Gerrymandering
What is
reapportionment?
What is
redistricting?
What is
gerrymandering?
What is the
difference between packing and cracking?
Filibuster
What is a
filibuster?
Which house of
Congress uses the filibuster – the House of Representatives or the Senate?
How is the
filibuster different now than it was 50 years ago?
Give a recent
example of an issue that caused someone in Congress to threaten a filibuster.
Executive power
Which branch of
the government does the Constitution say has the power to declare war?
When was the last
time war was officially declared by the United States? (You can name the conflict or the year.)
What was the
effect of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution?
What did the
Department of Justice memos under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales authorize
during President George W. Bush’s first term?
What is
rendition?
Who was Anwar
al-Awlaki? Describe the circumstances
surrounding his death.
Who was
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki? Describe the
circumstances surrounding his death.
What did the
leaked memo from Obama’s administration earlier this month claim as a new power
for the executive branch?
Name 5 of the
Departments of the executive branch whose secretaries serve on the president’s
cabinet.
Describe 5 issues
President Obama brought up in his State of the Union address, as well as his
proposed solutions to those issues.
Why did the
federal and state governments originally begin employing private companies to
run their prisons?
Private prison companies need more inmates to make more money. Describe two ways
that private prison companies attempt to increase the number of inmates in their prisons.
What is one way
Chalmers Johnson argues that the US can cut the Department of Defense budget?
