Unit 1
John Locke came up with this concept involving someone's "God Given" rights.
What are Natural Rights?
This Legislative Branch consists of 435 voting members, including non voting members from American Territories.
What is The House of Representatives?
These are freedoms that every American has granted to them and are protected by the Constitution.
What are Civil Liberties?
This political party/idea is often referred to as the "left-leaning"
What is Liberalism/Liberals?
These are barriers that blocked many people, mostly African Americans from voting.
What are Structural Barriers?
This was often referred to as the government that failed.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
How many years of residency in the U.S. do you need to qualify for the Presidency?
What is 14 years?
This Supreme Court case ruling established the "separate but equal" doctrine
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
This set of ideas, beliefs, values, and opinions determine how we determine what the role of government should be.
What is Political Ideology?
The U.S. is what type of Party system?
What is the Two Party System?
This Revolutionary War veteran led an uprising against the Government of Massachusetts.
Who is Daniel Shay?
The practice of having legislature divided into two separate parts is known as what?
What is Bicameral Legislature?
What are the two main types of Due Process?
What is Procedural and Substantive?
The stances taken by political parties on particular issues is known as what?
What is Party Platform?
This is defined as a relationship between Congress, Interest Groups, and Bureaucracies.
What is the Iron Triangle?
This book was written by Thomas Hobbes.
What is the Leviathan?
This President gave over 2,800 pardons, the most ever in the U.S. history.
Who is FDR?
This major Supreme Court case was all caused by 3 students deciding to wear black armbands to school.
What is Tinker v Des Moines?
The rate at which the FED loans money to banks is known as what type of rate?
What is the Discount Rate?
This type of programming, known as __ reinforces specific beliefs and usually has talking heads to bring high ratings, as well as controversial issues.
What is Ideological Programming?
What article in the Constitution is known for its "Full Faith and Credit" Clause?
What is Article Four?
How many District Courts are in the U.S.?
What is 94 courts?
This piece of U.S. Legislation made it illegal for privately owned businesses to discriminate off of race, and was eventually declared unconstitutional 8 years later.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
Named after this 1982 Los Angeles Mayor who lost the California Governor's race despite being ahead in polls, The __ is known as discrepancies between polling and election outcomes
What is the Bradley Effect?
This variation of statewide voting is often referred to as the Money/Media Primary, and it indicates how well a candidate is doing before election.
What is the Invisible Primary?