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1. The proportion of the voting age public that votes - sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that vote.
Implied powers
Commercial speech
Turnout
Racial gerrymandering
2. 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
Appellate jurisdiction
Defendant
Sales tax
3. 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.
Attentive public
Take care clause
Unfunded mandates
Concurring opinion
4. The head of the White House staff.
Logrolling
Chief of staff
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Selected perception
5. The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women.
Federal Reserve System
Single-member district
Inflation
Gender gap
6. 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.
Medicare
Federal Register
Precedent
Veto
7. 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.
Mandate
Concurrent powers
Filibuster
amicus curiae brief
8. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.
Procedural due process
Australian ballot
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Majority rule
9. 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.
Monopoly
Single-member district
Discharge petition
Honeymoon
10. A requirement the federal government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds.
Regressive tax
Nonprotected speech
Closed primary
Federal mandate
11. Arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes who are unable to hire their own attorneys.
Indictment
Prior restraint
Preemption
Public defender system
12. 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
Constitutionalism
Direct democracy
Executive privilege
13. A division of population based on occupation - income - and education.
National party convention
Bicameralism
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Bipartisanship
14. A landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States - under Article Three of the United States Constitution. The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury - who had b
Judicial review
National supremacy
Marbury v. Madison
Tax expenditure
15. Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.
Political party
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Environmental impact statement
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
16. A jury of 12 to 23 persons who - in private - hear evidence presented by the government to determine whether persons shall be required to stand trial. If the jury believes there is sufficient evidence that a crime was committed - it issues an indictm
Grand jury
Natural law
Race
Policy agenda
17. Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments - such as the power to levy taxes.
Candidate appeal
Categorical-formula grants
Judicial restraint
Concurrent powers
18. 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.
Inherent powers
Normal trade relations
Majority rule
Monopoly
19. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
Articles of Confederation
Referendum
Civil law
Winner-take-all system
20. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.
Faction
Reform party
Dissenting opinion
Naturalization
21. A collection of people who share a common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends. Interest groups usually work within the framework of government and try to achieve their goals through tactics such as lobbying.
Establishment clause
Theory of deterrence
Unilateralism
Interest group
22. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Enumerated powers
Cross-cutting cleavages
Collective bargaining
Judicial review
23. 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.
Coattail effect
Closed rule
Sales tax
Monetary policy
24. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
Selective exposure
Line item veto
Conference committee
Annapolis Convention
25. 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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26. The joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the Twelfth Amendment.
Demographics
Bicameralism
Presidential ticket
Grand jury
27. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.
Right of expatriation
Due process
Creative federalism
Attentive public
28. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches - with the legislative branch making law - the executive applying and enforcing the law - and the judiciary interpreting the law.
Separation of powers
Popular consent
Administrative discretion
Capitalism
29. The right to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to National Security.
Executive privilege
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Single-member district
Unemployment
30. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Democracy
Poll tax
Regressive tax
Merit system
31. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted.
Libel
Safe seat
Sedition
Bad tendency test
32. 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.
Independent regulatory commission
Soft money
De facto segregation
Dual citizenship
33. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.
Federal Reserve System
Congressional-executive agreement
Pocket veto
Senatorial courtesy
34. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.
Creative federalism
Direct democracy
Search warrant
Selective exposure
35. National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
Medicare
National debt
Proportional representation
Independent expenditures
36. Legislative act inflicting punishment - including deprivation of property - without a trial - on named individuals or members of a specific group.
Independent agency
Ex post facto law
Judicial activism
Bill of attainder
37. 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.
Federal Register
Caucus
Women's suffrage
Soft money
38. The system created by Congress in 1913 to establish banking practices and regulate currency in circulation and the amount of credit available. It consists of 12 regional banks supervised by the Board of Governors. Often called simply the Fed.
Federal Reserve System
Separation of powers
Entitlement programs
Movement
39. Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Restrictive covenant
Random sample
De facto segregation
40. Political contributions given to a party - candidate - or interest group that are limited in amounts and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds - hence the term 'hard money.'
Hard money
Reapportionment
Incumbent
Natural rights
41. A career government employee.
Recall
Bureaucrat
Faction
Criminal law
42. Providing automatic increases to compensate for inflation.
Indexing
Reinforcing cleavages
Natural law
Federal mandate
43. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.
Antitrust legislation
Unemployment
Internationalism
Environmental impact statement
44. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.
Whip
Party registration
Permissive federalism
Conservatism
45. The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election.
Offshoring
Treaty
Plurality
Majority
46. A monopoly that controls goods and services - often in combinations that reduce competition.
Quid pro quo
Protectionism
Trust
Petit jury
47. 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
Plea bargain
Candidate appeal
Collective bargaining
48. How groups form and organize to pursue their goals or objectives - including how to get individuals and groups to participate and to cooperate. The term has many applications in the various social sciences such as political science - sociology - and
Collective action
Libertarianism
Standing committee
Monetary policy
49. 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.
Popular consent
Bundling
Oversight
Caucus
50. The number of Americans who are out of work but actively looking for a job. The number does not usually include those who are not looking.
Unemployment
Executive orders
Tariff
Monopoly