Candy
A person who says and believes, "My vote doesn't matter" is experiencing what?
Low political efficacy
The form of government where most citizens participate directly in making public policy [Ex:Town meeting).
Direct or Pure Democracy
In this writing, Madison argued for a large representative republic to ensure one majority faction does not oppress others.
Federalist 10
This is the name of powers specifically granted to the federal government.
Formal/Expressed/EnumeratedPowers
The clause in ArticleIV says that states within the U.S. have to respectthe “public acts, records, and judicial rulings” of other states such as honoring drivers licenses and divorces decrees from other states.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Type of federalism (1933-present) in which federal and state governments have blurred and even shared traditionally separate responsibilities.
Cooperative Federalism
The type of government in which small groups of officials are elected to represent the people.
representative democracy
The government in effect from 1781-1788 had weak central government with no chief executive or national courts, and a Congress that could not tax or maintain an army.
Articles of Confederation
The provision in Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress its implied powers.
Necessary and Proper Clause
The constitutional amendmentseen as the cornerstone of federalismand states rights, saysthat “powers not prohibited to the states are reserved to the states,” a.k.a. reserved powers.
10th Amendment
Federal grants for specific purposes defined by federal law.
Catergorical Grants
The theory of power in which resources (money, prestige, access to media) so widely scattered in our society that no single elite has a monopoly >>> competing interest groups.
Pluralist theory
This is the name of the compromise that called for bicameralism with representation in the upper house equal, and representation based on population in the lower house.
Great Compromise
Division of the national government into 3 branches, each with its own powers.
Separation of powers
In this 1819 decision, the court ruledthe creation of the national bank constitutional through the “necessary and proper clause”and forbid a state from taxing the bank via the Supremacy Clause.
McCullouch v. Maryland
Broad federal grants to states for prescribed activities like healthcare for the poor withonly a few specific strings attached that allow states discretion in spending the money.
Block grants
This ideology would be most supportive of removing regulations on businesses.
Conservative
Helping ensure limited government, these were added to the Constitution in 1791 to protect citizens from the encroachment of the national government.
Bill of Rights
The actions that each branch of the federal government can take against the other two to ensure oversight.
Checks and Balances
In 1995, the Supreme Court struck down Gun-Free-School-Zone Act; Congress exceeded its authority to legislate.
Us v. Lopez
What is the difference between fiscal and monetary policy?
Fiscal policy- tax and spend/Congress
Monetary policy- influence money supply/Federal Reserve
Retrospective
In the ratification debate, this group supported a strong central government and weaker state governments.
Federalists
Type of government wherepower is shared between the nationaland state government, with the national government supreme.
Federalism
This type of poll is used throughout a candidate or policy's lifespan to assess public opinion over time.
Tracking poll