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Row 1, Col 1 Efforts to gain power, influence those in power, bring new people in power, or throw those in power What is politics?

1,2 Routine, structured relations based on rules and procedures that provide incentives for political Behavior, thereby shaping policies What are institutions?

1,3 The saying “all political behavior has a purpose” is an expression What is Rationality Principle?

1,4 The designated domain over which institutional actors have the authority to make decisions is referred to as… What is jurisdiction?

2,1 Because individuals involved in the decision making process often have different goals and preferences, this can be difficult to orchestrate What is collective action?

2,2 The idea that the federal government can exercise only the powers specifically articulated in the Constitution is known as the doctrine of What is expressed powers?

2,3 This branch of government has the power to create inferior (lower) courts, change the jurisdiction of federal courts, add or subtract federal judges, and even change the size of the Supreme Court What is Congress?

2,4 The power of the courts to render the final decision in cases involving a conflict of interpretation of the Constitution or of laws between the courts and Congress, the courts and the Executive branch, or the courts and the states is referred to as this What is judicial review?

3,1 The provision of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees that if you go on vacation and get married in an Elvis themed chapel at 3am on the Las Vegas strip, your home state will legally recognize your union What is full faith and credit clause?

3,2 Article VI of the Constitution states that all laws passed by the national government and all treaties are superior to laws adopted by any state What is the Supremacy Clause

3,3 The presidential veto power over legislation, the power of the Senate to approve presidential appointments, and Judicial review over acts of Congress and presidential actions are examples of this principle What is checks and balances?

3,4 The best known arguments supporting ratification of the Constitution were the 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the name “Publius” What are the Federalist Papers?

4,1 This Amendment contained in the Bill of Rights specifically places limits on the Power of Congress What is the First Amendment?

4,2 This system of government prevailed during the writing of the Constitution and lasted until approximately the Great Depression is know as this type of federalism What is Dual Federalism?

4,3 The first and most important Supreme Court case favoring national power over the economy What is McCulloch v. Maryland

4,4 What is Cooperative Federalism? The system of supporting relations among national, state, and local governments since the 1930’s is often referred to as

5,1 A kind of bribe or “carrot” that Congress gives in the form of money to state and local governments with the condition that the money be spent for a particular purpose as designed by Congress is called this What is Grant in Aid

5,2 A legislative assembly such as Congress that is divided into 2 chambers (or houses) is best described as What is bicameral?

5,3 This article of the Constitution provides for the Legislative Branch What is Article I?

5,4 The Constitution grants the power to ratify treaties to What is the Senate?