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AP Government

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1. 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.






2. An organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. A law that defines crimes against the public order.






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






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






8. A jury of 6 to 12 persons that determines guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action.






9. National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled.






10. Media that emphasize the news.






11. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.






12. Contributions to a state or local party for party-building purposes.






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






14. 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.






15. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.






16. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.






17. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.






18. Promoting a particular position or an issue paid for 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 any regulation.






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






20. Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.






21. 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






22. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.






23. A veto exercised by the president after Congress has adjourned; if the president takes no action for 10 days - the bill does not become law and does not return to Congress for possible override.






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






25. The current holder of the elected office.






26. Election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.






27. The joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the Twelfth Amendment.






28. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.






29. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.






30. Presidential staff the agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.






31. A career government employee.






32. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.






33. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.






34. Tax levied on imports to help protect the nation's industries - labor - or farmers from foreign competition. It can also be used to raise additional revenue.






35. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.






36. The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.






37. Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.






38. 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.






39. Petition that - if signed by majority of the House of Representatives' members - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration.






40. 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.






41. The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems.






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






43. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.






44. 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.






45. The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states.






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






47. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.






48. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.






49. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.

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50. The president's annual statement to Congress and the nation.