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1. Financial contributions by individuals or groups in the hope of influencing the outcome of the election and subsequently influencing policy.
De jure segregation
Interested money
Virginia Plan
Soft money
2. The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation.
Mass media
Separation of powers
Writ of habeas corpus
Statism
3. Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.
Direct democracy
Literacy test
Linkage institutions
Initiative
4. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.
Keynesian economics
Coattail effect
Indexing
Inherent powers
5. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
Presidential election
Sound bites
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Affirmative action
6. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Constitutional Convention
Political ideology
Lobbyist
Impeachment
7. Formal orders issued by the president to direct action by the Federal bureaucracy.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Libel
Executive orders
Medical savings account
8. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.
National party convention
Majority rule
Political predisposition
Linkage institutions
9. The cluster of presidential staff agencies that help the president carry out his responsibilities. Currently the office includes the Office of Management and Budget - the Council of Economic Advisers - and several other units.
Excise tax
Closed primary
Initiative
Executive Office of the President
10. The widely shared beliefs - values - and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
Political culture
Gender gap
Federalism
Cloture
11. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
Executive order
Chief of staff
Monopoly
Crossover voting
12. Programs such as Medicaid and welfare under which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need.
Means-tested entitlements
Gerrymandering
Normal trade relations
Representative democracy
13. Policy of erecting trade barriers to protect domestic industry.
Reinforcing cleavages
Laissez-faire economics
Protectionism
Medicare
14. The inclination to focus on national issues - rather than local issues - in an election campaign. The impact of the national tide can be reduced by the nature of the candidates on the ballot who might have differentiated themselves from their party o
National tide
State of the Union Address
Closed rule
Independent agency
15. A system of government in which the legislature selects the prime minister or president.
Justiciable dispute
Attentive public
Parliamentary system
Attentive public
16. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Congressional-executive agreement
Earmarks
Party caucus
17. The powers expressly given to Congress in the Constitution.
Laissez-faire economics
Reapportionment
Hard money
Enumerated powers
18. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.
Annapolis Convention
Project grants
Gender gap
Bipartisanship
19. 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.
Lobbying
Writ of certiorari
New Jersey Plan
National Intelligence Director
20. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Closed shop
Midterm election
Rally point
Policy agenda
21. Weakening of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents.
Earmarks
Hatch Act
Public policy
Dealignment
22. The reliance on diplomacy and negotiation to solve international problems.
Soft power
Racial profiling
National tide
Issue advocacy
23. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.
Natural rights
Standing committee
Dealignment
Lobbyist
24. The list of potential cases that reach the Supreme Court.
Docket
Implied powers
Bundling
Plea bargain
25. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.
Articles of Confederation
Double jeopardy
Stare decisis
Administrative discretion
26. Clause in the Constitution that states that 'Congress should have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . .' This clause is also known as the elastic clause as is a major and significant p
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27. A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.
State of the Union Address
Hold
Bundling
National party convention
28. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Bureaucrat
Unilateralism
Popular sovereignty
Executive Office of the President
29. Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution.
Referendum
Popular sovereignty
Progressive tax
Majority
30. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Senatorial courtesy
Judicial restraint
Clear and present danger test
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
31. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.
Rule
Creative federalism
National Intelligence Director
Confederation
32. 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.
Soft money
Issue advocacy
Political culture
Federal mandate
33. 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.
Soft money
Full faith and credit clause
Political socialization
Value-added tax (VAT)
34. A meeting of the members of a party in a legislative chamber to select party leaders and to develop party policy. Called a conference by the Republicans.
Linkage institutions
Defendant
Open shop
Party caucus
35. The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women.
Libertarianism
Racial gerrymandering
Gender gap
Social Security
36. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Redistributive policy
Libel
Ethnicity
Protectionism
37. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Senatorial courtesy
Honeymoon
Free exercise clause
Unitary system
38. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890) that try to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
Ethnocentrism
Democratic consensus
Antitrust legislation
Theocracy
39. 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.
Social Security
Political culture
Poll tax
Commerce clause
40. A policy-making alliance among loosely connected participants that comes together on a particular issue - then disbands.
Pocket veto
Issue network
Winner-take-all system
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
41. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
National party convention
Winner-take-all system
Social capital
Articles of Confederation
42. 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.
Impeachment
White primary
Bad tendency test
Capitalism
43. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for more serious offense.
Leadership PAC
Hatch Act
Plea bargain
Contract clause
44. 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.
Bundling
New Jersey Plan
Mandate
Turnout
45. 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.
Entitlement programs
Indexing
Normal trade relations
Oversight
46. Agency that administers civil service laws - rules - and regulations.
Standing committee
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Natural rights
Party convention
47. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.
Libertarian party
Leadership PAC
Libel
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
48. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.
Selective exposure
Conference committee
Vouchers
Cabinet
49. Electoral system used in electing the president and vice president - in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for particular party's candidates.
Monopoly
Unemployment
Electoral college
Turnout
50. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case.
Opinion of the Court
Nonpartisan election
amicus curiae brief
Closed shop
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