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Constitution and Federalism
Linkage Institutions
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Polls and Public Opinion
Campaigns, Elections, and Voting Behavior
100
This clause makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
100
This theory says that interest groups are a key link between people and the government, giving even small groups influence.
What is Pluralist Theory?
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
This not active yeast, but instead the overall set of political values widely shared within a society.
What is political culture?
100
An outdated party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.
What is a political machine?
200
This type of sharing power between States and National Government gives the US its distinctive marble-cake like structure.
What is Cooperative Federalism?
200
Not a specialty of Zoolander, this use of detective-like reporting can reveal scandals and corruption.
What is investigative journalism?
200
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200
This unit is the largest factor in political socialization, since it involves the most time and emotional commitment.
What is the family?
200
Though Kanye has yet to drop out of this unique institution, it requires 270 points for a candidate to win the presidential election.
What is the Electoral College?
300
This amendment stated that all rights not specifically given to the Federal Government were reserved for States.
What is the 10th Amendment?
300
This type of organization can help people with shared policy goals gain influence.
What are Interest Groups?
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 political party's statement of goals for the next four years, this is often finalized at the Convention before a presidential election.
What is the party platform?
400
These are the powers of the Federal Government that are explicitly listed in the Constitution.
What is the enumerated powers?
400
Hoping to get their goals or accomplishments communicated to the public, politicians often call these gatherings with the media.
What are Press Conferences?
400
This landmark SCOTUS case said the First Amendment applies to the states, thereby beginning the process of selective incorporation.
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
400
The level of confidence in the accuracy of a public opinion poll is this.
What is the sampling error?
400
These national party leaders are automatically slotted into votes at the national party convention.
What are Super Delegates?
500
This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting the Natural Rights of Man.
Who is John Locke?
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
Not just about wage differences, this term expresses the ideological differences between men and women when it comes to voting.
What is the gender gap?
500
This belief that voting makes a difference and is a citizen's duty is crucial to participation.
What is Political Efficacy?