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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

Supreme Court case that ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional.

What is Brown vs Board of Education?

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An outdated process of hiring or appointing bureaucrats based on their political ties and support.

What is the spoils system/ patronage?

200

This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a bicameral Congress with both houses based on population.

What is the Virginia Plan?

200

This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems, sometimes called marble cake federalism.

What is cooperative federalism?

200

This amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure and says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.

What is the 4th?

200
One of the roles of the media in which the media keeps track of public opinion and election polls.

What is scorekeeper?

200

Which current political party is considered the more liberal and has its roots in the presidency of Andrew Jackson?

What is the Democratic Party?

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

According to C Wright Mills, this power theory is based on the idea that especially privileged groups such as wealthy and military hold the true power in a government.

What is the power elite/ 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

This landmark SCOTUS case said the First Amendment applies to the press, and limits the power of prior restraint by the government.

What is New York Times v US?

400
A government-printed, uniform, secret ballot adopted in the U.S. around 1890.
What is the Australian ballot?
400

These smaller and lesser known parties are not known to win large elections, but have influenced the two main parties by focusing on issues and running competitive candidates?

What are third parties?

500

This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting social contract theory.

Who is Locke?

500

Clause that states that federal law and the Constitution will outweigh state laws and policies.

What is supremacy 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

Type of election that determines a party's candidate team in the general election.

What are primaries?