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AP Government

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1. The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. Political contributions given to a party - candidate - or interest group that are limited in amounts and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds - hence the term 'hard money.'






8. Government by religious leaders - who claim divine guidance.






9. Incumbents have an advantage over challengers in election campaigns because voters are more familiar with them - and incumbents are more recognizable.






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






11. Loss of tax revenue due to Federal laws that provide special tax incentives or benefits to individuals or businesses.






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






13. Efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment.






14. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.






15. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.






16. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for a more serious offense.






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






18. The widely shared beliefs - values - and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.






19. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.






20. A tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a higher fraction of their income than people with higher incomes.






21. Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different.






22. Review of all executive branch testimony - reports - and draft legislation by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that each communication to Congress is in accordance with the president's program.






23. Agency that administers civil service laws - rules - and regulations.






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






25. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






26. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment.






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






28. A philosophy that encourages individual nations tacked together to solve international problems.






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






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






31. 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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32. Trade status granted as part of an international trade policy that gives a nation the same favorable trade concessions and tariffs that the best trading partners receive.






33. Divisions within society that reinforce one another - making groups more homogenous or similar.






34. 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.






35. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.






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






37. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.






38. 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.






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






40. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.






41. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.






42. 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.






43. A president's claim of broad public support.






44. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.






45. The principle of a two-house legislature.






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






47. An official who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of legislator.






48. The informal list of issues that Congress and the president consider most important for action.






49. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.






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