Elections & Campaigns
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Federalism
The Legislative Process
The President
100
Type of primary in which only those registered with a party may participate.
What is a closed primary?
100
Court case that struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal."
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
100
A system in which two or more levels of government share power over the same land and people.
What is federalism?
100
Legislature divided in two houses
What is bicameral legislature?
100
Policy issued by the president that carries the force of law but does not require congressional input.
What is an executive order?
200
Campaign contributions (made directly to a campaign or party) that are regulated by campaign finance law.
What is hard money?
200
Clause that outlaws the creating of an official state religion.
What is the establishment clause?
200
Federal funds given to state with no strings attached about how the money is spent.
What are block grants?
200
Senate procedure to stall action on a bill by threatening use of unlimited debate.
What is a filibuster?
200
This role of the president refers to formal powers to appoint and receive ambassadors, and negotiate treaties.
Who is chief diplomat?
300
The official endorsement of a party for candidacy as president.
What is a nomination?
300
Constitutional clause that has made more and more civil liberties listed in the Bill of Rights apply to the states.
What is the due process clause.
300
Type of federalism in which the boundaries between state and federal power are more mixed & blurred.
What is cooperative, or marble cake, federalism?
300
Small subject specific committees that deal with bills in specific areas.
What are standing committees?
300
This informal power refers to the president's unparalleled ability to try to persuade the people to push for policy change.
What is the bully pulpit?
400
Bureaucracy agency that regulates campaign spending.
What is the Federal Elections Commission (FEC)?
400
This test puts some limits on free speech when it threatens public safety.
What is the clear and present danger test?
400
This clause about regulating trade has led to significant growth in the power of the federal government.
What is the commerce clause?
400
Power House committee that comes up with procedure for how bills will be debated and amended.
What is the Rules Committee?
400
This refers to the group of people closest to the president that help carry out his agenda.
Who are the White House staff?
500
Delegates who are not bound to vote according to the way their states votes at the convention-- created to help settle close nomination fights.
What are superdelegates?
500
Court case that first established a constitutional right to privacy.
What is Griswold vs. Connecticut?
500
This clause says that a state cannot take unfair advantage in its laws regarding the residents of another state.
What is the privileges & immunities clause?
500
Party leaders who count votes before they're official to try to gauge if a bill will pass.
Who are whips?
500
Claim by the president that the national interest will be better served if certain information is withheld from the public.
What is executive privilege?
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