We the People Units 3 & 5
Study Guide
Vocabulary
abolitionists
advisory opinion
adversary system
appeal
amendment
appellate jurisdiction
bill
equality of opportunity
executive order
executive power
federalism
filibuster
franchise
bureaucracy
fundamental rights
cabinet
gerrymandering
civil service
grandfather clause
cloture
impeachment
Commander in Chief
implied powers
delegated powers
incorporation
delegate theory of representation
due process of law
independent agencies
enfranchisement
inherent powers
initiative
intermediate scrutiny
inquisitional system
enumerated powers
equality of condition
judicial review
jurisdiction
landmark decision
litigant
literacy test
local governments
lobbying
methods of constitutional interpretation
quasi-judicial powers
quasi legislative powers
rational basis
recall
referendum
reserved powers
original jurisdiction
resolution
party system
secession
patronage
sedition
platform
seniority
pocket veto
police powers
political party
power to investigate
poll tax
procedural due process
separate but equal
strict scrutiny
substantive due process
ticket
trustee theory of representation
writ of certiorari
Lesson 15
Criticism of judicial review
Types of Constitutional amendments
Reasons for and against a Bill of Rights
Marbury v Madison
Lesson 16
Development of political parties
“Revolution of 1800”
Lesson 17
Southern justification for seceding from the Union
Black Codes
Enforcement of the Civil War Amendments
Fourteenth Amendment
Confederated States of America Constitution
Laws designed to destroy the political power of African Americans following
the Civil War
Lesson 18
Characteristics of an adversary legal system
Fundamental rights identified by the Supreme Court
Lesson 19
Equal protection clause guarantees
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Lesson 20
Establishing of voting eligibility
Extending voting rights to African Americans
Extending voting rights to women
Extending voting rights to Native Americans
Extending voting rights to 18 year olds
Lesson 21 and 22
What is the distribution of powers between the national government and the
states called?
How does Congress represent both the states and the people?
The scope of the national government grew significantly with the Supreme
Court’s interpretation of which clause?
Congress’s power to investigate is an example of which power?
Who represents our district in the U.S. House of Representatives?
Who represents Oregon in the U.S. Senate?
What is the primary method Congress uses to consider proposed legislation?
How can Americans influence Congress?
What are some of Congress’s enumerated powers?
What is another name for implied powers?
What are examples of implied powers?
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
Who is the Senate President?
Who is the President pro tempore?
Lesson 23
How has the executive branch changed since the First Congress?
What are the Constitutional requirements to be a president?
What are some of the roles of the president?
What are some of the president’s Constitutional Powers?
What are the some of the president’s military powers?
What are the some of the president’s diplomatic powers?
How does the president use appointment powers?
How does the president use veto powers?
Lesson 24
What is the importance of administrative agencies?
What contributes to the number of administrative agencies?
Lesson 25
From where does the authority for the court system come?
How does the United States Supreme Court decide which cases to hear?
What types of decisions can the Supreme Court make?
Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who else sits on the Supreme Court?
Lesson 26
Why does the U.S. have a federalist system?
What are the federal obligations to the states?
What are some alternatives to federalism?
What are the advantages and disadvantages to a federalist system?
Why are states called “laboratories of democracy”?
How has Oregon been a laboratory of democracy?
How are state governments organized?