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1. Domination of an industry by a single company; also the company that dominates the industry.
Closed primary
Treaty
Public opinion
Monopoly
2. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Idealism
Bureaucracy
Party identification
Closed shop
3. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Bureaucrat
Independent expenditures
Caucus
Single-member district
4. The inclination to focus on national issues - rather than local issues - in an election campaign. The impact of the national tide can be reduced by the nature of the candidates on the ballot who might have differentiated themselves from their party o
Earmarks
Union shop
National tide
National debt
5. Synonymous with 'collective action -' it specifically studies how government officials - politicians - and voters respond to positive and negative incentives.
Tariff
Senior Executive Service
Public choice
Selective incorporation
6. 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.
State's rights
Filibuster
Defendant
Constitutionalism
7. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.
Standing committee
Presidential election
The Federalist
Public assistance
8. Period at the beginning of the new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress - usually lasting about six months.
Collective bargaining
Public choice
Honeymoon
Horse race
9. 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
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Police powers
Direct orders
Trust
10. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Natural rights
Total and Partial Preemption
Lobbying
Unitary system
11. 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.
Commerce clause
Economic sanctions
Police powers
Lobbying
12. The rule of precedent - whereby a rule or law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented.
Discharge petition
Stare decisis
Isolationism
Issue advocacy
13. Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.
Plurality
Impeachment
Public defender system
Minor party
14. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.
Unemployment
Referendum
Commercial speech
Cooperative federalism
15. 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.
Reform party
Delegate
Conference committee
Union shop
16. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.
Iron triangle
Indictment
527 organizations
Statism
17. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.
Political party
Presidential ticket
Cross-cutting cleavages
Impeachment
18. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Marbury v. Madison
Dual citizenship
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Inherent powers
19. Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Party registration
Deregulation
Democracy
20. Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.
Direct democracy
Turnout
Statism
Hold
21. Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return.
Quid pro quo
Project grants
Political party
Dual citizenship
22. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Contract clause
Liberalism
Judicial restraint
Turnout
23. A policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of Federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity.
Constitutional democracy
National Intelligence Director
Capitalism
Deregulation
24. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
Candidate appeal
The Federalist
Nonpartisan election
Majority rule
25. 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.
Australian ballot
Political action committee (PAC)
Original jurisdiction
Bush Doctrine
26. 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.
Plea bargain
Theocracy
Soft power
Political socialization
27. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.
Indictment
Linkage institutions
Direct primary
Unitary system
28. Primary election in which only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote.
Double jeopardy
Closed primary
Social Security
Political culture
29. A legislative practice that assigns the chair of the committee or subcommittee to the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on the committee.
Initiative
Photo ops
Writ of habeas corpus
Seniority rule
30. 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.
Interest group
Majority leader
Racial gerrymandering
Petit jury
31. Loss of tax revenue due to Federal laws that provide special tax incentives or benefits to individuals or businesses.
Fiscal policy
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
Tax expenditure
Rally point
32. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Property rights
Criminal law
Crossover voting
Rule
33. The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems.
Hard power
Excise tax
Party caucus
Ethnocentrism
34. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.
Reinforcing cleavages
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Logrolling
Excise tax
35. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Trust
Seniority rule
Independent agency
Line item veto
36. Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different.
Open shop
Fundamentalists
Cross-cutting cleavages
Socioeconomic status (SES)
37. 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.
Special or select committee
New Jersey Plan
Regulatory taking
Justiciable dispute
38. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Initiative
Executive order
Public choice
Closed shop
39. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Progressive tax
Property rights
Revolving door
Public assistance
40. How voters feel about a candidate's background - personality - leadership ability - and other personal qualities.
Bipartisanship
Candidate appeal
Pocket veto
Writ of mandamus
41. A provision attached to a bill
Rider
Recall
Judicial review
Nonprotected speech
42. A rising public approval of the president that follows a crisis as Americans 'rally 'round the flag' and the chief executive.
Closed primary
Political socialization
Rally point
Unilateralism
43. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
Progressive tax
Extradition
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Separation of powers
44. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Bundling
Ex post facto law
Spoils system
Search warrant
45. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.
News media
Virginia Plan
Seniority rule
Minor party
46. The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue - candidate - or institution within a specific population.
Public opinion
Prospective issue voting
Plurality
National tide
47. The head of the White House staff.
Closed shop
Chief of staff
Political socialization
Weapons of mass destruction
48. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Mandate
Divided government
Constitutional democracy
Indictment
49. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.
Eminent domain
Due process clause
Writ of certiorari
Bureaucrat
50. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Bush Doctrine
Hatch Act
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)