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Constitution
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Amendments
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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
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

This amendment did away with the Poll tax.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

200

This plan was related to representation and was good for large states as well as small states.

What is the Great Compromise?

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 gave women the right to vote

What is the 19th amendment?

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

Gideon v. Wainwright dealt with these amendments.

What are the 6th and 14th?

400
This group was against a strong Central Government.  They agreed to ratification because of the added Bill of Rights.

Who are the Anti-Federalist?

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 landmark case overturned the Precedent of Plessy v Ferguson

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

400

Watching a Political Race and these candidates go back and forth leading in the Polls.

Horse Race?

400

Wisconsin v Yoder.

First Amendment?

500
This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting the separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
500

Landmark case that held a state could not tax a national bank based on the Supremacy Clause.

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

This allows the media to get an idea of who will win the election before votes go into the polling booth.

What is an Entrance Poll

500

.Protects from Cruel and Unusual Punishment

What is the 8th Amendment?