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The Basics My Hobby Is To Lobby Hi, My Name is Bill The Case May Be… Totally random 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points The Big Cheese

This is when the power to govern is divided equally between state and national governments. 100 Points

What is Federalism? 100 Points

This type of government, the opposite of Democracy, is usually run by an ruler who has absolute control. 200 Points

What is authoritarian? 200 Points

This is how each branch of government is able to limit the other ones from becoming too powerful. 300 Points

What are Checks and Balances? 300 Points

This is the term for when the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional. 400 Points

What is Judicial Review? 400 Points

500 Points In economics, this is a term we use when we make a decision, and give up the chance to do something else.

500 Points What is Opportunity Cost?

This is often called the “Fourth Branch of Government” because it has so much influence over the other three. 100 Points

What is the MEDIA? 100 Points

These are groups of individuals who focus on a single issue and try to influence lawmakers. 200 Points

What are Interest Groups? 200 Points

many issues These are groups of individuals who unite over many issues to nominate and elect Representatives. 300 Points

What are Political Parties? 300 Points

Literally, “a picture of the people” these statistics help politicians understand the people they represent. 400 Points

What are Demographics? 400 Points

500 Points The people have tremendous influence in lawmaking, and many were former lawmakers themselves.

500 Points Who are Lobbyists?

This individual is the head of the Executive Branch. 100 Points

Who is the President? 100 Points

This is the “hat” that the President wears when he is commanding the military. 200 Points

What is the Commander in Chief? 200 Points

This is a main tool of the President. It has the force of law and doesn’t need to be approved by Congress. 300 Points

What is an Executive Order? 300 Points

If the President doesn’t like a law that Congress passes, he can do this. 400 Points

What is VETO? 400 Points

This law was passed (over a Presidental veto) limiting the power of the President during wartime. 500 Points

What is the War Powers Act? 500 Points

This is what we call the “two hosue” structure of Congress. 100 Points

What is bicameral? 100 Points

This is a survey that is conducted every 10 years, in order to ensure fair representation in Congress? 200 Points

What is the Census? 200 Points

In this house of Congress, every state gets two representatives… just to keep things fair. 300 Points

What is the Senate? 300 Points

Reapportionment is based on changes in this, which keeps representation in Congress fair. 400 Points

What is Population? 400 Points

This is what we call it when a Senator tries to “talk a bill to death” in order to keep people from voting on it. 500 Points

What is a filibuster? 500 Points

This was legalized by the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case. 100 Points

What is Segregation? 100 Points

This case stated that the 1 st Amendment rights of students and teachers do not end at the school-house door. 200 Points

What was Tinker v. Des Moines? 200 Points

This was a program designed to balance opportunities between men’s and women’s groups in school. 300 Points

What is TITLE IX? (Higher Education Act) 300 Points

This court case expanded the rights of the accused by guaranteeing them the right to an attorney. 400 Points

What was Gideon v. Wainwright 400 Points

This law established “national supremacy”, or the idea that states cannot try to overrule federal laws. 500 Points >

What is McCulloch v. Maryland ? 500 Points

“Family Guy” is constantly at war with this government regulatory agency over censorship. 100 Points

200 Points These are the TWO teams who will be playing in the AFC Championship game

Who are the New York Jets and the Pittsburg Steelers? 200 Points

Yesterday, on the holiday celebrating civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr., protests were lead in this state, which still flies the Confederate Flag over its capital building. 300 Points

What is South Carolina? 300 Points

This is the value of x, when 4x-11 = Points

What is 5 ? 400 Points

This is the city and state were Congresswoman Giffords was shot in last weekend during an assassination attempt that killed 6 others. 500 Points

What is Tuscon, Arizona? 500 Points

Make your wager

This is an example of how public services would change if the population of an area increased.

What are:  More Police  More trash pick-up  Larger / more schools  More public transportation  And so on….