Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy
The process of influencing the actions and policies of government is called what?
Politics
The process of determining the number of representatives for each state using census data is what?
Apportionment
What is the definition of civil rights?
Protections from discrimination as member of a particular group
What is the definition of rule of law.
The principal that no one, including public officials, is above the law
What does PAC stand for?
Political Action Committee
The right to life, liberty, and property, which government cannot take away is what?
Natural Rights
The definition of pork barrel spending is what
What is the Due Process Clause
the clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that restricts state governments from denying citizens their life, liberty, or property without legal safeguards
What is the phrase you would use for the impact of a person's age and stafe in life on his or her political views?
Generational effect.
What are linkage intitutions?
Channels that connect individuals with government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media.
A law punishing people for Acts that were not crimes at the time they were committed.
Ex post facto law
The intentional use of redistricting to benefit a specific interest or group of voters is called what?
Gerrymandering
Legal standard that speech posing an immediate and serious threat to national security is not protected by the First Amendment is the definition of what test?
Clear and present danger test
Laissez-faire / Free enterprise
Which amendment prohibits Congress and the states from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections? and what year was it established?
Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964
an agreement for a plan of government that drew upon both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans; it settled issues of state representation by calling for a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives apportioned proportionately and a Senate apportioned equally.
An untrue written statement that injures a person's reputation is the definition of what unit three vocab word?
Libel
Libertarianism is what?
An ideology favoring very little government regulation and intervention beyond protecting private property and individual liberty
How long has the Era of Divided Government lasted?
1968 - to present year.
The right of people detained by the government to know the charges against them is what vocab word unit 1?
Writ of habeas corpus
a procedure through which senators can end a filibuster and proceed to action, provided three-fifths of senators agree to it is called what?
Cloture
what is Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972?
discrimination in schools receiving federal aid, which had the impact of increasing female participation in sports programs.
An economic policy in which government dictates much of a nation's economic activity, including the amount of production and price for goods is called what?
A command-and-control economy.
What is the amicus curiae brief?
a brief filed by someone who is not a party to a case in an attempt to persuade the Court to agree with the arguments set forth in the brief