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1. Contributions to a state or local party for party-building purposes.
Political action committee (PAC)
Soft money
Race
Realigning election
2. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Line item veto
Senatorial courtesy
Coattail effect
Socioeconomic status (SES)
3. Proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by William Paterson of New Jersey for a central government with a single-house legislature in which each state would be represented equally.
New Jersey Plan
Movement
Gerrymandering
Bicameralism
4. The widely shared beliefs - values - and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
Political culture
Patronage
Full faith and credit clause
Inherent powers
5. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.
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6. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment.
Opinion of the Court
Open shop
Executive orders
Tariff
7. 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.
Majority leader
Filibuster
Adversary system
Uncontrollable spending
8. 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
Representative democracy
Closed rule
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Revolving door
9. Established rules and regulations that restrain government officials.
Due process
Impoundment
Protectionism
Speaker
10. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Fighting words
Fiscal federalism
Issue advocacy
Public assistance
11. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement of such deeds is unconstitutional.
Commercial speech
Regulations
Restrictive covenant
Isolationism
12. An imbalance in international trade in which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports.
Joint committee
Medicaid
Trade deficit
Pocket veto
13. 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.
Single-member district
Entitlement programs
Minor party
Executive privilege
14. The total output of all economic activity in the nation - including goods and services.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Australian ballot
Horse race
Redistributive policy
15. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.
Laissez-faire economics
Independent agency
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Majority rule
16. A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots.
Monopoly
Nonpartisan election
Special or select committee
Interested money
17. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Federal grants may establish certain conditions that extend to all activities supported by federal funds - regardless of their source. The first and most famous of these is Title VI of the 196
Faction
Cross-cutting requirements
Environmental impact statement
Virginia Plan
18. Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible - mobile corps of senior career executives who worked closely with presidential appointees to manage government.
Quid pro quo
Direct primary
Full faith and credit clause
Senior Executive Service
19. 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.
Primary election
Full faith and credit clause
Criminal law
Department
20. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals (each limited to $2000) and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.
Opinion of the Court
Spoils system
Bundling
Environmental impact statement
21. A minor party dedicated to the environment - social justice - nonviolence - and the foreign policy of nonintervention. Ralph Nader ran as the Green party's nominee in 2000.
Green party
Political socialization
National supremacy
Exclusionary rule
22. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for more serious offense.
Keynesian economics
Plea bargain
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
State's rights
23. Literacy requirements some states imposed as a condition of voting - generally used to disqualify black voters in the South; now illegal.
Regulatory taking
Connecticut Compromise
Literacy test
Sales tax
24. 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.
Party convention
Sales tax
Horse race
Judicial review
25. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.
Revolving door
Express powers
General election
Democratic consensus
26. The widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success.
American dream
Veto
Independent regulatory commission
Iron triangle
27. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Poll tax
Free exercise clause
Laissez-faire economics
Due process clause
28. Elections held midway between presidential elections.
Court of appeals
Racial profiling
Midterm election
Criminal law
29. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted.
Class action suit
Safe seat
Uncontrollable spending
Parliamentary system
30. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
Public policy
Leadership PAC
The Federalist
Project grants
31. A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting.
Speaker
Majority-minority district
Executive agreement
Voter registration
32. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government corporation
Enumerated powers
Crossover voting
Checks and balances
33. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
Winner-take-all system
Earmarks
Jim Crow laws
Medical savings account
34. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Theory of deterrence
Democracy
Connecticut Compromise
Libel
35. The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.
Electoral college
Sales tax
Implementation
Commerce clause
36. 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
527 organizations
Entitlement programs
Executive agreement
Independent expenditures
37. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Party identification
Medicare
Writ of habeas corpus
Laissez-faire economics
38. 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.
Ethnicity
Safe seat
Majority rule
Soft money
39. Agreement signed by the United States - Canada - and Mexico in 1992 to form the largest free trade zone in the world.
Bicameralism
Establishment clause
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Issue network
40. 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.
Uncontrollable spending
Issue advocacy
Demographics
Equal protection clause
41. A president's claim of broad public support.
Pocket veto
Sales tax
Mandate
Antifederalists
42. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Majority rule
Attentive public
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
43. Electoral system used in electing the president and vice president - in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for particular party's candidates.
Vouchers
Separation of powers
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
Electoral college
44. A close contest; by extension - any contest in which the focus is on who is ahead and by how much rather than on substantive differences between the candidates.
Rally point
Divided government
Majority rule
Horse race
45. 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.
Closed rule
'Necessary and proper' clause
Constituents
Attentive public
46. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.
Concurrent powers
Permissive federalism
Dissenting opinion
Bicameralism
47. The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.
Popular consent
Party identification
Racial profiling
Demographics
48. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Independent expenditures
Linkage institutions
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Theory of deterrence
49. Providing automatic increases to compensate for inflation.
Writ of certiorari
Racial profiling
Indexing
Monetary policy
50. The presiding officer in the House of Representatives - formally elected by the House but actually selected by the majority party.
Speaker
Virginia Plan
Civil disobedience
Attentive public