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1. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
Judicial restraint
Protectionism
Theocracy
Fiscal policy
2. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Checks and balances
Opinion of the Court
Confederation
Crossover voting
3. Implies that although federalism provides 'a sharing of power and authority between the national and state governments - the state's share rests upon the permission and permissiveness of the national government.'
Coattail effect
Dissenting opinion
Permissive federalism
Public defender system
4. Democratic and civic habits of discussion - compromise - and respect for differences - which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
'Our federalism'
Antifederalists
Social capital
Inflation
5. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Safe seat
Constitutional democracy
Restrictive covenant
Unitary system
6. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.
Conservatism
Judicial restraint
Reapportionment
Minority leader
7. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Senatorial courtesy
Categorical-formula grants
Regulation
Police powers
8. Period at the beginning of the new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress - usually lasting about six months.
Honeymoon
Independent expenditures
Closed rule
National supremacy
9. These are broad state grants to states for prescribed activities—welfare - child care - education - social services - preventive health care - and health services—with only a few strings attached. States have greater flexibility in deciding how to sp
Protectionism
Australian ballot
Direct democracy
Block grants
10. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.
Categorical-formula grants
Preemption
Open shop
Writ of habeas corpus
11. An official who is expected to vote independently based on his or her judgment of the circumstances; one interpretation of the role of the legislator.
Issue advocacy
Seniority rule
Redistributive policy
Trustee
12. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.
Monetarism
Substantive due process
Judicial activism
Independent agency
13. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Unilateralism
Divided government
Turnout
Inflation
14. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Vouchers
Attentive public
Popular sovereignty
Idealism
15. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.
Democratic consensus
Distributive policy
Free rider
Executive Office of the President
16. The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals - groups - and parties can spend unlimited amounts in campaigns for or against candidates as long as they operate independently from the candidates. When an individual - group - or party does so - they are
Liberalism
Collective action
Independent expenditures
Value-added tax (VAT)
17. A legislative practice that assigns the chair of the committee or subcommittee to the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on the committee.
Seniority rule
Horse race
Block grants
Photo ops
18. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The Supreme Court has interpreted this to forbid governmental support to any or all religions.
Establishment clause
Laissez-faire economics
Impeachment
Party caucus
19. Quality or state of a work that taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex by depicting sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that lacks serious literary - artistic - political - or scientific value.
Filibuster
Closed shop
Party convention
Obscenity
20. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Vouchers
Court of appeals
Divided government
21. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.
Deficit
Express powers
Social Security
Impoundment
22. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Independent expenditure
Centralists
Free exercise clause
Selective incorporation
23. The tendency of presidents to learn more about doing their jobs over time.
Presidential ticket
Express powers
Bad tendency test
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
24. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.
Special or select committee
Enumerated powers
Pluralism
Trade deficit
25. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Natural rights
Movement
Public policy
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
26. The residents of a congressional district or state.
Name recognition
Party registration
Constituents
Devolution revolution
27. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.
Due process clause
Uncontrollable spending
Leadership PAC
Federal Reserve System
28. God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is higher than human law.
Social insurance
Judicial review
Retrospective issue of voting
Natural law
29. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Fiscal policy
Public policy
General election
30. Requirement that evidence unconstitutionally or illegally obtained be excluded from a criminal trial.
Discharge petition
Exclusionary rule
Impeachment
Community policing
31. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue.
Filibuster
Bicameralism
Constitutionalism
Original jurisdiction
32. Through different grant programs - slices up the marble cake into many different pieces - making it even more difficult to differentiate the functions of the levels of government.
Devolution revolution
Entitlements
Monetary policy
Fiscal federalism
33. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Environmental impact statement
Regulations
Due process clause
Ethnocentrism
34. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.
Bundling
Competitive federalism
Fighting words
Concurring opinion
35. Clause of the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 8 - Clause 3) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress - in addition to its express powers has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Co
Bureaucracy
Monetarism
Necessary and proper clause
Proportional representation
36. 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
Gross domestic product (GDP)
amicus curiae brief
Cross-cutting requirements
Political socialization
37. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.
Revolving door
Bureaucrat
Grand jury
Retrospective issue of voting
38. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
Distributive policy
Closed primary
Patronage
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
39. Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations in delivering governmental goods and services to the people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government.
Recall
Earmarks
Cooperative federalism
Laissez-faire economics
40. The process - most notably in families and schools - by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Double jeopardy
Political socialization
Shays's Rebellion
Caucus
41. A minor party founded by Ross Perot in 1995. It focuses on national government reform - fiscal responsibility - and political accountability. It has recently struggled with internal strife and criticism that it lacks an identity.
Redistricting
Judicial review
Reform party
Gross domestic product (GDP)
42. Elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of the party's candidate is almost taken for granted.
Movement
Deficit
Safe seat
National tide
43. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.
Antitrust legislation
Cycle of decreasing influence
Independent agency
Devolution revolution
44. The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems.
Hard power
Medical savings account
Direct primary
Keynesian economics
45. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling the money supply and thus interest rates.
Judicial activism
Cross-cutting cleavages
Monetary policy
Indictment
46. Election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
Regulatory taking
Judicial restraint
Winner-take-all system
Mass media
47. Views the national government - 50 states - and thousands of local governments as competing with each other over ways to put together packages of services and taxes. Applies the analogy of the marketplace: we have some choice about which state and ci
Competitive federalism
Executive privilege
Majority-minority district
Minor party
48. A tax on increased value of the product at each stage of production and distribution rather than just at the point of sale.
Constitutionalism
Safe seat
Value-added tax (VAT)
Party identification
49. Biological - chemical - or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.
Weapons of mass destruction
Interest group
Standing committee
Independent expenditures
50. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Clear and present danger test
Party identification
Democracy
Party convention