Foundations of Government
The Three Branches
Civil Rights and Liberties
Political Ideologies and Beliefs
Campaigns and Media
100

Major principles found in the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were largely influenced by this man and his "social contract theory"

Who is John Locke?

100

This describes the drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district

What is gerrymandering?

100

Freedom from self incrimination ("the right to remain silent") is found in this Amendment to the Constitution.

What is the 5th Amendment?

100

This type of sample is essential for an accurate poll.

 What is a random sample?

100

Before competing in a general election, a candidate must secure this.

What is their party's nomination or success in primary election.

200

This decision made at the Constitutional Convention created the two-house legislature w/ the lower house representation based on population and an upper house w/ equal representation for each state.

What is the Great Compromise?

200

The president's ability to veto bills passed by Congress would be considered this type of power.

What is formal (expressed/enumerated)?

200

The Supreme Court decided this in the case Brown v. Board of Education.

What is segregation in schools is unconstitutional.

200

This ideology favors government intervention in the economy and the provision of social services.

What is liberalism?

200

This is an example of this type of political advertisement. http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2016/dead-broke#4628

What is a negative ad?

300

This describes the intertwined relationship between the national, state, and local governments that began with FDR's New Deal

What is a cooperative federalism?

300
Often times, Supreme Court decision rely on this principle, meaning prior judicial decisions.

What is precedent?

300

This wide-ranging legislation outlawed discrimination in employment, education, and voting and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
300

This is the BIGGEST obstacle to minor parties in our political system.

What is the winner-take-all (single-representative/plurality) system

300
When a media source determines what is "newsworthy" and what stories/information is appropriate to be heard by the people they are acting as this.

What is a gatekeeper?

400

This theory of democracy emphasizes group-based activism by nongovernmental interest striving for impact on political decision making.

What is the pluralist democracy?

400

This next step in the legislative process occurs once a bill passes through committee in the Senate.

What is debate on the floor?

400

In the case Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court decided this on religion in schools.

What is school-led prayer is unconstitutional.
400
Compared to men, women tend to vote for this political party.

The Democratic Party

400

Business competition between media sources can lead to this.

What is bias or narrowcasting or misinformation.

500

The decision in this SCOTUS case upheld the power of the national government and denied the right of a state to tax a federal bank using the Constitution's supremacy clause.

What is McCullough v. Maryland

500

The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) is an example of this type of bureaucratic agency.

What is an independent regulatory commission?

500
The Supreme Court decided that some forms of dress are protected from school regulation by the First Amendment's freedom of "expression".

 What is Tinker v. Des Moines?

500

This is an example of an advantage for incumbents in elections.

What is name recognition or constituent services or visibility or funding or the franking privilege.

500

This was one major result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

What is an increase in Super PACs/soft money.

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