Study Guide Objectives

American exceptionalism

economic quality

the idea that every American has the same chance to influence politics and achieve economic success

The organization’s norms and rules that structure government

freedom from constraints or the interference of others

having two legislative houses or chambers-such as the house and the senate

the first ten amendments to the constitution, listing the rights guaranteed to every citizen

The system established by the constitution to select the president: each state has a group of electors{equal in size to that of its conngragassional delegation in the house and the Senate. The public in each state votes for electors who then vote for the president.

put forward at the convention by small states, it left most government authority with the state governments

Madison’s plan embraced by the constitutional convention delegates larger states, strengthened the national government relative to state governments

National government funding provided to state and local governments with few restrictions or requirements on spending

mingling government authority with functions overlapping across national and state governments

constititutional declaration that defines Congress authority to exercise the necessary and proper powers to carry out it’s designated functions

constitutional guarantee in the tenth amendment that the states retain government authority not ex[plicitdly granted to the national government

constitutional declaration that national governments authority prevails over any conflicting state or local government’s authority, provided the power is granted to the local government

the first ammendments states that , the principal that government may not establish a religion

the ruling that evidence obtained in an illegal search may not be used in a trial

A set of rights that police officers are required to inform suspects of, including the right to remain silent

legal effort to stop speech before it occurs, censorship

extending protections from the bill of rights to the states of governments, one right at a time