Constitution
Landmark case that gave power to Federal and took power from the State government, shifting federalism
McCulloch v Maryland
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
Schenck v US
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants, your vote matters.
What is political efficacy?
type of democracy where people participate through direct voting or representatives
participatory democracy
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong Federal government and population based representation.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Landmark case that gave power to States and took power from the Federal government, shifting federalism
U.S. v Lopez
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
What is the accepted margin of error in a sample poll.
3%
This is the ideology of Democrats
Liberal
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
This is the ideology of Republicans
Conservative
Name the 3 types of democracy - do not use direct or pure-
participatory, elite, pluralist
This concept of federalism where the national and state governments collaborate to solve common problems.
What is marble cake federalism or cooperative federalism?
Changes the presidential start date to remove most of the "lame duck" period
20th Amendment
What is the accepted sample size to be a random sample poll
1500
When political parties drift further apart with their ideology and policies.
polarization.
When the national government forces states to meet federal government terms for a directive or grant - this is NOT a grant-
What is a mandate?
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) all dealt with this issue.
What is affirmative action?
Leading questions are often part of this poll type
Push poll
When people run for office when they already hold the position.
incumbency