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AP Government

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1. Media that emphasize the news.






2. The current holder of the elected office.






3. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.






4. Governance divided between the parties - as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.






5. System designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents.






6. Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.






7. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.






8. A minor party that believes in extremely limited government. Libertarians call for a free market system - expanded individual liberties such as drug legalization - and a foreign policy of nonintervention - free trade - and open immigration.






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






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






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






12. The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems.






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






14. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.






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






16. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.






17. A company in which new employees must join a union within a stated time period.






18. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership is a condition of employment.






19. The residents of a congressional district or state.






20. Donations made to political candidates - party committees - or groups which - by law - are limited and must be declared.






21. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.






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






23. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.






24. Unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or group on communications that do not use words like 'vote for' or 'vote against -' although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates.






25. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.






26. The legislative leader selected by the minority party as spokesperson for the opposition.






27. Powers the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government.






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. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.






30. A type of policy that takes benefits (usually through taxes) from one group of Americans and gives them to another (usually through spending).






31. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.






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






33. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. A court order forbidding specific individuals or groups from performing certain acts (such as striking) that the court considers harmful to the rights and property of an employer or community.






39. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated.






40. Candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election - not necessarily more than half.






41. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.






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






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






44. 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.






45. The principle of a two-house legislature.






46. Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states - by compact - create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals.






47. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.






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






49. Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible - mobile corps of senior career executives who worked closely with presidential appointees to manage government.






50. 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.







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