Political Participation
Name three of the 4 linkage institutions.
What's the difference between civil liberties and civil rights?
Civil Liberties are rights that are granted to all Americans and protected in the Bill of Rights. Civil Rights are protections for groups of citizens that have been discriminated against.
What are the two biggest influences on a person's political ideology?
Family, School, Media
Define the Supremacy Clause
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The federal government's laws hold more weight than that of the states.
Name three reasons the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised.
The federal government had no military, had no ability to tax, and government couldn't pay it debts.
Define the gender gap
Women are more likely to vote Democratic than men
Define incorporation doctrine
legal concept that the Supreme Court included in the 14 Amendment making it so the Bill of Rights applies to all states.
What are three important planks in the Republican platform?
Strong military, lower taxes, less government regulation on business.
What is federalism and why does it make our system unique?
The difference between the power of the states and federal government. It make our system unique because few countries have divided power.
What is the difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalists were in support of the Constitution and were mostly wealthy land owners from the bigger states.
Anti-Federalists were opposed to a strong central government that were mostly southern farmers.
Name three demographic factors that will increase the likelihood people will vote.
Age, education, marital status, and government employment
Which two clauses are the key part of the 14th Amendment?
The Equal Protection clause and the Due Process clause.
What are three important planks within the Democratic parties platform?
Environmental protection, protecting entitlement programs, increasing taxes on the wealthy.
Name 5 steps a bill must go through before becoming law.
1. The bill introduced to the House or Senate
2. The committee marks up the bill and moves it to the floor.
3. The bill is voted on and must be reviewed by the other chamber.
4. The conference committee rewrites the bill so it can pass both the House and Senate.
5. If passed by both chambers the President signs the bill into law.
Name two Amendments that are most responsible for balancing power between the federal and state government.
10th and 14 amendments.
Draw an Iron Triangle with a specific example.
Congressional Committee
Interest Group
Bureaucratic Agency
Which Supreme Court case was the first to curtail the use of the Commerce clause to expand the power of the federal government since the Great Depression?
US v. Lopez
What is the difference between Keynesian and Supply-Side Economics?
Keynesian Economics believes that the government should be involved in regulating and guiding the economy.
Supply-side believes the the economy should be guided by the free market and the government should stay out of it's way.
Identify the main idea of Fed. 51 and Fed. 70. What is the significance of each document.
Fed. 70 argues for a strong executive leader. "energy in leader is the key characteristic.."
Fed. 51 argues for checks and balances and separation of powers to prevent the power being concentrated in the hands of a few.
What are the major differences between Fed. 10 and Brutus #1?
Fed. 10 argued for a large republic because it's to control factions through the Madisonian system of checks and balances and Separation of Powers.
Brutus #1 argued the benefits of a small decentralized republic while warning of the dangers to personal freedoms of large government.
How has the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision impacted elections in the United States?
It lead to the proliferation of Super PACS which can accept money anonymously causing huge amounts of "dark money" coming into elections.
Name two Supreme Court Cases that tested the limits of the first Amendment.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Schenck v. US
Engel v. Vitale
NY Times v. US
What are three types of polls and what is the margin of error for most polls?
Opinion, Benchmark, Exit, Tracking, and Scientific
3-5%
Define the following Supreme Court key terms
Writ of Certiorari - an order from a higher court to a lower court to send all documents related to a case so they can review the lower court's decision
Amicus Curiae - friend of the court. appeals to the Supreme Court to review or rule a certain way on a case.
Stare Decisis - let it stand. when the court follows precedent of previous court rulings.
What are the two major compromises of the Constitutional Convention?
3/5 compromise
Great compromise