Misc.
Public Policy
The Constitution
Vocabulary
Movies
100
This describes as being controlled by only a select few.
What is elite theory (oligarchy).
100
Identify the policy making institutions.
What are the President, Congress, bureaucracy, and interest groups.
100
Under this agreement it called for two Senators from each state and allotted representatives based on population.
What is the Great Compromise.
100
Fiscal policy
What is raising or lowering taxes to affect the economy.
100
Highest grossing move as of this past weekend.
What is Prisoners.
200
Identify all responsibilities of the Federal Reserve Board.
What is selling and buying bonds/securities, regulating reserve monies in banks,charging/changing interest rates to banks.
200
How does an issue/problem become part of the policy agenda? (identify one)
What are State of Union address, time/money spent by interest groups, national crises/disaster, member of Congress/private citizen, political changes, and media.
200
Identify one method of proposal and ratification for amendments.
Proposing: 2/3 of both houses or 2/3 of state legislatures calling for a national convention. Ratification: 3/4 of the state legislatures approve or ratifying conventions in 3/4 of the states approve.
200
Monetary policy.
What is altering the amount of money in circulation and price of money (interest rates) to affect the economy.
200
Identify a movie with Daniel Day Lewis.
What are "Lincoln", "The Crucible", "Gangs of New York", "There Will Be Blood", "The Boxer", "Last of the Mohicans."
300
Medicare falls under this kind of policy politic.
What is majoritarian.
300
How many amendments have been ratified?
What is 27.
300
Logrolling
What is mutual aid among politicians.
300
Identify two movies about politics/government.
What are various answers (I need to see your responses).
400
The economic theory where the government puts money in or out depending on the level of demand.
What is Keynesianism.
400
Citizens paying subsidies that benefit only farmers is labeled this kind of public politic.
What is client politics.
400
Identify the case that created precedent of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison.
400
Name two concerns the Anti-Federalist had when debating the Constitution.
What are the government could not preserve liberty over a big country, Congress able to tax, Supreme Court overruling state courts, the President in charge of the military.
400
Highest grossing movie series of all time.
What is Harry Potter.
500
There are two components of this theory: price/wage controls and industrial policy.
What is economic planning.
500
How do we found out if a policy became successful or a failure?
What is researching, investigating evidence by Congressional committees, experts, etc. Findings are given to politicians to make detailed decisions.
500
What is "writ of habeas corpus?"
What is a court order stating that the accused must by brought before a judge and receive sufficient cause for his or her arrest.
500
The government is on the verge of shutdown at the end/beginning of the fiscal year due to what major policy?
What is the Affordable Healthcare Act.
500
Highest grossing movie of all time.
What is Avatar.
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