine right theory

The people eligible to vote for the president are known as the?

Electoral college

Which constitutional purpose is about keeping the peace at home?

Ensure domestic tranquility

Name one concurrent power?

Establish courts

How often is the US census taken?

Every ten years

What are the three categories of dedicated powers of government.

Expressed, implied and inherited

What do we use as the primary source for interpretation of the Constitution?

Federalist Papers

What were the first two political parties?

Federalists and Anti Federalists

What were the delegates who met in Philadelphia for the Convention known as?

Framers

An oddly shaped district designated to increase the voting strength of a particular group?

Gerry Mandering

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies?

Government

Type of power Congress gets from the "Necessary and Proper" Clause?

Implied powers

A process by which changes are made in the Constitution without changes in its written word?

Informal amendment

Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

John Hancock

What three powers does a government have to have?

Legislative, executive, and judicial.

The English Colonist in America brought with them three main concepts of government, name one?

Limited Government

What are the names of Alaska's two senators?

Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan

Each state has electors who vote on behalf of their state equal to what number?

Members in congress

What type of party are people reluctant to support because they don't have a successful showing at the ballot box?

Minor parties

What type of economy does the United States have?

Mixed economy

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state had how many votes?

One

A group of people who seek to control government by winning elections and holding office?

Political party

The notion that the people are the source of any and all government power?

Popular sovereignty

Name at least two of the four basic characteristics every state has to have?

Population and Government

What is the smallest unit of election administration?

Precinct

Type of Colony where the King granted land to one person?

Proprietary

A type of democracy where the will of the people is translated directly into law by all the people eligible to vote?

Pure Democracy

Who was the Green Party candidate in 2000 and 2004 (possibly costing Gore and Kerry the election)?

Ralph Nader

What political party does the current president belong to?

Republican

What was the last key state to ratify the constitution?

Rhode Island

What is one law we borrow from the Magna Carta?

Right to trial by jury

The idea that Government must obey the constitution is know as...?

Rule of Law

Which house of the US congress has equal representation?

Senate

What rebellion leads to the Constitutional Convention?

Shay's Rebellion

Leader of the House of Representatives is known as?

Speaker of the House

Most important of the minor parties have been this type of minor party?

Splinter Party

This "clause" in article VI sets the constitution as the supreme law of the land?

Supremacy Clause

Who declares laws established by congress as unconstitutional?

Supreme Court

Name a third party?

The Green Party

The political leaders, activist, and those that gave their time and money are known as...?

The Party Organization

In a Parliamentary Government, who chooses the Prime Minister?

The Party in Parliament that has power chooses the prime minister from their parliament

What is one reason the president can be impeached?

Treason

Formal agreements between nations?

Treaty

The rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are referred to as?

Unalienable rights

Which plan called for representation based on population and favored large states?

Virginia Plan

The first seven words to the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States?

We the people of the United States...

Presidents most trusted advisers and assistants?

White House Staff

A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding them?

Writ of Habeas Corpus

How many times is the word "democracy" used in the constitution?

Zero

Name one exclusive power?

coin money