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1. Employment cycle in which individuals who work for governmental agencies that regulate interests eventually end up working for interest groups or businesses with the same policy concern.
Soft power
Central clearance
Revolving door
Keynesian economics
2. 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
Manifest opinion
Separation of powers
De facto segregation
3. A minor party founded by Ross Perot in 1995. It focuses on national government reform - fiscal responsibility - and political accountability. It has recently struggled with internal strife and criticism that it lacks an identity.
Reform party
Progressive tax
Dealignment
Issue advocacy
4. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
National supremacy
Democratic consensus
Laissez-faire economics
Soft money
5. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Retrospective issue of voting
Nonprotected speech
Connecticut Compromise
Hatch Act
6. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Divided government
Libertarian party
Public policy
Lobbying
7. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case.
Interstate compact
Political socialization
Amicus curiae brief
Naturalization
8. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Independent expenditures
Property rights
Dealignment
Divided government
9. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Natural law
Independent agency
Lobbyist
10. A tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a higher fraction of their income than people with higher incomes.
Dissenting opinion
Rider
Federal Reserve System
Regressive tax
11. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census - to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Political ideology
Redistricting
Regressive tax
12. 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).
Reinforcing cleavages
Full faith and credit clause
Bureaucracy
Poll tax
13. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Ethnocentrism
Poll tax
De jure segregation
Manifest opinion
14. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Stare decisis
Dual citizenship
Bicameralism
Political socialization
15. Usually the largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in Federal hierarchy.
Hold
Logrolling
Department
Amicus curiae brief
16. Government by the people - both directly or indirectly - with free and frequent elections.
Judicial activism
Permissive federalism
Annapolis Convention
Democracy
17. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.
Constituents
Unemployment
Discharge petition
Selective exposure
18. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Deregulation
Keynesian economics
Isolationism
Gender gap
19. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
Judicial restraint
Labor injunction
Progressive tax
Free exercise clause
20. A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting.
Judicial review
Prospective issue voting
Majority-minority district
Caucus
21. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Political socialization
Policy agenda
Bad tendency test
Issue network
22. A career government employee.
Iron triangle
Extradition
Central clearance
Bureaucrat
23. These are broad state grants to states for prescribed activities—welfare - child care - education - social services - preventive health care - and health services—with only a few strings attached. States have greater flexibility in deciding how to sp
Poll tax
Value-added tax (VAT)
Block grants
Reapportionment
24. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Natural rights
Sales tax
Senatorial courtesy
Offshoring
25. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.
Popular sovereignty
Representative democracy
Precedent
Oversight
26. Conservative Christians who (as a group) have become more active in politics in the last two decades and were especially influential in the 2000 presidential election.
Bush Doctrine
Nonpartisan election
Fundamentalists
Independent agency
27. Weakening of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents.
Monetarism
Natural law
Dealignment
Fiscal federalism
28. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Proportional representation
Realism
Idealism
Medicare
29. Clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 10) originally intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals; for a while interpreted as prohibiting state governments from taking actions that adversely affec
Total and Partial Preemption
Manifest destiny
Contract clause
'Necessary and proper' clause
30. 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.
Lobbying
Horse race
Direct primary
Public choice
31. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Manifest opinion
Monetarism
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Bad tendency test
32. A formal - public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.
Majority leader
Redistricting
Treaty
Executive Office of the President
33. The set of arrangements - including checks and balances - federalism - separation of powers - rule of law - due process - and a bill of rights - that requires our leaders to listen - think - bargain - and explain before they act or make laws. We then
Candidate appeal
Confederation
Constitutionalism
Electoral college
34. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect current conditions and values.
Keynesian economics
Judicial activism
Cooperative federalism
Antitrust legislation
35. Governance divided between the parties - as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
State's rights
Double jeopardy
Winner-take-all system
Divided government
36. The formal process for making regulations.
Deficit
Rule-making process
Clear and present danger test
Independent expenditures
37. The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals - groups - and parties can spend unlimited amounts in campaigns for or against candidates as long as they operate independently from the candidates. When an individual - group - or party does so - they are
Cycle of decreasing influence
Devolution revolution
Independent expenditures
Search warrant
38. 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.
Joint committee
Environmental impact statement
Constitutionalism
Necessary and proper clause
39. 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.
Primary election
Safe seat
Executive Office of the President
Value-added tax (VAT)
40. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.
Libel
Faction
Midterm election
Implementation
41. A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest.
Amicus curiae brief
Fiscal federalism
Hard money
Realism
42. The right of women to vote.
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43. The study of the characteristics of populations.
De jure segregation
Issue network
Liberalism
Demographics
44. 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
Congressional-executive agreement
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Project grants
Closed shop
45. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Executive privilege
Writ of habeas corpus
Hold
Veto
46. An economic system characterized by private property - competitive markets - economic incentives - and limited government involvement in the production - distribution - and pricing of goods and services.
Capitalism
Environmental impact statement
Presidential ticket
Popular consent
47. The total output of all economic activity in the nation - including goods and services.
Issue advocacy
Statism
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Party registration
48. A policy-making alliance among loosely connected participants that comes together on a particular issue - then disbands.
Monopoly
Issue network
National party convention
Gerrymandering
49. Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses.
Inflation
Hatch Act
Quid pro quo
Medical savings account
50. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
The Federalist
Nonpartisan election
Affirmative action
Pocket veto
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