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1. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.
Creative federalism
Inflation
Express powers
Direct democracy
2. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Right of expatriation
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Federalists
Central clearance
3. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. These sanctions permit the use of federal money in one program to influence state and local policy in another. For example - a 1984 act reduced federal highway aid by up to 15 percent for any
Mandate
Natural rights
Crossover sanctions
Executive agreement
4. 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.
Writ of habeas corpus
Keynesian economics
Class action suit
Stare decisis
5. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership is a condition of employment.
Government corporation
Closed shop
Petit jury
Means-tested entitlements
6. A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting.
Majority-minority district
Rally point
Judicial restraint
Chief of staff
7. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Categorical-formula grants
Collective bargaining
Reform party
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
8. The current holder of the elected office.
Incumbent
Lobbying
Realigning election
Social insurance
9. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Race
Environmental impact statement
Federalists
Independent expenditures
10. The right to vote.
Selective exposure
Public opinion
Adversary system
Suffrage
11. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Collective bargaining
Dual citizenship
Primary election
Judicial review
12. 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.
Divided government
Redistricting
Movement
Green party
13. A form of organization that operates through impersonal - uniform rules and procedures.
Women's suffrage
Bureaucracy
Writ of certiorari
Majority
14. A procedure for terminating debate - especially filibusters - in the Senate.
Confederation
Cloture
Proportional representation
Excise tax
15. The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.
Marbury v. Madison
Candidate appeal
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Popular consent
16. The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems.
Hard power
National party convention
Safe seat
Full faith and credit clause
17. The difference between the revenues raised annually from sources of income other than borrowing and the expenditures of government - including paying the interest on past borrowing.
Federal Register
Deficit
Procedural due process
Progressive tax
18. 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.
Administrative discretion
Green party
Lobbyist
Establishment clause
19. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Medicare
Commercial speech
Presidential ticket
Laissez-faire economics
20. A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress - now prohibited under Federal law.
Sound bites
Impoundment
Federalism
Monetarism
21. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.
Regulatory taking
Presidential election
Court of appeals
Public defender system
22. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
State's rights
527 organizations
Proportional representation
Earmarks
23. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.
Dual citizenship
Caucus
Coattail effect
Senatorial courtesy
24. A writ issued by a magistrate that authorizes the police to search a particular place or person - specifying the place to be searched and the objects to be seized.
Opinion of the Court
Search warrant
Capitalism
Manifest opinion
25. 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.
Confederation
Due process clause
Social capital
Entitlements
26. 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.
Cabinet
Exclusionary rule
Eminent domain
Socialism
27. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
Criminal law
Judicial review
Senior Executive Service
Joint committee
28. A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien.
Literacy test
Grand jury
Libel
Naturalization
29. An official who is expected to vote independently based on his or her judgment of the circumstances; one interpretation of the role of the legislator.
Trustee
Prior restraint
Libel
Annapolis Convention
30. The reliance on diplomacy and negotiation to solve international problems.
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Honeymoon
Popular consent
Soft power
31. Constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government - the actions of the federal government will prevail.
Uncontrollable spending
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Cabinet
National supremacy
32. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.
Shays's Rebellion
Proportional representation
Progressive tax
Public policy
33. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Idealism
Candidate appeal
Spoils system
Open primary
34. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.
Ethnocentrism
Special or select committee
Theory of deterrence
Majority rule
35. The presiding officer in the House of Representatives - formally elected by the House but actually selected by the majority party.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Speaker
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Obscenity
36. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.
Issue network
Plea bargain
Theocracy
Whip
37. The total amount of money the Federal government has borrowed to finance deficit spending over the years.
Nonpartisan election
National debt
Trust
Safe seat
38. Programs that the Federal government requires States to implement without Federal funding.
Unfunded mandates
Retrospective issue of voting
Reapportionment
Manifest destiny
39. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Centralists
Popular sovereignty
Rule-making process
Trust
40. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Rally point
Hatch Act
Movement
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
41. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Isolationism
Constitutional democracy
Recall
Antitrust legislation
42. An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point - redefining the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties.
Retrospective issue of voting
Realigning election
Conference committee
Cabinet
43. 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
Independent expenditures
Pocket veto
Majority rule
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
44. Photo opportunities set up by the candidates. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on photo ops to explain them to the public.
Establishment clause
Speaker
Theocracy
Photo ops
45. 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.
Initiative
Green party
Veto
Mass media
46. 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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47. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Incumbent
Divided government
Winner-take-all system
Liberalism
48. God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is higher than human law.
Natural law
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Laissez-faire economics
Total and Partial Preemption
49. A close contest; by extension - any contest in which the focus is on who is ahead and by how much rather than on substantive differences between the candidates.
Excise tax
Establishment clause
Executive agreement
Horse race
50. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments - the vice president - and a few other officials selected by the president.
Iron triangle
Selective exposure
Direct primary
Cabinet