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AP Government

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






2. General tax on sales transactions - sometimes exempting food and drugs.






3. A requirement the federal government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds.






4. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.






5. The residents of a congressional district or state.






6. A policy-making alliance among loosely connected participants that comes together on a particular issue - then disbands.






7. A minor party that believes in extremely limited government. Libertarians call for a free market system - expanded individual liberties such as drug legalization - and a foreign policy of nonintervention - free trade - and open immigration.






8. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.






9. 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






10. The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue - candidate - or institution within a specific population.






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






12. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.

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13. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.






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






15. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.






16. The principle of a two-house legislature.






17. 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.






18. The precise legal definition of how government will implement a policy.






19. The right to vote.






20. A provision attached to a bill






21. Policy of erecting trade barriers to protect domestic industry.






22. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.






23. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.






24. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.






25. Denial of export - import - or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation's policies.






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






27. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.






28. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.






29. Federal program that provides medical benefits for low-income persons.






30. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.






31. Legislative act inflicting punishment - including deprivation of property - without a trial - on named individuals or members of a specific group.






32. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.






33. 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.






34. Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses.






35. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated.






36. The principle of a two-house legislature.






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






38. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.






39. Government regulation of property so extensive that government is deemed to have taken the property by the power of eminent domain - for which it must compensate the property owners.






40. A formal - public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.






41. Attempting to overthrow the government by force or use violence to interrupt its activities.






42. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.






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






44. 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.






45. A rise in the general price level (and decrease in dollar value) owing to an increase in the volume of money and credit in relation to available goods.






46. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.






47. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.






48. A minor party founded by Ross Perot in 1995. It focuses on national government reform - fiscal responsibility - and political accountability. It has recently struggled with internal strife and criticism that it lacks an identity.






49. Government in which the people elect those who govern and pass laws; also called a republic.






50. A convention held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation - attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention.