Unit 1
The idea that the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This committee considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees and determines whether, and in what order to schedule their consideration on the Senate floor by the whole Senate.
What is the Rules committee in the Senate?
The constitutional clause that relates to the Brown vs. BOE (1954) case.
What is the equal protection clause?
Public opinion is made up of the views of individuals who develop their political attitudes through this process.
What is political socialization?
Amendment that gives women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
The two solutions that Madison proposed in Federalist 10 to deal with factions
What are eliminating their causes and controlling their effects?
The names of the three types of opinion that result after the Supreme Court justices have made a decision on a case.
What are concurring, dissenting, and majority opinions?
Polls that are conducted outside polling places on Election Day to publicly predict the outcome of the election after the polls.
What are entrance and exit polls?
This political ideology stresses that individuals should be responsible for their own well-being with less government interference.
What is conservative?
Voting that is based upon predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future.
What is prospective voting?
French political philosopher, Baron de Montesquieu, was responsible for this political ideal that was emphasized in this Federalist paper (name the ideal and the document)
What are "separation of powers" and Federalist 51?
The components of an iron triangle
What are interest groups, Congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies?
This form of segregation is due to previous conditions, not deliberate government intention.
What is de facto segregation?
Three factors that determine political and ideological behavior
What are race/ethnicity, religion, gender, income level, region (any of the above)?
Legislation aimed at placing limits on political candidates accepting money and gifts from individuals and special interest groups.
What are campaign finance laws?
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), often referred to as welfare, is this type of federal aid.
What is a block grant?
This part of the government is responsible for redrawing congressional districts every ten years.
What are state legislatures?
This act ended discrimination in public spaces (like restaurants)
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The most important role the media plays is setting this up
What is the public agenda?
The two states where the winner-take-all allocation of votes per state is not set in place.
What are Maine and Nebraska?
Three concurrent powers of the federal and state governments
What are “levying and collecting taxes”, “building roads”, “operating courts of law”, “establishing courts”, “chartering banks and corporations”, “eminent domain”, “paying debts and borrowing money” (any three of the above answers work)?
The type of government that will result in the least amount of ideological conflicts and political gridlock.
What is a unified government?
Government regulations that place restrictions on free speech.
What are time, place, and manner regulations?
The opinion of the voters becomes more difficult to discern when they engage in this type of voting, thereby encouraging party dealignment due to the lack of unity within the voters.
What is split-ticket voting?
Three actions that interest groups take to influence public policy.
Lobbying, litigation, use of media, protest