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AP Government

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1. Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term.






2. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.






3. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.






4. Programs such as Medicaid and welfare under which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need.






5. 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






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






7. Constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government - the actions of the federal government will prevail.






8. 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






9. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.






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






11. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.






12. The current holder of the elected office.






13. A provision attached to a bill






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






15. The presiding officer in the House of Representatives - formally elected by the House but actually selected by the majority party.






16. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






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






18. The legislative leader selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy - confers with other party leaders - and tries to keep members of the party in line.






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






20. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the government cannot interfere with speech unless the speech presents a clear and present danger that it will lead to evil or illegal acts.






21. The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote.






22. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.






23. The assigning by Congress of congressional seats after each census. State legislatures reapportion state legislative districts.






24. Legislative or executive review of a particular government program or organization. Can be in response to a crisis of some kind or part of routine review.






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






26. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling the money supply and thus interest rates.






27. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






28. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.






29. Government by the people - both directly or indirectly - with free and frequent elections.






30. 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.






31. Power of a government to take private property for public use; the U.S. Constitution gives national and state governments this power and requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.






32. 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.






33. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.






34. Media that emphasize the news.






35. Through different grant programs - slices up the marble cake into many different pieces - making it even more difficult to differentiate the functions of the levels of government.






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






37. Clause in the Constitution that states that 'Congress should have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . .' This clause is also known as the elastic clause as is a major and significant p

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38. Tax levied on imports to help protect the nation's industries - labor - or farmers from foreign competition. It can also be used to raise additional revenue.






39. A national meeting of delegates elected at primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.






40. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.






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






42. Promoting a particular position or an issue paid for 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 any regulation.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress - now prohibited under Federal law.






47. Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.






48. 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.






49. A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien.






50. 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.







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