Government Units 2 & 3 Review

length of the report

cost of the report to the city

number of tables and charts in the report

qualifications of the writers of the report

cost of publishing the study

use of graphs to display research data

possible biases of the sponsoring organization

public opinion about the housing development

negotioation

compromise

consensus building

persuasive argument

the restriction of the government to exercise only the powers given by the Constitution

the ability of one branch of government to restrain the powers of the others

the distribution of powers among the different branches of government

the division of powers between the national government and the states

federalism

limited government

popular sovereignty

checks and balances

the restriction of the government to exercise only the powers given by the Constitution

the ability of one branch of government to restrain the powers of the others

the distribution of powers among the different branches of government

the division of powers between the national government and the states

The Constitution would reduce the power of the federal government

The Constitution failed to give sufficient powers to the executive branch

The Constitution failed to adequately protect the civil liberties of citizens

The Constitution made state courts more powerful than federal courts

"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy trial"

"Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech"

"No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation"

"Power shall come from the consent of the governed"

propose, alter, approve, and craft constitutional amendments

veto proposed constitutional amendments before they are ratified

provide clarification and/or extend the meaning of constitutional provisions

formally add new constitutional language by rendering decisisons

a guarantee of a trial by jury

a ban on the use of poll taxes

a requirement of military service

the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment

A citizen's house is searched without a warrant

An individual is put on trial twice for the same crime

A person is forced to testify against themselves in court

A person is arrested for writing an article that criticizes the government

to increase the power of the presidency

to limit the power of the federal government

to provide a list of specifically protected rights

to expand the ability of the branches to check each other

it establishes the right to bear arms

it establishes the protection from self incrimination

it establishes the right to a trial by jury

it establishes protection against prosecution in other countries

by passing Jim Crow voting restrictions into law

by providing Southern states with Reconstruction funds

by establishing freedoms and rights to African Americans

by guaranteeing free land and education to former slaves

they enacted legislation to enforce racial segregation

they campaigned against them and got them repealled

they passed an amendment that made states supreme to the federal government

by lowering the minimum age to vote

by adding a poll tax requirement to vote

by making citizens over a certain age pass a test to vote

by limiting general election voting to those who voted in primaries

soldiers

poor citizens

women

European Americans

by lowering the voting age in the District of Columbia to 21

by allowing residents of the District of Columbia to elect a mayor

by granting residents of the District of Columbia representatives in the Senate

by giving the District of Columbia representatives in the Electoral College

the separate election of president and vice president

a process of addressing a temporary disability of the president

a limit of the number of terms a president may serve in office

a shorter period between the election and the day the president takes office