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






2. Mutual aid and vote trading among legislators.






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






4. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.






5. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






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






8. Views the national government - 50 states - and thousands of local governments as competing with each other over ways to put together packages of services and taxes. Applies the analogy of the marketplace: we have some choice about which state and ci






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






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






11. Requirement that evidence unconstitutionally or illegally obtained be excluded from a criminal trial.






12. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.






13. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.






14. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.






15. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.






16. Financial contributions by individuals or groups in the hope of influencing the outcome of the election and subsequently influencing policy.






17. Election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.






18. The process - most notably in families and schools - by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.






19. 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.






20. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.






21. A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien.






22. 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






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






24. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.






25. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.






26. Contributions to a state or local party for party-building purposes.






27. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.






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.






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






30. The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members - stockholders - or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution.






34. The residents of a congressional district or state.






35. 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.






36. A government agency or commission with regulatory power whose independence is protected by Congress.






37. Quality or state of a work that taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex by depicting sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that lacks serious literary - artistic - political - or scientific value.






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






39. 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.






40. A secret ballot printed by the state.






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






42. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.






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






44. The study of the characteristics of populations.






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






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






47. Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected.






48. The reliance on diplomacy and negotiation to solve international problems.






49. 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






50. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.






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