American Government Stories Of A Nation For the AP Course Unit 1

American political culture

What is based on popular sovereignty which is the idea that the power to rule comes from the people? Answer with a single words or term.

Bridget Mergens

________ wanted to start a Christian Bible study club at her high school in Omaha, Nebraska.

Concurrent powers

________ allow national and state governments to overlap.

James Madison

________ read about many republics that eventually died.

Supreme Court

The ________ would need to make a decision on if the state or federal law was correct.

Confederal systems

________ have subnational governments having more power than the national.

Pluralists

________ believe policymaking comes from bargaining and compromise.

Block grants

________ provide federal money for public policy in a way to increase state, local, and regional authority in how the money is being spent.

Revenue sharing

________ is when the federal government gives tax money to the states with no strings attached.

Great Depression

The ________ increased the powers of national government because states could not take care of their people.

Amendment

________- the process by which changes may be made to the Constitution.

elitist theory

The ________ believes that a small minority controls the government.

Declaration of Independence

The ________ was approved on July 4, 1776.

Separation of powers

________ made sure that one branch was not too powerful.

Antifederalsits

________ brought up the fear of change and that having a strong national government could be bad for the people.

Republicanism

________- a system in which the government's authority comes from the people.

Bills of attainder

________- when the legislature declares someone guilty without a trial.

Liberty

________ can mean freedom from government interference, but it can also mean the freedom to pursue one's dreams.

Snearotrsy

________ represent the states and watch the passions of the people.

Extradition

________ requires officials in one state to return a criminal to the state where the crime was committed.

Mergens

________ turned to the National Legal Foundation to help her with her case.

Locke

________ was against a divine ruler and promoted the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

Democracy

________- a system of government where power is held by the people.

national government

The ________ gives no money to help with funding.

representative government

A(n) ________ has representatives voting on certain issues rather than each individual.