American Values
The belief that the power and legitimacy of a government should derive from the consent of the people
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Government policies dealing with the supply of money and level of interest rates
What is Monetary Policy?
Political poll taken after casting your vote on election day
What is an Exit Poll?
Policy-making relationships between special interest groups, bureaucrats, and congressional committees
What are Iron Triangles?
Contains the "Equal Protection" and "Due Process" Clauses
What is the 14th Amendment?
The "core American value" that means everyone is held to the same legal standards
What is Rule of Law?
Government policies concerning Congressional spending and taxation
What is Fiscal Policy?
Style of voting where people judge an incumbent candidate based on their past accomplishments
What is Retrospective Voting?
Channels that allow individuals to communicate their preferences to policymakers (like Media and Political Parties)
What are Linkage Institutions?
Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments
What is the 8th Amendment?
The "core American value" that everyone is given the same chance to compete
What is "Equality of Opportunity"?
The style of economics which promotes increasing demand by providing unemployment services
What is Keyensian Economics?
Style of voting where people choose the candidate who serves their best interests
What is Rational Choice Voting?
The official list of a political party's opinions on all of the major issues
What is a Party Platform?
The two religious clauses in the 1st Amendment
What are the Free Excerices and Establishment Clauses?
The "core American value" that the free market will determine prices for products and services
What is Free Enterprise?
The style of economics that supports decreasing corporate taxes and regulations on business
What is Supply-Side Economics?
Style of voting where people vote for all candidates of a particular party
What is Straight-Ticket Voting?
People who reap the benefits of an interest group's advocacy without being paying members
What are Free Riders?
Established a national voting age at 18-years-old
What is the 26th Amendment?
The "core American value" that each person has the ability to shape their life and destiny through the choices they make
What is Individualism?
The independent government agency that seeks to achieve maximum employment and price stability through its oversight of banks
What is the Federal Reserve?
Style of votings where people choose the candidate they predict will perform well in the future
What is Prospective Voting?
A written document submitted as a “friend of the court” to provide additional information for justices to consider when reviewing a case
What is an Amicus Curiae Brief?
Allows voters to select their Senators directly instead of having state legislatures choose
What is the 17th Amendment?