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Constitution
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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

This policy aims to promote diversity and address historical inequalities, especially in college admissions and employment decisions.

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

This term refers to a system where two major political parties dominate national elections.

What is a two-party system?

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

This event marks the official nomination of a party's presidential candidate and adoption of the party platform.

What is the national party convention?

300
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays'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

This clause in Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the flexibility to pass laws necessary to carry out its enumerated powers, often expanding federal authority.

What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?

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 clause of the 14th Amendment has been used by the Supreme Court to strike down discriminatory laws and uphold civil rights protections.

What is the Equal Protection Clause?

400
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)
400
This political party challenged the Jacksonian Democrats, but the Democrats typically dominated politically throughout this party era.
What was the Whig party?
500

This part of the Constitution outlines the process for amending the document, requiring approval by two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states.

What is Article V?

500

This landmark 1819 Supreme Court case upheld the supremacy of the federal government over the states and established that Congress has implied powers

What is McCulloch v. Maryland?

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

In this 2010 Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?

500
Party leaders and elected officials who automatically become delegates to the national convention.
What are superdelegates?