Vocab
The increasing interconnectedness of people, businesses, and countries throughout the world.
Specific group's philosophy about the proper role of government and its set of position on major issues.
What is party ideology?
The belief that you should be responsible for yourself and the decisions you make.
What is individualism?
Type of Poll conducted on election day after voters have left their polling place
What is an exit poll?
This is the government's (Congress & President) use of taxes and spending to attempt to stabilize the economy.
What is fiscal policy?
This was the constitutional basis of the Wisconsin v. Yoder case.
What is the free exercise clause?
The structure and rules stated in this document prevented a national collection of taxes, an inability to try interstate disputes, and weakened national defense measures.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
It is the experiences and factors that shape an individuals political values, attitudes, and behaviors.
What is Political socialization?
Ideology favoring more control of social behavior, fewer regulations on businesses, and less government interference in their economy.
What is conservatism?
The belief that everyone should have the chance to succeed and that everyone should be able to influence government decision making.
What is equality of opportunity?
This is an important way pollsters can ensure participants are representative of the population; everyone has an equal chance of being interviewed
What is random sampling?
What is Keynesian Economics?
Though the government lost, this was the constitutional basis of their case in U.S. v. Lopez.
What is the Commerce Clause?
What is Federalist 78?
The impact of historical events experienced by a group upon their political views.
What is the generational effect?
Favors less government control over social behavior and greater regulation of businesses and of the economy.
What is liberalism?
This is the value of Americans to own and operate a business the way they want without much or any intervention from the government.
What is free enterprise?
This measures the statistical confidence of a poll and provides a range of outcomes for the survey
What is sampling error/margin of error?
This economic theory argues that cutting taxes, especially for businesses will allow the increased gains of the business to find their way into the pockets of the workers, and thus, back into the economy.
What is supply-side or trickle down economics?
Aside from the use of the Necessary & Proper Clause, in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the court ruled in favor of McCulloch using this other clause.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This document included many basic American ideals of democracy, among them the idea of unalienable (natural) rights, popular sovereignty, etc.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Impact of a person's age on his or her political beliefs.
Prefers very little government involvement except for the protection of personal property and individual liberties.
What is libertarianism?
Its the belief that those in charge should not have unchecked power and that restrictions should be place on them.
What is limited government?
Process by which people acquire their political attitudes and beliefs
What is political socialization?
The Federal Reserve controls this aspect of economic policy. They do so by adjusting interest rates, reserve requirements for banks, and buying and selling bonds.
What is monetary policy?
The part of this law that granted federal court’s the power of the writ of mandamus was struck down in the case of Marbury v. Madison.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
This document helped promote the Civil Rights movement and a nonviolent protest against segregation. Argued for the urgency of justice and the need to resist unjust laws.
What is "Letter From a Birmingham Jail"?
The sum of individual attitudes about government, politics, and issues.
What is political opinion?
Usually coming from very religious, low income, and rural backgrounds, this group is usually liberal on economic issues, but very conservative on social issues.
What are populists?
This principle argues that no one is exempt from criminal prosecution. This includes the citizenry and our elected officials.
What is the Rule of Law?
This is a type of poll taken at the beginning of a campaign to set a starting point for the comparison of candidates over time. Gives a candidate an idea of their chances in a race.
What is a benchmark poll?
These programs are often labeled as "entitlements". They help provide a social safety net in regards to retirement and healthcare later in life. Debate over their continued funding is constant.
What are Social Security and Medicare?
Portions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) 2002, that limited independent advertising close to elections were struck down in this case.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
This essay worried about the development of faction within the U.S. and argued that a single large republic would be the best safeguard against that.
What is Federalist 10?