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1. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Eminent domain
Statism
Special or select committee
Keynesian economics
2. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.
Primary election
Take care clause
Union shop
Plea bargain
3. Usually the largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in Federal hierarchy.
Constituents
National tide
Ethnicity
Department
4. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Lobbying
Hard power
Articles of Confederation
Party convention
5. Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return.
Quid pro quo
Race
Shays's Rebellion
Redistributive policy
6. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.
Regressive tax
Vouchers
Soft money
Bipartisanship
7. Means of communication that are reaching the public - including newspapers and magazines - radio - television (broadcast - cable - and satellite) - films - recordings - books - and electronic communication.
Leadership PAC
Judicial restraint
Mass media
Seniority rule
8. The presiding officer in the House of Representatives - formally elected by the House but actually selected by the majority party.
Special or select committee
Lobbyist
Capitalism
Speaker
9. The drawing of election districts so as to ensure that members of a certain race are a minority in the district; ruled unconstitutional in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960).
Racial gerrymandering
Multilateralism
Plurality
Property rights
10. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.
Prior restraint
Categorical-formula grants
Policy agenda
Cabinet
11. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Unitary system
Creative federalism
News media
Liberalism
12. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.
Political predisposition
Bureaucracy
Capitalism
Cabinet
13. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.
Federal Reserve System
Deficit
Literacy test
Presidential election
14. The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members - stockholders - or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.
Environmental impact statement
Political action committee (PAC)
Libertarian party
Civil law
15. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.
Antifederalists
State of the Union Address
Judicial restraint
Federal Register
16. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Court of appeals
Indictment
Voter registration
Government corporation
17. A tax on increased value of the product at each stage of production and distribution rather than just at the point of sale.
Public opinion
Value-added tax (VAT)
National party convention
Libertarian party
18. A tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a higher fraction of their income than people with higher incomes.
Open primary
Regressive tax
Referendum
Leadership PAC
19. The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue - candidate - or institution within a specific population.
Double jeopardy
'Necessary and proper' clause
Categorical-formula grants
Public opinion
20. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for more serious offense.
Plea bargain
Economic sanctions
Offshoring
Court of appeals
21. A rising public approval of the president that follows a crisis as Americans 'rally 'round the flag' and the chief executive.
Immunity
Issue advocacy
Rally point
Regressive tax
22. The process - most notably in families and schools - by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Constitutionalism
Monetary policy
Inherent powers
Political socialization
23. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disability relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Rider
Direct democracy
Excise tax
Entitlement programs
24. Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.
Executive privilege
Restrictive covenant
Direct democracy
Popular sovereignty
25. The practice of exporting U.S. jobs to lower paid employees in other nations.
Trustee
Offshoring
Property rights
'Necessary and proper' clause
26. The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women.
Gender gap
Race
Central clearance
Restrictive covenant
27. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.
Regulations
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Bureaucrat
Interested money
28. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
Cycle of decreasing influence
Soft power
Closed primary
Executive privilege
29. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Closed primary
Independent regulatory commission
Discharge petition
30. The study of the characteristics of populations.
Interested money
Demographics
Competitive federalism
Clear and present danger test
31. A minor party dedicated to the environment - social justice - nonviolence - and the foreign policy of nonintervention. Ralph Nader ran as the Green party's nominee in 2000.
Decentralists
Independent expenditures
Green party
Writ of habeas corpus
32. An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point - redefining the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties.
State's rights
Democratic consensus
Realigning election
Open primary
33. The head of the White House staff.
Chief of staff
Theocracy
National party convention
Public assistance
34. Proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by William Paterson of New Jersey for a central government with a single-house legislature in which each state would be represented equally.
Libertarian party
Civil law
New Jersey Plan
Referendum
35. A type of policy that takes benefits (usually through taxes) from one group of Americans and gives them to another (usually through spending).
Redistributive policy
Articles of Confederation
Monopoly
Hold
36. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Bicameralism
Merit system
Initiative
Issue network
37. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.
Regressive tax
Policy agenda
Full faith and credit clause
Gerrymandering
38. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government - promoting a free market economy - a noninterventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in moral - economic - and social life.
Open rule
Express powers
Public choice
Libertarianism
39. Presidential custom of submitting the names of perspective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Senatorial courtesy
General election
Revolving door
Separation of powers
40. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.
Line item veto
Procedural due process
Inherent powers
Hold
41. Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses.
President pro tempore
Tax expenditure
Safe seat
Medical savings account
42. Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected.
Prospective issue voting
Take care clause
Incumbent
Tariff
43. Championed by Ronald Reagan - presumes that the power of the federal government is limited in favor of the broad powers reserved to the states.
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44. The system created by Congress in 1913 to establish banking practices and regulate currency in circulation and the amount of credit available. It consists of 12 regional banks supervised by the Board of Governors. Often called simply the Fed.
Impeachment
Federal Reserve System
Ethnocentrism
Separation of powers
45. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.
Plea bargain
Party caucus
Majority-minority district
Congressional-executive agreement
46. A meeting of the members of a party in a legislative chamber to select party leaders and to develop party policy. Called a conference by the Republicans.
Excise tax
Issue network
Party caucus
Majority leader
47. Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states - by compact - create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals.
Uncontrollable spending
Merit system
Confederation
Public opinion
48. A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.
Bush Doctrine
Justiciable dispute
Natural law
Nonprotected speech
49. Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term.
Fiscal policy
Recall
Natural rights
Proportional representation
50. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Direct orders must be complied with under threat of criminal or civil sanction. An example is the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 - barring job discrimination by state and local gover
Grand jury
Filibuster
Direct orders
National tide