Constitution
Federalism
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Public Opinion and Participation
Political Parties and Ideology
100
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
100

Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.

What is a mandate?

100

Protections from discrimination based on gender, race, or religion

What are civil rights?

100
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
What is political efficacy?
100

The appointment or hiring of a person to a government post on the basis of partisan (political) loyalty

What is patronage?

200

This large-state proposal to tie a state's representation in Congress to its population

What is the Virginia Plan?

200

A type of government in which the power is divided between the national government and other governmental units

What is federalism?

200
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200
The difference between the results of random poll samples at the same time.
What is a sampling error?
200

Members of this party are usually pro-choice

What is the Democratic Party?

300
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
300
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
300
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
300
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
300

A political ideology that advocates small government and is culturally liberal and fiscally conservative

What is a libertarian?

400

In this essay Hamilton argued for the need for a singular, powerful executive to lead the executive branch

What is Federalist #70?

400
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
400

A case in which the Court held that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a right of legal (even if the defendant cannot afford one) counsel to anyone accused of a crime.

What is Gideon v. Wainwright?

400

An economic theory that government should not regulate or interfere with commerce

What is Laissez-faire?

400
This political party challenged the Jacksonian Democrats, but the Democrats typically dominated politically throughout this party era.
What was the Whig party?
500

List the five protections secured by the 1st Amendment.

-Speech

-Religion

-Press

-Assembly

-Petition

500

Process of making the Bill of Rights apply to the states and the Amendment that makes it possible

What is selective incorporation and the 14th Amendment?

500
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
500
The five core American values

What is

1-individualism

2-equality of opportunity

3-free enterprise

4-rule of law

5-limited government


?

500

Compare Keynesian Economics to Supply-Side Economics.

Keynesian:  An economic philosophy that encourages government spending (through the creation of jobs or the distribution of unemployment benefits) in order to promote economic growth. (favored by liberals)

Supply-side:  An economic philosophy that encourages tax cuts and deregulation in order to promote economic growth. (favored by conservatives)

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