Defined as the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance to the first person's intentions.
What is power?
100
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What are mandates?
100
A coherent way of thinking about how politics and government ought to be carried out.
What is political culture?
100
A standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the government.
What is equal protection of law?
100
The rights of people to treated without unreasonable or constitutional differences.
What is civil rights?
200
Persons who possess a disproportionate amount of some valued resource.
What are elite?
200
Section of the Consitution allowing Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to its duties
What is the "necessary and proper" or "elastic" clause?
200
A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs.
What is civic duty?
200
Right of people to speak, publish, and assemble?
What is freedom of expression?
200
Opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resultant punishment
What is civil disobedience?
300
Government authority shared by national and state governments.
What is federalism?
300
Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport.
What is a categorical grant?
300
A belief that you are a member of an economic group whose interests are opposed to people in other such groups.
What is class consciousness?
300
Writing that falsely injures another person.
What is libel?
300
Giving people an equal chance to succeed
What is equality of opportunity?
400
Powers given to the national government alone.
What are enumerated powers?
400
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in its sphere, the states are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept separate.
What is dual federalism?
400
The ability to understand and take part in politics
What is internal efficacy?
400
Court cases that apply the Bill of Rights to the states.
What is selective incorporation?
400
State power to effect laws promoting health, safety, and morals
What is police power?
500
View that the government is dominated by appointed officials.
What is Bureaucratic view?
500
The effort to transfer responsibility for many public programs and services from the federal government to the states.
What is devolution?
500
The willingness of the state to respond to the citizenry.
What is external efficacy?
500
First Amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion."
What is the establishment clause?
500
A Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection because it does not serve a compelling state interest and is not narrowly tailored to achieve that goal.