5 Written Questions

1. section of the Constitution stating that a state may not refuse police protection or access to its courts to U.S. citizens because they live in a different state
2. principle of government that states that government powers must be confined to those allowed it by the nation's Constitution
3. level of support for an elected official as perceived through election results
4. form of election held by the majority of the states, during which voters select the nominees for political parties
5. ruling that "separate but equal" facilities for different races are not unconstitutional

5 Matching Questions

1. policy implementation
2. pork barrel
3. prior restraint
4. quorum
5. line-item veto

1. a censorship of news material before it is made public
2. b the process by which executive departments and agencies put legislation into practive, they are often allowed a degree of freedom to interpret legislation as they write guidelines to enact and enforce the law
3. c power held by some chief executives to excise some portions of a spending bill without rejecting the entire bill (President cannot do this)
4. d budget items proposed by legislators to benefit constituents in their home state or district
5. e the minimum number of people required for the legislature to act

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. form of government under which citizens vote for delegates who in turn represent citizens' interests within the government
   1. president pro tempore
   2. representative democracy
   3. legislative oversight
   4. reserved powers
2. political party of the late 1800s that primarily represented farmers and working-class Americans, sough inflationary economic policies to increase farm income
   1. quorum
   2. override
   3. pardon
   4. Populist
3. individual chosen to preside over the Senate whenever the vice president is unavailable to do so, chosen by the Senate from among its members
   1. runoff primary
   2. president pro tempore
   3. open primary
   4. reserved powers
4. case that decriminalized abortion
   1. override
   2. Roe v. Wade (1973)
   3. reserved powers
   4. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
5. one of Congress's most importat tasks, the investigation and evaluation of the performance of corresponding executive agencies and departments to check the power of the executive branch
   1. regulatory agency
   2. limited government
   3. reserved powers
   4. legislative oversight

5 True/False Question

1. Marbury v. Madison (1803) → Supreme Court decision that established the principle of judicial review
   

   True        False

2. political action committee (PAC) → the fundraising apparatus of interest groups, donations and contributions from PACs are regulated by federal law
   

   True        False

3. progressive income tax → Constitutional powers that belong solely to the states, according to the Tenth Amendment, these powers include any that the Constitution does not either specifically grant the national government or deny the state governments
   

   True        False

4. override → level of support for an elected official as perceived through election results
   

   True        False

5. realignment → process by which congressional districts are redrawn and seats are redistributed among states in the House, occurs every 10 years, when census data reports shifts in the population of districts
   

   True        False