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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 an unfunded 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

The strong party system empowered.....

Party leaders

200

What is federalism

Sharing of power between states and national government

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

The weak party system empowers....

Voters

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

What is the pluralist theory of political participation

Interest groups compete to influence the government.

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

The landmark case that ended school segregation using the Equal Protection Clause

Brown v. Board

400

Primary where any registered voter can vote

Open primary

400
What are two reasons that third parties struggle to attract votes (other than Winner-Take-All System)?

-Lack of money

-Lack of media attention

-Belief they cannot win

500
Identify Article I, Article II, and Article III.

Article I: powers of Congress 

Article II: powers of executive branch

Article III:powers of judical branch

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

What is the difference between a primary and a caucus?

Primary: secret voting, quick, normal election

Caucus: public voting, debate, takes hours

500

Process by which a political party chooses their party's nominee for a general election?

Primary election