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Federalism
"You can never take my FREEDOM!"
That's just, like, your opinion, man.
Here for the [political] party!
100
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
100

Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.

What is a mandate?

100
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) all dealt with this issue.
What is affirmative action?
100
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
What is political efficacy?
100
An outdated party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.
What is a political machine?
200
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is cooperative federalism?
200
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200
The difference between the results of random poll samples at the same time.
What is a sampling error?
200

Party leaders and elected officials who automatically become delegates to the Democratic national convention.

What are superdelegates?

300
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
300
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
300
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
300
A period when a significant shift occurs in the coalitions of national political parties.
What is a realignment (or critical period)?
400
The part of the Constitution that helps define the concept of federalism by reserving powers to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
400
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
400
This landmark SCOTUS case said the First Amendment applies to the states, thereby beginning the process of selective incorporation.
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
400
The media impacts public opinion and interest in the government by serving as this, allowing only the information it chooses to reach its audiences.
What is a gatekeeper?
400
Political parties can receive unlimited amounts of this to help with party building activities.
What is soft money?
500

The obligation under Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

What is Full Faith and Credit?
500
Landmark case that held all interstate commerce will be regulated by the national government.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
500
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
500
This law - requiring states to allow citizens to register to vote at the DMV - increased voter registration dramatically.
What is the motor voter law? (National Voter Registration Act of 1993)
500
Critics of the US two-party system often argue that this type of representation system would provide greater equity in representation, rather than single-member districts.
What is proportional representation?