Amendments
Limits President to 2 terms
22nd Amendment
Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War (1865-70)
13th Amendment
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Federal law to eliminate soft money contributions through political parties and prohibit advertising, corporations, labor unions, and other organizations close to elections
What is the BCRA Bipartisan Campagin Reform Act?
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Powers not expressly given to federal government by the Constitution are reserved to states or the people. Also known as "reserved powers amendment" or "states' rights amendment"
10th Amendment
organizations or events that connect people to the government
What is a linkage institution?
Each slave counts as 60% of a person for taxation and representation purposes.
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3/5 Compromise
Money collected or spent directly by a candidates campagin
What is hard money?
How many multiple choice questions are on the AP Exam?
what is 55?
States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race. Third of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War. First Voting Rights Amendment (with 19, 24 & 26)
15th Amendment
An election system in which each party receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote
What is proportional representation?
A legislative body with two houses is known as...
bicameral
A practice in which the media covers government and campaigns with an emphasis on who is winning or losing, not on what is being done about issues
Hint- NEEEIGH
What is horse race journalism?
Impressionist artist known for his mental health battles, use of color, and broad paint strokes.
Hint- famous painting is Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
States cannot deny the right to vote based on gender
An electoral system in which the candidate with the majority of the popular vote wins all electoral votes
What is a winner take all system
a type of federalism in which the state and federal governments work together
what is cooperative federalism
working relationship of elected officials, bureaucrats, and interest groups designed to let these individuals and groups pursue their own interests in the policy process
(Hint- Its an element + shape)
What are iron triangles?
DOUBLE JEPOARDY
When was the first IPHONE released?
guarantees a speedy trial, an impartial jury, that the accused can confront witnesses against them, and that the accused must be allowed to have a lawyer.
6th Amendment
The "separate but equal" doctrine as it applies to public education is unconstitutional; separate schools are inherently unequal. The court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. The question before the court was if it was okay to have schools based on race, that were not equal. It integrated schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka KS
The court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws, the principle is known as judicial review.
Marbury V. Madison
Efforts to influence policy through contact with public official on behalf of an interest group
Hint-You wait in these
what is Lobbying
Nuclear weapons-possessing nations give me 3
USA, UK, France, Israel, Pakistan, India, Russia, China, DPRK