Public Opinion and Participation
What is political efficacy?
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
What is a categorical grant?
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is the Australian ballot?
A government-printed, uniform, secret ballot adopted in the U.S. around 1890.
What is a mandate?
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What is the military?
According to C Wright Mills, this group - along with powerful elected officials and corporate leaders - forms the "power elite."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What is a sampling error?
difference between the results of random poll samples at the same time.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
Who is Montesquieu?
This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting the separation of powers.
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
This landmark SCOTUS case said the First Amendment applies to the states, thereby beginning the process of selective incorporation.
What is the motor-voter law? (National Voter Registration Act of 1993)
This law - requiring states to allow citizens to register to vote at the DMV - increased voter registration dramatically.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Landmark case that held all interstate commerce will be regulated by the national government.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is cooperative federalism?
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.