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Unit I Mid-Unit Assessment Review

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Type of monetary assistance the fed. govt gives the states
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SCOTUS case that determined race cannot be the sole determining factor when creating a district
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Forces a bill out of committee and onto the floor for consideration and vote
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The Senate represents the ___________ in Congress
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The president's rejection of a bill
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Type of democracy where a small group of individuals, usually wealthy and well-educated, influence policy decisions
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Belief that a government gets the right to rule from the people
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The intentional creation of strangely shaped districts to get a certain political outcome
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Clause that gives Congress the right to regulate interstate trade and trade with foreign nations
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Model of representation in which the representative votes both as a delegate and trustee depending on the issue
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This event demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
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Clause that was used in McCulloch v. Maryland to justify the creation of a federal bank being constitutional
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Leadership position in both houses whose job is to ensure the party members vote along party lines, communication link between leadership and rank and file representatives
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This is a type of legislation where an elected official gets money for projects/policy in their state/district
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The process of trading votes for legislation; if you vote for this bill, I'll vote for that bill
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Powers that Congress has that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution
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Clause that states that the national law is the highest in the country, when a state law conflicts with a national law, the national law wins
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Powers that belong to both the states and the national govt.
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Group who supported the ratification of the Constitution
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This amendment increased the power of the national govt., guaranteed equal protection and due process for all citizens
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Two constitutionally recognized levels of govt. that have their own powers and share other powers
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Most powerful person in the House of Representatives
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This essay argues that the Constitution creates a federal govt. that is too strong and the country is too big and diverse for this govt. to work
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Ruling in this case declared the Gun Free School Zone Act unconstitutional as it violated the reserved powers of the states and was an improper use of the Commerce Clause
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Anti-Federalist's needed this to be included to ratify the Constitution
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Ruling in this case stated that SCOTUS has the right to review redistricting/gerrymandering cases; est. the principle of one man, one vote
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Madison warned against the dangers of these in Federalist No. 10; argues a republic controls the impact of these
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Powers that belong solely to the states