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1. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
Soft money
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Laissez-faire economics
Retrospective issue of voting
2. The inclination to focus on national issues - rather than local issues - in an election campaign. The impact of the national tide can be reduced by the nature of the candidates on the ballot who might have differentiated themselves from their party o
Excise tax
National tide
Interstate compact
Redistricting
3. The authority of a court to hear a case 'in the first instance.'
Hard money
Theory of deterrence
Trust
Original jurisdiction
4. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
Multilateralism
Concurring opinion
Writ of habeas corpus
Fundamentalists
5. The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.
Extradition
Constitutional Convention
Libertarianism
Popular consent
6. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Rule
Direct primary
Public defender system
Full faith and credit clause
7. A dispute growing out of an actual case or controversy and that is capable of settlement by legal methods.
Political action committee (PAC)
Marbury v. Madison
Public assistance
Justiciable dispute
8. 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.
Suffrage
Laissez-faire economics
Confederation
Keynesian economics
9. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Attentive public
Justiciable dispute
Ethnicity
Collective action
10. Democratic and civic habits of discussion - compromise - and respect for differences - which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
Social capital
Open rule
Executive privilege
Naturalization
11. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.
Party identification
Libel
Union shop
Pocket veto
12. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Monopoly
Open rule
Gerrymandering
Police powers
13. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Independent expenditure
Congressional-executive agreement
Divided government
14. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
Party identification
Selected perception
Dissenting opinion
Single-member district
15. A secret ballot printed by the state.
Cycle of decreasing influence
Chief of staff
Australian ballot
Racial gerrymandering
16. A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate; such committees oversee the Library of Congress and conduct investigations.
Opinion of the Court
Joint committee
Judicial review
Keynesian economics
17. 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.
Political party
Judicial review
Realigning election
Executive order
18. A president's claim of broad public support.
Political party
President pro tempore
Mandate
National party convention
19. A tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.
Virginia Plan
Progressive tax
Judicial review
Impeachment
20. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.
Winner-take-all system
Faction
Substantive due process
Constitutional democracy
21. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
'Our federalism'
Search warrant
Earmarks
Direct democracy
22. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for a more serious offense.
Medicaid
Cloture
Popular consent
Plea bargain
23. A small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or - if composed of ideologies on the right or left - usually persists over time; also called a third party.
Natural rights
Antifederalists
Search warrant
Minor party
24. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Medical savings account
Bad tendency test
Discharge petition
Merit system
25. 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.
Turnout
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Issue network
Fiscal federalism
26. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Caucus
'Necessary and proper' clause
Independent expenditures
Majority rule
27. 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.
Minor party
Three-fifths compromise
Libel
Cooperative federalism
28. An imbalance in international trade in which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports.
Social Security
Fiscal federalism
Bill of attainder
Trade deficit
29. 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.
Environmental impact statement
Dual citizenship
President pro tempore
Redistricting
30. A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest.
Realism
Standing committee
Laissez-faire economics
Senatorial courtesy
31. 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
Judicial restraint
Idealism
Justiciable dispute
32. Review of all executive branch testimony - reports - and draft legislation by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that each communication to Congress is in accordance with the president's program.
amicus curiae brief
Central clearance
Federalists
Earmarks
33. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
Monetarism
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Suffrage
Soft money
34. A large body of people interested in a common issue - idea - or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action. Movements seek to change attitudes or institutions - not just policies.
Treaty
Parliamentary system
Movement
Crossover voting
35. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.
National Intelligence Director
Reform party
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Random sample
36. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Divided government
Reapportionment
American dream
Independent expenditures
37. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Pocket veto
Pluralism
Crossover voting
Safe seat
38. Segregation imposed by law.
Presidential election
Racial profiling
De jure segregation
Laissez-faire economics
39. 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).
Ex post facto law
Connecticut Compromise
Labor injunction
Poll tax
40. Media that emphasize the news.
National party convention
News media
Attentive public
Impeachment
41. 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.
Protectionism
Political ideology
Bicameralism
Seniority rule
42. 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
Confederation
Constituents
Independent expenditures
Public defender system
43. 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.
Bundling
Electoral college
Majority leader
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
44. The right to vote.
Suffrage
Political socialization
Central clearance
Civil law
45. 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.
Annapolis Convention
Due process clause
Honeymoon
News media
46. A national meeting of delegates elected at primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.
Grand jury
Keynesian economics
Soft money
National party convention
47. Established rules and regulations that restrain government officials.
Safe seat
Medicare
Petit jury
Due process
48. The total output of all economic activity in the nation - including goods and services.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Caucus
Random sample
Bad tendency test
49. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government.
Inherent powers
Oversight
Impeachment
Monopoly
50. 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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