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AP Government

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1. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.






2. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






3. A writ issued by a magistrate that authorizes the police to search a particular place or person - specifying the place to be searched and the objects to be seized.






4. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disability relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.






5. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent - from the Atlantic the Pacific.






6. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.






7. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.






8. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.






9. The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.






10. The precise legal definition of how government will implement a policy.






11. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.






12. Biological - chemical - or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.






13. The powers expressly given to Congress in the Constitution.






14. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.






15. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.






16. An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.






17. A court with appellate jurisdiction that hears appeals from the decisions of lower courts.






18. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.






19. Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.






20. The constitutional requirement (in Article II - Section 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws.






21. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.






22. Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.






23. The tendency of presidents to learn more about doing their jobs over time.






24. A monopoly that controls goods and services - often in combinations that reduce competition.






25. A rising public approval of the president that follows a crisis as Americans 'rally 'round the flag' and the chief executive.






26. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.






27. Agency that administers civil service laws - rules - and regulations.






28. The authority of a court to hear a case 'in the first instance.'






29. People who favor national action over action at the state and local levels.






30. Legislative or executive review of a particular government program or organization. Can be in response to a crisis of some kind or part of routine review.






31. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.






32. Divisions within society that reinforce one another - making groups more homogenous or similar.






33. Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.






34. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Federal grants may establish certain conditions that extend to all activities supported by federal funds - regardless of their source. The first and most famous of these is Title VI of the 196






35. Tax required to vote; prohibited for national elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) and ruled unconstitutional for all elections in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966).






36. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment.






37. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.






38. The legislative leader selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy - confers with other party leaders - and tries to keep members of the party in line.






39. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the government cannot interfere with speech unless the speech presents a clear and present danger that it will lead to evil or illegal acts.






40. System designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents.






41. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.






42. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.






43. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.






44. The difference between the revenues raised annually from sources of income other than borrowing and the expenditures of government - including paying the interest on past borrowing.






45. A court order forbidding specific individuals or groups from performing certain acts (such as striking) that the court considers harmful to the rights and property of an employer or community.






46. Donations made to political candidates - party committees - or groups which - by law - are limited and must be declared.






47. The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation.






48. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.






49. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.






50. Assigning police to neighborhoods where they walk the beat and work with churches and other community groups to reduce crime and improve relations with minorities.







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