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1. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.






2. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.






3. 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






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






5. 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.






6. Employment cycle in which individuals who work for governmental agencies that regulate interests eventually end up working for interest groups or businesses with the same policy concern.






7. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.






8. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.






9. How voters feel about a candidate's background - personality - leadership ability - and other personal qualities.






10. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.






11. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.






12. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.






13. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.






14. A convention held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation - attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention.






15. The convention in Philadelphia - May 25 to September 17 - 1787 - that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States.






16. 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.






17. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






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






19. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.






20. A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court.






21. Power of a government to take private property for public use; the U.S. Constitution gives national and state governments this power and requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.






22. A secret ballot printed by the state.






23. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.






24. An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.






25. Synonymous with 'collective action -' it specifically studies how government officials - politicians - and voters respond to positive and negative incentives.






26. A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.






27. A national meeting of delegates elected in 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.






28. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.






29. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.






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






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






32. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.






33. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






34. The head of the White House staff.






35. A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.






36. Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.






37. System designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents.






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






39. The tendency of presidents to learn more about doing their jobs over time.






40. A theory of government that holds that open - multiple - and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.






41. 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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42. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.






43. Unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.






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






45. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.






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






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






48. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted.






49. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.






50. A judicial system in which the court of law is a neutral arena where two parties argue their differences.







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