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AP Government

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. Promoting a particular position or an issue by interest groups or individuals but not candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or against a candidate and - until 2004 had not been subject to regulation.






4. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments - the vice president - and a few other officials selected by the president.






5. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment.






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. 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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10. Congress appropriates a certain sum - which is allocated to state and local units and sometimes to nongovernmental agencies - based on applications from those who wish to participate. Examples are grants by the National Science Foundation to universi






11. Programs that the Federal government requires States to implement without Federal funding.






12. Established rules and regulations that restrain government officials.






13. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.






14. 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






15. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.






16. 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.






17. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.






18. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






19. Clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 10) originally intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals; for a while interpreted as prohibiting state governments from taking actions that adversely affec






20. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.

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21. Elections held midway between presidential elections.






22. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.






23. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.






24. These are broad state grants to states for prescribed activities—welfare - child care - education - social services - preventive health care - and health services—with only a few strings attached. States have greater flexibility in deciding how to sp






25. The principle of a two-house legislature.






26. 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.






27. The tendency in elections to focus on the personal attributes of a candidate - such as his/her strengths - weaknesses - background - experience - and visibility.






28. The proportion of the voting age public that votes - sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that vote.






29. 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.






30. 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






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






32. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.






33. 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






34. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.






35. 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.'






36. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'






37. 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.






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






39. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.






40. A president's claim of broad public support.






41. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






42. The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.






43. 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.






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






45. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government - promoting a free market economy - a noninterventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in moral - economic - and social life.






46. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.






47. 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.






48. A large body of people interested in a common issue - idea - or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action. Movements seek to change attitudes or institutions - not just policies.






49. Review of all executive branch testimony - reports - and draft legislation by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that each communication to Congress is in accordance with the president's program.






50. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect current conditions and values.