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100
John Locke's three basic rights that must be protected by government.
What are life liberty and property?
100
This is the type of segregation seen in the North, which is not caused by laws; rather it is the result of residential segregation, preferred living patterns, and informal social sources.
What is de facto segregation?
100
The supreme court decision in Bakke v California Board of Regents dealt with?
What is affirmative action or reverse discrimination?
100

The concept and foundation of federalism come from this

What is the 10th amendment?

100
These are powers not specifically granted to the national government or denied the states.
What are reserved powers?
200

The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts, making the Supreme Court largely act as an appeals court.

What is appellate jurisdiction?

200
Which division of government was most responsible for expanding the rights of accused criminals during the 1960s
What is the supreme court?
200
The custom of allowing a senator from the president's own party have input on the selection of Federal district court judges.
What is Senatorial Courtesy?
200

The two clauses regarding religion in the first amendment.

What is the free exercise clause and the establishment clause?

200
What branch of government was viewed by the framers of the Constitution as the center of policy making in the United States?
What is Congress?
300
The Supreme Court case of Mapp v Ohio established this important 4th amendment process.
What is the exclusionary rule?
300
This amendment and what clause states that states Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion.
What is the 1st amendment establishment clause?
300
In a case regarding abortion, interest groups such as Right to Life and Planned Parenthood file this kind brief urging the court to decide the case in their favor.
What is an Amicus Curaie brief?
300

A system of democracy where a small group of wealthy individuals influence decisions (seen in the Electoral College).

What is elite democracy?

300

argues that liberty is safest in a large republic because many interests (factions) exist. Such diversity makes tyranny by the majority more difficult since ruling coalitions will always be unstable.

What is Federalist #10?

400

Hamilton's document about an independent judiciary that is not powerful.

What is Fed #78?

400
This important piece of 1960s legislation created equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, equal access to public accommodations regardless of race, religion, or national origin and the withholding federal grants-in-aid from state programs that discriminated on the basis of race?
What is the 1964 Civil Rights Act
400

The Supreme court has this in rare court cases, "affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party", where only they can hear the case.

What is Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction?

400
Worried that states would not be able to select competent choices to serve as the chief executive in this process electors were selected by states and "directed" by the popular vote to select a president.
What is the electoral college?
400

The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.

What is reapportionment?


500

A device used in the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of legislation. Time allotted for debating the bill in question is split equally between its proponents and opponents. The committee cannot itself pass legislation but may debate and propose amendments.

What is the Committee of the Whole?

500

Federal spending on programs that are controlled through the regular budget process; Congress controls it.

What is discretionary spending?

500

The type of democracy in which citizens have the power to impact policy decisions 

What is a participatory democracy?

500


Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.

What is pork barrel legislation?

500

The ability to use the office of the presidency to promote a particular program and/or to influence Congress to accept certain legislative proposals.

What is the bully pulpit?