Foundations of American Democracy
This series of newspaper articles was published in support of the new federal government proposed at the Constitutional Convention.
What were the Federalist Papers?
The term limit for holding this office is 6 years.
What is a U.S. Senator?
The most famous limit on this right is the "clear and present danger test".
What is freedom of speech?
This political party tends be less disposed to spend money on social-welfare programs, and more disposed to grant tax relief.
What is the Republican party?
This power is how the Supreme Court decides whether or not laws are constitutional.
What is judicial review?
This form of government implies organized group-based activism by citizens with common interests all striving for the same political goals.
What is pluralist democracy?
This model for representing constituents is based on the idea that while the representative should consider the views of their constituents, ultimately they make their decisions based on their own expertise.
What is the Trustee Model?
This piece of legislation established new rights for minorities, specifically African Americans, and also gave the federal government greater means for enforcing said law.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This type of voter considers themselves a pragmatist, and have individual views that align with various political ideologies.
What are moderates?
This type of federal spending is a form of aid with strict provisions on how the money must be spent.
What is a categorical grant?
This event was a 6-month long period of unrest that was a major concern at the Constitutional Convention.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This is the only way to end a filibuster.
This supreme court case considered the issue of state-sponsored prayer in schools.
What was Engel v. Vitale?
An individual who votes for every Republican candidate down the entire ballot in every election is engaging in this type of voting.
What is party-line voting?
These three groups make up Iron Triangles.
What are lobbyists, congressional committees, and federal agencies?
A specific type of powers that belong exclusively to the states, not the federal government.
What are reserved powers?
This type of committee is temporary and incudes members from the committees from both sides (house and senate) responsible for writing the initial versions of a bill in each house, and focuses on negotiating a compromise between the two versions.
What is a conference committee?
What is prior restraint?
These organizations allow unions and corporations to coordinate political activities not affiliated with a specific campaign.
What are Political Action Committees (PACs)?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
This plan for the new Constitution, which proposed a strong government that had each state represented proportionally to its population, made up one half of The Great Compromise.
What was the Virginia plan?
This part of the government is unelected and is responsible for ensuring that the policies and programs enacted by Congress are carried out.
What is the bureaucracy?
The 6th amendment protects an individual's right to this; protection against unlawful imprisonment.
What is habeas corpus?
According to demographic research, a black, college-educated woman would most likely align with this political ideology.
What is liberal?
This type of poll is conducted by a political campaign when a candidate initially announces their intention to run for office.
What is a benchmark poll?