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AP Government

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1. A provision attached to a bill






2. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.






3. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






4. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.






5. The study of the characteristics of populations.






6. The practice of exporting U.S. jobs to lower paid employees in other nations.






7. Citizenship in more than one nation.






8. Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.






9. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.






10. A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest.






11. Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. By interpretation - the Fifth Amendment imposes the same limitation on the national government. This clause is t






12. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.






13. Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution.






14. A court order forbidding specific individuals or groups from performing certain acts (such as striking) that the court considers harmful to the rights and property of an employer or community.






15. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government - promoting a free market economy - a noninterventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in moral - economic - and social life.






16. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership is a condition of employment.






17. A widely shared and consciously held view - like support for homeland security.






18. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






19. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.






20. A division of population based on occupation - income - and education.






21. A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. A minor party dedicated to the environment - social justice - nonviolence - and the foreign policy of nonintervention. Ralph Nader ran as the Green party's nominee in 2000.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. The proportion of the voting age public that votes - sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that vote.






30. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.






31. A rising public approval of the president that follows a crisis as Americans 'rally 'round the flag' and the chief executive.






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






33. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.

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34. 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.






35. The list of potential cases that reach the Supreme Court.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.






40. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals (each limited to $2000) and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.






41. The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote.






42. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.






43. 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.






44. Election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.






45. The set of arrangements - including checks and balances - federalism - separation of powers - rule of law - due process - and a bill of rights - that requires our leaders to listen - think - bargain - and explain before they act or make laws. We then






46. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.






47. A rise in the general price level (and decrease in dollar value) owing to an increase in the volume of money and credit in relation to available goods.






48. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.






49. Policy of erecting trade barriers to protect domestic industry.






50. A combination of entitlement programs - paid for by employer and employee taxes - that includes retirement benefits - health insurance - and support for disabled workers and the children of deceased or disabled workers.