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AP Government

Subjects : civics, ap
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A widely shared and consciously held view - like support for homeland security.






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






3. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.

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4. A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. It consists of six commissioners appointed by president and confirmed by the Senate. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of camp






5. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.






6. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.






7. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.






8. A system of government in which the legislature selects the prime minister or president.






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






10. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.






11. A monopoly that controls goods and services - often in combinations that reduce competition.






12. A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.






13. The drawing of election districts so as to ensure that members of a certain race are a minority in the district; ruled unconstitutional in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960).






14. An international trade organization with more than 130 members - including the United States and the People's Republic of China - that seeks to encourage free trade by lowering tariffs and other trade restrictions.






15. 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.






16. A form of organization that operates through impersonal - uniform rules and procedures.






17. The clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 3) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.






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






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






20. Election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.






21. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.






22. Period at the beginning of the new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress - usually lasting about six months.






23. Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also - the company that dominates the industry by these means.






24. The formal process for making regulations.






25. Divisions within society that reinforce one another - making groups more homogenous or similar.






26. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.






27. 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






28. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.






29. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.






30. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.






31. Formal orders issued by the president to direct action by the Federal bureaucracy.






32. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






33. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.






34. The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election.






35. A dispute growing out of an actual case or controversy and that is capable of settlement by legal methods.






36. Literacy requirements some states imposed as a condition of voting - generally used to disqualify black voters in the South; now illegal.






37. The joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the Twelfth Amendment.






38. Championed by Ronald Reagan - presumes that the power of the federal government is limited in favor of the broad powers reserved to the states.

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39. The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages.






40. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.






41. A court with appellate jurisdiction that hears appeals from the decisions of lower courts.






42. A formal decision to reject the bill passed by Congress.






43. 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.






44. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.






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






46. A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.






47. The right to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to National Security.






48. 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.






49. Incumbents have an advantage over challengers in election campaigns because voters are more familiar with them - and incumbents are more recognizable.






50. A writ issued by a magistrate that authorizes the police to search a particular place or person - specifying the place to be searched and the objects to be seized.