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1. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
Majority rule
Antitrust legislation
Issue advocacy
Appellate jurisdiction
2. 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.
Treaty
Due process clause
Judicial restraint
Closed primary
3. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent - from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Single-member district
Executive privilege
Manifest destiny
Preemption
4. Conceives of federalism as a marble cake in which all levels of government are involved in a variety of issues and programs - rather than a layer cake - or dual federalism - with fixed divisions between layers or levels of government.
Right of expatriation
Social insurance
Plea bargain
Marble cake federalism
5. Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
Soft power
Immunity
Three-fifths compromise
Defendant
6. The total amount of money the Federal government has borrowed to finance deficit spending over the years.
National debt
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Voter registration
Vouchers
7. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.
Pocket veto
Indictment
Antitrust legislation
Retrospective issue of voting
8. An official who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of legislator.
Regulations
Stare decisis
Delegate
Isolationism
9. A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights.
Manifest destiny
Civil law
Movement
Antifederalists
10. An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
Direct orders
Proportional representation
Standing committee
Soft money
11. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
Federalism
Leadership PAC
Opinion of the Court
Democratic consensus
12. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Fundamentalists
Hard money
Unitary system
Clear and present danger test
13. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Federalists
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Australian ballot
Senatorial courtesy
14. 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.
Indexing
Realigning election
Poll tax
Concurrent powers
15. Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Soft money
Crossover voting
Cloture
Judicial review
16. A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court.
Constitutional Convention
Political socialization
Writ of certiorari
Exclusionary rule
17. 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
Midterm election
National tide
Fiscal federalism
Rider
18. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Merit system
Selective exposure
De facto segregation
Categorical-formula grants
19. 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
Due process
Necessary and proper clause
Commerce clause
Adversary system
20. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.
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21. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census - to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
Joint committee
Laissez-faire economics
Logrolling
Redistricting
22. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.
Administrative discretion
Political socialization
Competitive federalism
Minority leader
23. Democratic party primary in the old 'one-party South' that was limited to white people and essentially constituted an election; ruled unconstitutional in Smith v. Allwright (1944).
Federal Reserve System
Presidential election
White primary
Articles of Confederation
24. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Socialism
Regulatory taking
Bicameralism
Theory of deterrence
25. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.
Rider
Iron triangle
Equal protection clause
Creative federalism
26. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
Executive privilege
Faction
Keynesian economics
Social capital
27. 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.
Cooperative federalism
Constituents
Pocket veto
Discharge petition
28. 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.
National party convention
Realism
Impoundment
Presidential election
29. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disability relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Petit jury
Entitlement programs
Popular sovereignty
Winner-take-all system
30. Providing automatic increases to compensate for inflation.
Medical savings account
Contract clause
Writ of habeas corpus
Indexing
31. 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
Whip
Women's suffrage
Senatorial courtesy
Cross-cutting requirements
32. Election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
Sedition
Proportional representation
Social capital
Joint committee
33. 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.
Project grants
Normal trade relations
Minority leader
Reapportionment
34. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
Naturalization
Direct primary
Fiscal policy
Rider
35. Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose - such as school lunches or for building airports and highways. These funds are allocated by formula and are subject to detailed federal conditions - often on a matching basis; that is - the local go
Union shop
Categorical-formula grants
Bureaucracy
Procedural due process
36. 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.
Delegate
Filibuster
Constitutional democracy
Safe seat
37. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
Antitrust legislation
Rider
The Federalist
Cooperative federalism
38. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.
Jim Crow laws
Soft money
Closed shop
Political socialization
39. 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.
Double jeopardy
Impeachment
Soft money
Liberalism
40. 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.
Divided government
Monopoly
Labor injunction
Dual citizenship
41. 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
News media
Political socialization
Issue advocacy
42. National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
Senatorial courtesy
Interested money
Attentive public
Medicare
43. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890) that try to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
Antitrust legislation
Impeachment
Constituents
Capitalism
44. The power to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to national security.
Executive privilege
Discharge petition
Lobbying
Recall
45. A judicial system in which the court of law is a neutral arena where two parties argue their differences.
Electoral college
Adversary system
National party convention
Majority rule
46. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Safe seat
Closed shop
Federal mandate
Attentive public
47. The process - most notably in families and schools - by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Entitlements
Political socialization
Recall
Executive order
48. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.
Inherent powers
Presidential election
Issue advocacy
Antitrust legislation
49. 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.
Democratic consensus
Social Security
Standing committee
Selective incorporation
50. 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.
Substantive due process
Plea bargain
Civil disobedience
Closed rule