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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Spoils system
Manifest destiny
Selective exposure
Substantive due process
2. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Free exercise clause
Natural rights
Winner-take-all system
Idealism
3. The study of the characteristics of populations.
Coattail effect
Amicus curiae brief
Demographics
Writ of habeas corpus
4. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case.
Cross-cutting requirements
Value-added tax (VAT)
Keynesian economics
Amicus curiae brief
5. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.
Preemption
Political socialization
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Devolution revolution
6. A meeting of the members of a party in a legislative chamber to select party leaders and to develop party policy. Called a conference by the Republicans.
Implied powers
Full faith and credit clause
Necessary and proper clause
Party caucus
7. 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.
Tariff
Public assistance
Writ of mandamus
Incumbent
8. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Connecticut Compromise
State of the Union Address
Isolationism
Conservatism
9. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Oversight
Social capital
Crossover voting
Direct democracy
10. Government by the people - both directly or indirectly - with free and frequent elections.
Sedition
Democracy
Vouchers
Plea bargain
11. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
Cross-cutting requirements
Medicaid
Executive order
Closed primary
12. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.
Filibuster
Implied powers
Impeachment
Socialism
13. The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote.
Party registration
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Party caucus
14. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Free exercise clause
Line item veto
'Necessary and proper' clause
Dealignment
15. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.
Commercial speech
Laissez-faire economics
Federal mandate
Party registration
16. A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.
Closed shop
Conservatism
Interest group
Cloture
17. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.
Issue advocacy
National debt
Majority leader
Antifederalists
18. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
Natural rights
The Federalist
White primary
Patronage
19. A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.
Regulations
Executive agreement
Soft money
Pocket veto
20. 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.
New Jersey Plan
Majority leader
Judicial activism
Civil disobedience
21. 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
Judicial activism
Sedition
Senior Executive Service
22. Agreement signed by the United States - Canada - and Mexico in 1992 to form the largest free trade zone in the world.
Weapons of mass destruction
Trustee
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Isolationism
23. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Prospective issue voting
Bad tendency test
Ethnocentrism
Labor injunction
24. The reliance on diplomacy and negotiation to solve international problems.
Unfunded mandates
Standing committee
Logrolling
Soft power
25. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Merit system
Monetarism
Constitutional democracy
Double jeopardy
26. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Virginia Plan
Special or select committee
Substantive due process
Political ideology
27. A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate; such committees oversee the Library of Congress and conduct investigations.
Incumbent
Override
Joint committee
White primary
28. A philosophy that encourages individual nations tacked together to solve international problems.
Multilateralism
Excise tax
Closed rule
Majority leader
29. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
Commerce clause
Override
Justiciable dispute
Gross domestic product (GDP)
30. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.
Retrospective issue of voting
Attentive public
Bicameralism
Government corporation
31. Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.
Creative federalism
Bad tendency test
Civil disobedience
Class action suit
32. The rule of precedent - whereby a rule or law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented.
Majority rule
Stare decisis
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Means-tested entitlements
33. General tax on sales transactions - sometimes exempting food and drugs.
Executive Office of the President
Civil law
Sales tax
Project grants
34. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Union shop
Parliamentary system
Government corporation
Rally point
35. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.
Divided government
Property rights
Union shop
Cross-cutting cleavages
36. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Normal trade relations
Lobbying
Joint committee
Impeachment
37. A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. It consists of six commissioners appointed by president and confirmed by the Senate. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of camp
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Medicaid
Closed shop
Issue network
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.
De facto segregation
Bureaucrat
Redistricting
Public opinion
39. The assigning by Congress of congressional seats after each census. State legislatures reapportion state legislative districts.
National Intelligence Director
Progressive tax
Reapportionment
Party identification
40. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.
Stare decisis
Impoundment
National party convention
Cooperative federalism
41. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.
Plea bargain
General election
Judicial restraint
Logrolling
42. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
Executive agreement
Trust
Interstate compact
Conservatism
43. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.
Sedition
Public assistance
Bicameralism
Regulations
44. The system created by Congress in 1913 to establish banking practices and regulate currency in circulation and the amount of credit available. It consists of 12 regional banks supervised by the Board of Governors. Often called simply the Fed.
Executive agreement
National tide
Block grants
Federal Reserve System
45. God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is higher than human law.
Realigning election
Impeachment
Policy agenda
Natural law
46. 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.
Constitutional democracy
Labor injunction
Annapolis Convention
Safe seat
47. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
Amicus curiae brief
Issue network
Inherent powers
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
48. 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.
National party convention
Fundamentalists
Line item veto
Petit jury
49. 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.
Reapportionment
National debt
Majority
Capitalism
50. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
Commerce clause
Multilateralism
Conference committee
Excise tax