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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation.
Statism
Judicial review
Appellate jurisdiction
Administrative discretion
2. Government by religious leaders - who claim divine guidance.
Theocracy
Due process clause
Interested money
Hard money
3. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Theory of deterrence
Petit jury
Deregulation
Executive orders
4. The dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party.
Iron triangle
Initiative
Patronage
Competitive federalism
5. Clause of the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 8 - Clause 3) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress - in addition to its express powers has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Co
Block grants
Monopoly
Necessary and proper clause
Centralists
6. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
Majority rule
Single-member district
Exclusionary rule
Party convention
7. The authority of a court to hear a case 'in the first instance.'
Original jurisdiction
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Procedural due process
Political socialization
8. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.
Implied powers
Excise tax
Random sample
Free rider
9. 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.
Progressive tax
Naturalization
Issue advocacy
Amicus curiae brief
10. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the government cannot interfere with speech unless the speech presents a clear and present danger that it will lead to evil or illegal acts.
Unemployment
Senatorial courtesy
Clear and present danger test
Creative federalism
11. Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible - mobile corps of senior career executives who worked closely with presidential appointees to manage government.
Fiscal policy
Senior Executive Service
Fundamentalists
Implementation
12. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.
Internationalism
Writ of habeas corpus
Caucus
Trust
13. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Representative democracy
Medicaid
Jim Crow laws
14. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Federal Register
Property rights
Override
National debt
15. Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.
Initiative
Justiciable dispute
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
De facto segregation
16. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.
Voter registration
Bill of attainder
Liberalism
Appellate jurisdiction
17. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Regulatory taking
Senatorial courtesy
Joint committee
Writ of habeas corpus
18. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.
Majority leader
Impoundment
Creative federalism
Proportional representation
19. A landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States - under Article Three of the United States Constitution. The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury - who had b
Implied powers
Race
Merit system
Marbury v. Madison
20. 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.
Labor injunction
Chief of staff
Libertarian party
Union shop
21. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The Supreme Court has interpreted this to forbid governmental support to any or all religions.
Fundamentalists
Establishment clause
Photo ops
Project grants
22. Presidential staff the agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Rally point
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Direct orders
Poll tax
23. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.
Majority
Open rule
Total and Partial Preemption
Antifederalists
24. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Laissez-faire economics
Natural law
Impoundment
Executive agreement
25. A veto exercised by the president after Congress has adjourned; if the president takes no action for 10 days - the bill does not become law and does not return to Congress for possible override.
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Pocket veto
Impeachment
Theory of deterrence
26. The legislative leader selected by the minority party as spokesperson for the opposition.
National party convention
Liberalism
Women's suffrage
Minority leader
27. The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote.
Medicare
Defendant
Crossover voting
Party registration
28. A tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.
Progressive tax
Delegate
Naturalization
Eminent domain
29. The system created by Congress in 1913 to establish banking practices and regulate currency in circulation and the amount of credit available. It consists of 12 regional banks supervised by the Board of Governors. Often called simply the Fed.
Connecticut Compromise
Federal Reserve System
Preemption
Executive privilege
30. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Keynesian economics
Concurring opinion
Writ of mandamus
Candidate appeal
31. The powers expressly given to Congress in the Constitution.
Public defender system
Antitrust legislation
Enumerated powers
Judicial review
32. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Senatorial courtesy
Class action suit
Majority rule
Virginia Plan
33. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Attentive public
Bicameralism
Party identification
Impeachment
34. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Closed primary
Interest group
Party identification
Open shop
35. 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.
Hard money
Bush Doctrine
Obscenity
Capitalism
36. The constitutional requirement (in Article II - Section 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws.
Labor injunction
Caucus
Take care clause
Commerce clause
37. 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.
Marbury v. Madison
Selective incorporation
Regulations
Redistricting
38. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
Safe seat
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Annapolis Convention
Ethnocentrism
39. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
Block grants
Monetarism
Gender gap
Centralists
40. Promoting a particular position or an issue 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 regulation.
National party convention
Issue advocacy
Single-member district
Concurrent powers
41. Elections held midway between presidential elections.
Soft power
Midterm election
National party convention
Multilateralism
42. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.
Discharge petition
Revolving door
Voter registration
Social insurance
43. Unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Permissive federalism
Soft money
Indictment
Bush Doctrine
44. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Equal protection clause
Direct primary
Monopoly
Interest group
45. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.
Racial gerrymandering
Plea bargain
Fighting words
Virginia Plan
46. Federal program that provides medical benefits for low-income persons.
Tariff
Medicaid
Party caucus
Incumbent
47. 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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48. An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.
Issue network
Socialism
Movement
Procedural due process
49. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Independent expenditures
Party identification
Due process
Liberalism
50. Constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the three branches of government to check some acts of the others and therefore ensure that no branch can dominate.
Economic sanctions
Sedition
Checks and balances
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)