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1. Government in which the people elect those who govern and pass laws; also called a republic.
Direct primary
Sales tax
Representative democracy
General election
2. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.
Majority rule
Economic sanctions
Issue network
Vouchers
3. A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.
Party convention
Issue network
Linkage institutions
Democracy
4. The proportion of the voting age public that votes - sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that vote.
Turnout
Right of expatriation
De jure segregation
Impeachment
5. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated.
Confederation
Class action suit
Bicameralism
Conference committee
6. The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members - stockholders - or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.
Capitalism
Recall
Popular consent
Political action committee (PAC)
7. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.
Racial profiling
Court of appeals
Open primary
Ex post facto law
8. Election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
Proportional representation
Impeachment
Medicaid
Soft money
9. The current holder of the elected office.
Merit system
Incumbent
Commerce clause
Implementation
10. Unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or group on communications that do not use words like 'vote for' or 'vote against -' although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates.
Centralists
Suffrage
Issue advocacy
Public choice
11. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.
Ex post facto law
Tax expenditure
Block grants
Safe seat
12. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
Indictment
Collective action
Safe seat
Cycle of decreasing influence
13. Championed by Ronald Reagan - presumes that the power of the federal government is limited in favor of the broad powers reserved to the states.
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14. Democratic and civic habits of discussion - compromise - and respect for differences - which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
Pocket veto
Initiative
Social capital
Earmarks
15. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.
Soft money
Impoundment
Selective exposure
Judicial review
16. 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.
Take care clause
Issue advocacy
Liberalism
amicus curiae brief
17. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.
Jim Crow laws
Judicial review
Shays's Rebellion
Trust
18. A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.
Libertarianism
Commerce clause
Bush Doctrine
Writ of habeas corpus
19. 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.
Green party
Safe seat
Reapportionment
Constitutional Convention
20. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
Bureaucracy
Idealism
Concurring opinion
Fiscal policy
21. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Internationalism
Laissez-faire economics
Natural rights
Writ of certiorari
22. 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.
Concurrent powers
Soft money
Adversary system
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
23. Conceives of federalism as a marble cake in which all levels of government are involved in a variety of issues and programs - rather than a layer cake - or dual federalism - with fixed divisions between layers or levels of government.
Filibuster
Theory of deterrence
Marble cake federalism
Green party
24. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Laissez-faire economics
National supremacy
White primary
Closed rule
25. 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.
Free exercise clause
Federal Reserve System
Fiscal policy
Independent expenditures
26. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.
Linkage institutions
Implementation
Unemployment
Cloture
27. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.
Antitrust legislation
General election
Selected perception
Excise tax
28. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.
Decentralists
Petit jury
Opinion of the Court
Executive Office of the President
29. 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
Laissez-faire economics
Filibuster
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
30. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.
Antifederalists
Competitive federalism
Dealignment
Sales tax
31. 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.
Docket
Devolution revolution
Natural rights
Full faith and credit clause
32. Usually the largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in Federal hierarchy.
Department
Keynesian economics
Establishment clause
Implied powers
33. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
Commercial speech
The Federalist
Monetarism
Laissez-faire economics
34. 30-second statements on the evening news shows. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on sound bites to explain them to the public.
Judicial review
Interest group
Block grants
Sound bites
35. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.
Creative federalism
The Federalist
Public policy
Interstate compact
36. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Checks and balances
Deregulation
Party identification
37. A type of policy that provides benefits to all Americans.
Centralists
Executive order
Distributive policy
Open shop
38. The right to vote.
Suffrage
Bureaucracy
Women's suffrage
Australian ballot
39. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Lobbying
Idealism
Gerrymandering
Winner-take-all system
40. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Entitlements
Hatch Act
Concurrent powers
Rule-making process
41. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.
Civil law
Administrative discretion
Antifederalists
Public policy
42. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Photo ops
Suffrage
Unilateralism
Amicus curiae brief
43. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.
Due process clause
Fiscal federalism
Open rule
Bicameralism
44. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Devolution revolution
Obscenity
Theory of deterrence
Majority-minority district
45. A landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States - under Article Three of the United States Constitution. The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury - who had b
The Federalist
Lobbying
Public choice
Marbury v. Madison
46. The list of potential cases that reach the Supreme Court.
Docket
Political culture
Federal Register
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
47. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.
'Our federalism'
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Realigning election
Express powers
48. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Restrictive covenant
Keynesian economics
Delegate
Trade deficit
49. 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
Pluralism
Civil disobedience
Writ of habeas corpus
Cross-cutting requirements
50. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.
Libel
Crossover voting
Senatorial courtesy
Keynesian economics