Constitution
Federalism
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Public Opinion and Participation
Congress
100
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
100
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What is a mandate?
100
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?
100
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
What is political efficacy?
100
The activities of Congress that directly help constituents and help Congressmen get reelected.
What is casework?
200
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is cooperative federalism?
200
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200
The difference between the results of random poll samples at the same time.
What is a sampling error?
200
When elected officials vote their own conscience or opinions.
What is the Trustee Method of Representation?
300
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
300
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
300
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?
300
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
300
Temporary committees created to resolve differences in House and Senate versions of a bill.
What is Conference Committee?
400
According to C Wright Mills, this group - along with powerful elected officials and corporate leaders - forms the "power elite."
What is the military?
400
Federalist paper that argued that factions are an unavoidable part of democratic life and that the new Constitution would be able to manage them?
Federalist #10?
400
This landmark SCOTUS case said the First Amendment applies to the states, thereby beginning the process of selective incorporation.
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
400
The participants of a poll that make up a accurate representation of the general population.
What is a random sample?
400
Unpopular provision added on to an unrelated bill in order to help it pass.
What was a rider?
500
This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting the separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
500
Landmark case that held all interstate commerce will be regulated by the national government.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
500
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)?
500
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)
500
The agency that gives budget and economic information to Congress.
What is the Congressional Budget Office?
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