Here are words and phrases to guide you as you prepare for the 80 question final:
Unalienable Rights
Purpose of Constitutions
Republics
Pure Democracies
Purpose of Separated Powers
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Legislatures
Executive
Judiciary
Basic functions of each institution
Bicameralism
Magna Carta
Security Clause
Petition of Rights
British Bill of Rights
Grievances in the Declaration of Independence
Design of Congress in the Articles of Confederation
Proposals presented to the Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Compromises
The Great Compromise
Design of the House and Senate
Constitutional principles which protect the legislature from the executive
The Speaker and President of the Senate
The Uniqueness of the Texas Legislature
The development of parties in Congress
Party positions
Committees, role in the legislative process
Standing committee assignments in Congress and the Texas Legislature
Budgeting
Filibusters
Party Whips
Role of the executive, dangers of the office
Design of the U.S. and Texas executive
The Bureaucracy
Henry II
Henry VIII
Limits Imposed on the monarchy in the British Bill of Rights
Executive and judicial power under the Articles of Confederation
Presidential Advising
Energy in the executive
Constitutional Powers of the President
Anti-Federalist concerns
Advice and Consent
Foreign Policy and the President
Executive Checks
Chief Executive
Limits on presidential power
Factors leading to the growth of the executive branch
Source of bureaucratic strenght
The Modern Presidency
The Post Modern Presidency
Functions of the Judiciary
Common Law
Statutory Law
Constitutional Law
Due Process and the Magna Carta
Star Chamber
Judicial Independence
Design of the Judiciary
Cases and Controversies
Appointing and Electing Judges
Judicial Review
Strict and Loose Interpretations of the Constitution
Original Intent and Textualism
The Living Constitution
Judicial Restraint
Judicial Activism
