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1. The residents of a congressional district or state.
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Sound bites
New Jersey Plan
Constituents
2. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Nonprotected speech
Adversary system
Government corporation
Delegate
3. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.
Majority leader
Antifederalists
Judicial activism
Trustee
4. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that freedom of expression is so essential to democracy that governments should not punish persons for what they say - only for what they do.
Decentralists
Preferred position doctrine
Judicial activism
Incumbent
5. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.
Coattail effect
Manifest destiny
Distributive policy
Bill of attainder
6. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.
Antitrust legislation
Offshoring
Separation of powers
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
7. The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue - candidate - or institution within a specific population.
Weapons of mass destruction
Public opinion
Initiative
Suffrage
8. Mutual aid and vote trading among legislators.
Logrolling
Senatorial courtesy
Closed rule
Impoundment
9. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Laissez-faire economics
Spoils system
Initiative
Hard power
10. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Liberalism
Rule
Ethnocentrism
Permissive federalism
11. 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.
Minor party
Commercial speech
Manifest destiny
Referendum
12. 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.
Majority-minority district
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Manifest opinion
Honeymoon
13. 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
Fiscal federalism
Incumbent
Attentive public
14. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.
Open primary
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Progressive tax
National party convention
15. In a criminal action - the person or party accused of an offense.
Defendant
Monopoly
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Impoundment
16. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Party caucus
Revolving door
Horse race
Caucus
17. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Caucus
Opinion of the Court
Monopoly
Cross-cutting requirements
18. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Collective bargaining
Fighting words
Initiative
Hard money
19. 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.
Monetary policy
Three-fifths compromise
Veto
Patronage
20. A dispute growing out of an actual case or controversy and that is capable of settlement by legal methods.
Deficit
Divided government
Justiciable dispute
Retrospective issue of voting
21. 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.
Voter registration
Open primary
Filibuster
Environmental impact statement
22. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Closed shop
Restrictive covenant
Dual citizenship
Single-member district
23. 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.
Horse race
Confederation
Constitutional democracy
Soft power
24. Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose - such as school lunches or for building airports and highways. These funds are allocated by formula and are subject to detailed federal conditions - often on a matching basis; that is - the local go
Categorical-formula grants
Writ of habeas corpus
Tariff
Line item veto
25. A grouping of human beings with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance.
National debt
Collective action
Movement
Race
26. 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
Indictment
Capitalism
Protectionism
Competitive federalism
27. 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.
Issue advocacy
Political socialization
Executive order
Impoundment
28. Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses.
Public assistance
Bureaucracy
Medical savings account
Grand jury
29. 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
Central clearance
Conference committee
Cross-cutting requirements
Open shop
30. 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
Due process clause
Decentralists
Federalists
31. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.
Logrolling
Value-added tax (VAT)
Fighting words
Economic sanctions
32. 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.
Candidate appeal
Establishment clause
Libel
Leadership PAC
33. A government agency or commission with regulatory power whose independence is protected by Congress.
Independent regulatory commission
Hatch Act
Ethnocentrism
Nonprotected speech
34. The right to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to National Security.
Executive privilege
Appellate jurisdiction
Civil disobedience
Recall
35. 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.'
Racial gerrymandering
State of the Union Address
Permissive federalism
Iron triangle
36. A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.
Antifederalists
Decentralists
Inherent powers
Executive agreement
37. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Natural rights
Hatch Act
Offshoring
38. 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
Independent expenditures
Independent expenditure
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Creative federalism
39. The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation.
Confederation
Honeymoon
Candidate appeal
Statism
40. An economic system characterized by private property - competitive markets - economic incentives - and limited government involvement in the production - distribution - and pricing of goods and services.
Federalism
Capitalism
Restrictive covenant
Economic sanctions
41. Attempting to overthrow the government by force or use violence to interrupt its activities.
Monetarism
Full faith and credit clause
Due process
Sedition
42. 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.
Appellate jurisdiction
Candidate appeal
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
New Jersey Plan
43. Segregation imposed by law.
Trustee
Excise tax
Cooperative federalism
De jure segregation
44. The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election.
Issue advocacy
White primary
Majority
Caucus
45. A close contest; by extension - any contest in which the focus is on who is ahead and by how much rather than on substantive differences between the candidates.
Horse race
Unitary system
National tide
Social capital
46. A policy-making alliance among loosely connected participants that comes together on a particular issue - then disbands.
Independent regulatory commission
Issue network
Proportional representation
Safe seat
47. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.
Bad tendency test
Closed shop
President pro tempore
Sedition
48. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Public assistance
Categorical-formula grants
Selective incorporation
Movement
49. An international trade organization with more than 130 members - including the United States and the People's Republic of China - that seeks to encourage free trade by lowering tariffs and other trade restrictions.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Due process clause
Plea bargain
Single-member district
50. 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
Articles of Confederation
National tide
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Executive privilege