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1. The clause in the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Fiscal policy
Commerce clause
Soft power
Federal Register
2. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Extradition
Hatch Act
Judicial activism
Popular consent
3. Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution.
Direct democracy
Constitutional democracy
Referendum
Connecticut Compromise
4. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
Direct primary
Free exercise clause
Annapolis Convention
Representative democracy
5. The list of potential cases that reach the Supreme Court.
Docket
Precedent
Block grants
Veto
6. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.
Congressional-executive agreement
Closed primary
Divided government
Establishment clause
7. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.
Theory of deterrence
Internationalism
Treaty
Issue advocacy
8. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.
Writ of habeas corpus
Unemployment
Excise tax
Appellate jurisdiction
9. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.
Winner-take-all system
Enumerated powers
Retrospective issue of voting
Preemption
10. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
Closed rule
Independent expenditure
Constituents
Union shop
11. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Direct primary
Regulatory taking
Treaty
Extradition
12. Views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers—primarily foreign policy and national defense—to the national government - leaving the rest to the sovereign states. Each level of government is dominant within its own sphere. The Supreme Cou
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Plurality
Winner-take-all system
Criminal law
13. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.
Ex post facto law
Affirmative action
Inflation
World Trade Organization (WTO)
14. 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.
Issue advocacy
Judicial restraint
Fiscal policy
Competitive federalism
15. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
Hard money
Party identification
Override
Demographics
16. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Impeachment
Collective action
Initiative
Extradition
17. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment.
Safe seat
Open shop
Bill of attainder
Protectionism
18. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.
Cross-cutting cleavages
Dissenting opinion
Political action committee (PAC)
Poll tax
19. The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election.
Distributive policy
Majority
Inherent powers
Caucus
20. 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.
Regulatory taking
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
'Necessary and proper' clause
Stare decisis
21. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.
Pocket veto
Hard power
Political socialization
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
22. Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments - such as the power to levy taxes.
Social insurance
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Concurrent powers
Rule
23. Segregation imposed by law.
Laissez-faire economics
De jure segregation
Establishment clause
Patronage
24. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Contract clause
Theory of deterrence
Unitary system
25. A grouping of human beings with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance.
Candidate appeal
Race
Mandate
Delegate
26. 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
Keynesian economics
Spoils system
Gerrymandering
Cross-cutting requirements
27. Government regulation of property so extensive that government is deemed to have taken the property by the power of eminent domain - for which it must compensate the property owners.
Regulatory taking
Executive orders
Manifest destiny
De facto segregation
28. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Establishment clause
Commerce clause
Capitalism
Ethnocentrism
29. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.
Regulation
Party convention
Cross-cutting requirements
Social insurance
30. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.
Justiciable dispute
Constitutional democracy
Clear and present danger test
Virginia Plan
31. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.
Delegate
Appellate jurisdiction
Free rider
Constitutional democracy
32. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.
Express powers
Whip
Clear and present danger test
Attentive public
33. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Party convention
Block grants
Ethnicity
Petit jury
34. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.
Administrative discretion
The Federalist
Hard money
Appellate jurisdiction
35. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.
Federalism
Prior restraint
Mandate
Civil law
36. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.
Federalists
Natural rights
Divided government
Independent agency
37. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.
Commercial speech
Petit jury
Soft money
Separation of powers
38. 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
New Jersey Plan
Tax expenditure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Safe seat
39. Government by the people - both directly or indirectly - with free and frequent elections.
Judicial review
Gender gap
Democracy
Filibuster
40. 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.
Soft money
Search warrant
Establishment clause
Creative federalism
41. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.
Standing committee
Political socialization
Decentralists
Redistributive policy
42. Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed between a central government and subdivisional governments - called states in the United States. The national and the subdivisional governments both exercise direct authority over individuals.
Constitutional democracy
Gerrymandering
Political socialization
Federalism
43. 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.
Entitlements
Manifest opinion
Commerce clause
Political action committee (PAC)
44. In a criminal action - the person or party accused of an offense.
Free rider
Plea bargain
Defendant
Cross-cutting cleavages
45. The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages.
Opinion of the Court
Hold
Oversight
Selected perception
46. 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.
Tariff
Civil disobedience
Capitalism
Monopoly
47. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.
Political predisposition
Lobbying
Labor injunction
Block grants
48. 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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49. Efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment.
Medicare
Bicameralism
Regulation
Free exercise clause
50. The precise legal definition of how government will implement a policy.
Rule
General election
Quid pro quo
Trustee