Unit 1
The Articles of Confederation lacked this, making legal jurisdiction between states impossible.
What is a federal Court System?
This is the biggest influence on children’s political beliefs.
What is family?
This is a primary election in which voting is restricted to registered members of a political party
What is a closed primary?
This ruled congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime.
What is U.S. v. Lopez?
This ruled that independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions are protected by the First Amendment.
Citizens United v. FEC
This was the solution/compromise to the issue of representation in congress.
What is a bicameral legislature?
This ideology believes that the government should be involved in the economy.
What is liberalism?
This is voting for candidates of different parties on the same ballot.
What is split-ticket voting?
This lets states have greater control on how money is spent from Congress.
What is a block grant?
The idea of having a constitution, which includes a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances.
What is limited government?
This is shown when Maryland was forced to cease taxation on a federal bank after a Supreme Court ruling.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Deciding which issues to cover and how frequently they cover them is the way this plays a role in establishing the public agenda.
What is media?
This is an election that changes the base of support in a party.
What is a critical election?
They will receive all of a state's electoral votes.
What is the candidate with the majority of votes?
This is a person’s right to know the reasons for his or her imprisonment.
What is habeas corpus?
Levy taxes is an example of this.
What is a concurrent power?
This is the process by which political values are passed to the next generation.
What is political socialization?
They have the responsibility to choose president if the electoral college is inconclusive?
What is the House of Representatives?
This is is an agreement in which the government promises to protect the natural rights of people
What is the social contract theory?
This is required for an amendment to be adopted to the U.S. constitution.
What is ratification by 3/4ths of the states?
This event demonstrated the need for a strong central government to respond to national emergencies.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This is necessary for a public opinion poll to be valid.
What is low margin of error?
These have a primary function to contribute money to candidates for elections.
What is a PAC?
An example of this is giving state governments greater discretion in deciding how to achieve the specific goals of welfare reform
What is devolution?
This document argues that a large republic is dangerous to personal liberty and undermines the states.
What is Brutus 1?