Constitution
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What is a mandate?
A constitutional doctrine that ensures that states cannot create laws that infringe or take away the constitutional rights of citizens.
What is selective incorporation?
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
What is political efficacy?
An outdated party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.
What is a political machine?
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is cooperative federalism?
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
The level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll.
What is a sampling error?
An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
What is the winner-take-all-system?
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
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?
A period when a significant shift occurs in the coalitions of national political parties.
What is a realignment (or critical period)?
Which agreement allowed states to include slaves as part of their population in terms of congressional representation in the House of Representatives?
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
This landmark SCOTUS case said that Amish students did not have to attend school based the 8th grade because of the free exercise clause?
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)?
Differences in political views between men and women
What is the gender gap?
A commission formed at the 1968 Democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation.
What was the McGovern-Fraser Commission?
This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting the separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
This type of grant is generally supported by conservatives because it gives states more discretion as to how to spend the money the receive.
What is a block grant?
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
This law - requiring states to allow citizens to register to vote at the DMV - increased voter registration dramatically.
What is the motor-voter law? (National Voter Registration Act of 1993)
A political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years.
What is a party platform?