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1. 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.
Line item veto
Majority rule
Movement
Annapolis Convention
2. Candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election - not necessarily more than half.
Soft money
Plurality
Manifest destiny
Exclusionary rule
3. 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.
Whip
Commerce clause
Concurrent powers
Soft money
4. A theory of government that holds that open - multiple - and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
Political socialization
Pluralism
Due process clause
Earmarks
5. 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.
Confederation
Labor injunction
Natural law
Impoundment
6. An imbalance in international trade in which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports.
Trade deficit
Political socialization
Joint committee
Crossover voting
7. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Public defender system
Party identification
Commerce clause
Judicial review
8. 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.
Presidential election
Keynesian economics
Civil law
Deficit
9. 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
Independent regulatory commission
Justiciable dispute
Restrictive covenant
10. The set of arrangements - including checks and balances - federalism - separation of powers - rule of law - due process - and a bill of rights - that requires our leaders to listen - think - bargain - and explain before they act or make laws. We then
Issue network
Federal Reserve System
Direct primary
Constitutionalism
11. A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court.
Writ of certiorari
Independent expenditure
National party convention
Conference committee
12. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Public assistance
Preemption
Direct primary
Deficit
13. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Substantive due process
Closed shop
Regressive tax
Leadership PAC
14. Proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by William Paterson of New Jersey for a central government with a single-house legislature in which each state would be represented equally.
Competitive federalism
New Jersey Plan
Rider
Closed rule
15. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Political ideology
Executive privilege
Political socialization
Weapons of mass destruction
16. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Unfunded mandates
Establishment clause
Isolationism
Independent agency
17. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Override
Liberalism
Proportional representation
White primary
18. The constitutional requirement (in Article II - Section 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws.
Nonpartisan election
Entitlement programs
Take care clause
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
19. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.
Interested money
Gerrymandering
Excise tax
Preferred position doctrine
20. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue.
National Intelligence Director
Closed rule
Political socialization
Filibuster
21. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Closed rule
Laissez-faire economics
Minor party
Recall
22. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
Writ of habeas corpus
Antitrust legislation
Single-member district
Override
23. Programs such as Medicaid and welfare under which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need.
Coattail effect
Mass media
Means-tested entitlements
Electoral college
24. The authority of a court to hear a case 'in the first instance.'
Executive privilege
Free rider
Concurring opinion
Original jurisdiction
25. Loss of tax revenue due to Federal laws that provide special tax incentives or benefits to individuals or businesses.
Appellate jurisdiction
Rally point
Tax expenditure
Rule
26. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement of such deeds is unconstitutional.
Referendum
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
National debt
Restrictive covenant
27. A court with appellate jurisdiction that hears appeals from the decisions of lower courts.
Dissenting opinion
Federalists
Proportional representation
Court of appeals
28. 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.
527 organizations
Issue advocacy
Direct democracy
Connecticut Compromise
29. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
Incumbent
Precedent
Majority rule
Fiscal policy
30. Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations in delivering governmental goods and services to the people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government.
Cooperative federalism
Trust
Constituents
Independent expenditure
31. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.
Isolationism
Creative federalism
Direct primary
Trustee
32. A jury of 6 to 12 persons that determines guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action.
Inflation
Petit jury
Search warrant
Issue advocacy
33. Assigning police to neighborhoods where they walk the beat and work with churches and other community groups to reduce crime and improve relations with minorities.
Reinforcing cleavages
Community policing
Isolationism
Plea bargain
34. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Senior Executive Service
Executive privilege
Theory of deterrence
Safe seat
35. 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.
Dissenting opinion
Stare decisis
Poll tax
Equal protection clause
36. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Due process
Initiative
Competitive federalism
Treaty
37. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.
Bipartisanship
Majority-minority district
Selective incorporation
Initiative
38. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Political ideology
Faction
Minority leader
39. 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
Coattail effect
Socialism
Direct primary
Crossover sanctions
40. Requirement that evidence unconstitutionally or illegally obtained be excluded from a criminal trial.
Oversight
Exclusionary rule
Safe seat
Free rider
41. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Contract clause
Lobbying
Manifest opinion
Minor party
42. 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.
Political action committee (PAC)
Antifederalists
Impeachment
Community policing
43. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
Sound bites
Attentive public
Eminent domain
Executive order
44. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.
Procedural due process
Majority rule
News media
Prior restraint
45. The clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 3) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Selective incorporation
Commerce clause
Enumerated powers
Bicameralism
46. A system of government in which the legislature selects the prime minister or president.
Parliamentary system
Safe seat
Rider
Oversight
47. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.
Racial profiling
Unitary system
Excise tax
Pocket veto
48. The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states.
Devolution revolution
Political party
Libertarian party
Cross-cutting cleavages
49. The convention in Philadelphia - May 25 to September 17 - 1787 - that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States.
Random sample
Bureaucrat
Reform party
Constitutional Convention
50. Clause of the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 8 - Clause 3) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress - in addition to its express powers has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Co
Independent regulatory commission
Necessary and proper clause
Bipartisanship
Rule-making process
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