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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
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
An outdated party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.
What is a political machine?
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

A meeting of members of a political party or interest group members to select candidates, discuss and make decisions on political issues, or make nominations.

What is a caucus 

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

What can influence modern political campaigns by advocating for specific policy issues and supporting candidates who align with their goals. They mobilize their members, contribute to campaigns, engage in issue advocacy, and work to shape public opinion and policy outcomes.

What is a interest group

400

What political theory did C Wright Mills create that argues only a select group of people really control politics. 

What is the elite theory

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

Process of the Supreme Court applying the Bill of Rights to the states - examples include Mapp vs Ohio and Gideon vs Wainright 

What is selective incorporation 

400

Performed on Election Day, these surveys are taken as voters exit their voting location. Media outlets often rely on these to determine election results, even before the ballots have been counted.

What is exit polls 

400

Mobilizing local communities, volunteers, and activists to support a candidate is called? 

What is grassroots organizing. 

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

an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power to _____________________________ with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes"

What is the commerce clause

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 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)
500

What can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money independently from campaigns, enabling them to engage in extensive political advertising and advocacy efforts.

What is Super PACS