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AP Government

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1. 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






2. Trade status granted as part of an international trade policy that gives a nation the same favorable trade concessions and tariffs that the best trading partners receive.






3. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.






4. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.






5. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.






6. A system of government in which the legislature selects the prime minister or president.






7. Governance divided between the parties - as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.






8. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.






9. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent - from the Atlantic the Pacific.






10. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals (each limited to $2000) and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.






11. Government by the people - both directly or indirectly - with free and frequent elections.






12. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.






13. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.






14. A combination of entitlement programs - paid for by employer and employee taxes - that includes retirement benefits - health insurance - and support for disabled workers and the children of deceased or disabled workers.






15. The right of women to vote.

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16. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






17. 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






18. 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.






19. The tendency of presidents to learn more about doing their jobs over time.






20. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.






21. Petition that - if signed by majority of the House of Representatives' members - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration.






22. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.






23. 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.






24. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.






25. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.






26. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.






27. The residents of a congressional district or state.






28. An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.






29. A form of organization that operates through impersonal - uniform rules and procedures.






30. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.






31. Interest groups organized under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code may advertise for or against candidates. If their source of funding is corporations or unions - they have some restrictions on broadcast advertising. 527 organizations were impo






32. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.






33. 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.






34. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for a more serious offense.






35. 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.






36. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.






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






38. 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.






39. A theory of government that holds that open - multiple - and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.






40. The informal list of issues that Congress and the president consider most important for action.






41. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






42. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.






43. Efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment.






44. The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states.






45. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.






46. The president's annual statement to Congress and the nation.






47. A type of policy that takes benefits (usually through taxes) from one group of Americans and gives them to another (usually through spending).






48. The dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party.






49. Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states - by compact - create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals.






50. The principle of a two-house legislature.






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