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100

This person has the advantage during an election

What is incumbent?

100

An individual's adherent set of beliefs about government and politics.

What is political ideology?

100

This amendment establishes the right to be secure from unreasonable search and seizure. (New Jersey v. TLO & Mapp v. Ohio)

What is the 4th amendment?

100
Having two parts to Congress(the House and the Senate).
What is bicameral?
100

Type of economy does the U.S. have?

What is mixed economy?

200
This political party system has two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape.

What is two-party system?

200

The experiences and factors that shape individuals political values, attitudes, and behaviors

What is political socialization?

200
10th amendment states that any power not specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the states and the people. 

What are the reserved powers?

200

30 years of age, at least 9 years a US citizen, and residency in the state you represent

What is a Senator?

200

The father of modern economics.

Who is Adam Smith?

300

These 3 amendments are known as the reconstruction amendments

What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

300

Many refer to the mass media as. 

What is the "new parent"? 

300
This clause is the 1st amendment protection of the right of individuals to exercise and express their religious beliefs.

What is the free exercise clause?

300
Written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison to support the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
300

High barriers to entry, price maker, no close substitutes, single seller.

What is monopoly?

400

These groups seek to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest

What are interest groups? 

400

This agent of political socialization is the first and most important.

What is family?

400
This Supreme Court case incorporated the 2nd amendment to the states. It cannot ban owning a gun, but put limits on ownership requirements.

What is McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?

400

The principal of judicial review came from what Supreme Court case

What is Marbury v. Madison?

400

When demand goes up, prices go down.

What is the law of demand?

500

Relationships between bureaucratic agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups are described as

What is iron triangle?

500
This type of poll is used to gauge attitudes on issues/support for candidates in an election

What are public opinion polls?

500

Latin for "produce the body" means you have to be brought in front of judge/court if you are arrested

What is "writ of habeus corpus"? 

500

Presidential veto, impeachment, appointment of Supreme Court are all.

What are checks and balances?

500

This always occurs, where shortages are only temporary. 

What is scarcity?