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1. The cluster of presidential staff agencies that help the president carry out his responsibilities. Currently the office includes the Office of Management and Budget - the Council of Economic Advisers - and several other units.
Hard money
Executive Office of the President
Centralists
Safe seat
2. A formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense; also called a true bill.
Indictment
Rider
Reform party
Inherent powers
3. Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments - such as the power to levy taxes.
Leadership PAC
Seniority rule
Concurrent powers
Substantive due process
4. Formal orders issued by the president to direct action by the Federal bureaucracy.
Selective incorporation
Centralists
State's rights
Executive orders
5. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.
Random sample
Inherent powers
Retrospective issue of voting
Soft money
6. Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different.
Rider
Cross-cutting cleavages
Joint committee
Implementation
7. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
Keynesian economics
Crossover sanctions
Democratic consensus
Candidate appeal
8. The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote.
Senatorial courtesy
Party registration
Fighting words
Affirmative action
9. Trade status granted as part of an international trade policy that gives a nation the same favorable trade concessions and tariffs that the best trading partners receive.
Revolving door
Normal trade relations
Plea bargain
Winner-take-all system
10. 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
Stare decisis
Hold
Right of expatriation
Independent expenditure
11. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.
News media
Judicial restraint
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Public policy
12. A procedure for terminating debate - especially filibusters - in the Senate.
Gender gap
Cloture
Recall
Selected perception
13. The informal list of issues that Congress and the president consider most important for action.
Policy agenda
Open shop
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Political socialization
14. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.
Decentralists
State's rights
Writ of habeas corpus
Regressive tax
15. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census - to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
Collective bargaining
Fiscal federalism
Statism
Redistricting
16. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
Multilateralism
Referendum
Defendant
Criminal law
17. The dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party.
Patronage
Executive privilege
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Permissive federalism
18. A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress - now prohibited under Federal law.
Preferred position doctrine
Popular consent
Impoundment
Racial profiling
19. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.
Linkage institutions
Centralists
Executive privilege
Confederation
20. Statement required by Federal law from all agencies for any project using Federal funds to assess the potential affect of the new construction or development on the environment.
Entitlements
Protectionism
Commercial speech
Environmental impact statement
21. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Proportional representation
Due process clause
Cabinet
Natural rights
22. 30-second statements on the evening news shows. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on sound bites to explain them to the public.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Sound bites
Direct primary
Vouchers
23. Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return.
Natural rights
Quid pro quo
Federal mandate
Sales tax
24. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.
Senatorial courtesy
Monetary policy
Commercial speech
Gender gap
25. The number of Americans who are out of work but actively looking for a job. The number does not usually include those who are not looking.
Stare decisis
Bicameralism
Horse race
Unemployment
26. A secret ballot printed by the state.
Australian ballot
Voter registration
Preferred position doctrine
Entitlements
27. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Trust
Writ of habeas corpus
Minority leader
Plea bargain
28. Constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the three branches of government to check some acts of the others and therefore ensure that no branch can dominate.
Checks and balances
News media
Isolationism
American dream
29. Promoting a particular position or an issue by interest groups or individuals but not candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or against a candidate and - until 2004 had not been subject to regulation.
Liberalism
Indexing
Issue advocacy
Internationalism
30. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Express powers
Necessary and proper clause
Preemption
Crossover voting
31. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Conservatism
Petit jury
Theory of deterrence
Safe seat
32. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
National Intelligence Director
Procedural due process
Redistributive policy
Laissez-faire economics
33. Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787 - protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
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34. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Medicaid
Plea bargain
Federal Reserve System
Ethnicity
35. Clause in the Constitution (Article 4 - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid.
Ethnocentrism
Divided government
Full faith and credit clause
Criminal law
36. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.
Racial profiling
Impeachment
Bipartisanship
Iron triangle
37. A type of policy that provides benefits to all Americans.
Merit system
Distributive policy
Bureaucrat
Soft money
38. 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.
Reform party
Justiciable dispute
Annapolis Convention
Attentive public
39. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.
Indictment
Cabinet
General election
Conservatism
40. The convention in Philadelphia - May 25 to September 17 - 1787 - that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States.
Implied powers
Direct primary
Constitutional Convention
Substantive due process
41. In a criminal action - the person or party accused of an offense.
Due process
Attentive public
Administrative discretion
Defendant
42. Election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
Minor party
Full faith and credit clause
Winner-take-all system
Hold
43. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.
Direct primary
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Social insurance
Iron triangle
44. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Due process clause
Social Security
Hatch Act
Proportional representation
45. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.
Regulatory taking
Laissez-faire economics
Express powers
Issue advocacy
46. Political contributions given to a party - candidate - or interest group that are limited in amounts and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds - hence the term 'hard money.'
Hard money
Demographics
Party caucus
Trade deficit
47. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
Closed rule
Internationalism
Candidate appeal
Earmarks
48. Views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers—primarily foreign policy and national defense—to the national government - leaving the rest to the sovereign states. Each level of government is dominant within its own sphere. The Supreme Cou
Rule
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
New Jersey Plan
Restrictive covenant
49. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.
Due process clause
Pluralism
Political action committee (PAC)
Preemption
50. The rule of precedent - whereby a rule or law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented.
Regulation
News media
Vouchers
Stare decisis
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