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1. A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien.
National supremacy
Justiciable dispute
Naturalization
Political party
2. 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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3. 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.
Establishment clause
Demographics
Civil disobedience
Federalism
4. 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.
Attentive public
Regressive tax
Movement
Police powers
5. 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
Horse race
Earmarks
Medicaid
Categorical-formula grants
6. The portion of the Federal budget that is spent on programs - such as Social Security - that the president and Congress are unwilling to cut.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Uncontrollable spending
Annapolis Convention
Public opinion
7. 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.
Social Security
Decentralists
Judicial review
Exclusionary rule
8. The current holder of the elected office.
Incumbent
Protectionism
Federal Register
Social capital
9. Tax required to vote; prohibited for national elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) and ruled unconstitutional for all elections in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966).
Poll tax
Soft money
Candidate appeal
Executive Office of the President
10. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
General election
Bureaucrat
Direct primary
Monopoly
11. An explanation of the decision of the Supreme Court or any other appellate court.
Opinion of the Court
Senatorial courtesy
'Our federalism'
Executive privilege
12. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
Administrative discretion
Interstate compact
President pro tempore
Restrictive covenant
13. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mass media
Monopoly
Fighting words
14. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.
Leadership PAC
Monetary policy
Bill of attainder
Extradition
15. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.
Rally point
Attentive public
Regulatory taking
Vouchers
16. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Categorical-formula grants
Establishment clause
Permissive federalism
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
17. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.
Soft power
Safe seat
Social insurance
Laissez-faire economics
18. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
Entitlement programs
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Issue advocacy
Deregulation
19. 30-second statements on the evening news shows. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on sound bites to explain them to the public.
Divided government
Revolving door
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Sound bites
20. A small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or - if composed of ideologies on the right or left - usually persists over time; also called a third party.
Trade deficit
Right of expatriation
Minor party
Issue network
21. The residents of a congressional district or state.
Stare decisis
Bureaucrat
Constituents
Impeachment
22. 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.
Soft money
Inflation
Articles of Confederation
Judicial review
23. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Popular consent
Idealism
Candidate appeal
Soft money
24. 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
President pro tempore
Take care clause
Monopoly
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
25. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Popular sovereignty
Australian ballot
State of the Union Address
Union shop
26. Statement required by Federal law from all agencies for any project using Federal funds to assess the potential affect of the new construction or development on the environment.
Environmental impact statement
Civil law
National debt
amicus curiae brief
27. Deliberate refusal to obey law or comply with orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition.
New Jersey Plan
Party identification
Civil disobedience
Distributive policy
28. 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
Race
Sales tax
Inherent powers
Project grants
29. Means of communication that are reaching the public - including newspapers and magazines - radio - television (broadcast - cable - and satellite) - films - recordings - books - and electronic communication.
Chief of staff
Normal trade relations
General election
Mass media
30. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.
Lobbying
Weapons of mass destruction
Competitive federalism
Free rider
31. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.
Due process clause
Decentralists
Democratic consensus
Crossover sanctions
32. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Free rider
Department
Reinforcing cleavages
33. A formal decision to reject a bill passed by Congress after it adjourns
Bipartisanship
Delegate
Pocket veto
Naturalization
34. The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.
Reform party
Party registration
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Popular consent
35. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Political ideology
Capitalism
Antifederalists
Closed primary
36. The joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the Twelfth Amendment.
Retrospective issue of voting
Override
Presidential ticket
Popular sovereignty
37. A national meeting of delegates elected in 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.
Plea bargain
Central clearance
National party convention
Democracy
38. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Horse race
Cooperative federalism
Spoils system
Centralists
39. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Senatorial courtesy
Majority rule
Naturalization
Writ of habeas corpus
40. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Federal mandate
Realigning election
Closed shop
Full faith and credit clause
41. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Precedent
Liberalism
Antitrust legislation
Community policing
42. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.
Jim Crow laws
Adversary system
Open primary
Implied powers
43. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
Executive order
Public choice
Reinforcing cleavages
Electoral college
44. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
Suffrage
Initiative
Stare decisis
Single-member district
45. A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.
Majority leader
Party convention
Class action suit
Laissez-faire economics
46. An organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy.
Bicameralism
Senior Executive Service
Concurring opinion
Political party
47. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.
Preemption
Community policing
Public policy
Free exercise clause
48. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Police powers
Joint committee
Australian ballot
Theory of deterrence
49. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Statism
Party identification
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
Honeymoon
50. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Keynesian economics
Establishment clause
Independent expenditure
Soft money