Foundations/Federalism
What is the social contract?
An unwritten contract between the people and the government that says that if the government fails to uphold the will of the people, then it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
What are the agents of political socialization?
Influences on an individual's exposure to politics (i.e. family, peers, church, school)
Gave black men the right to vote.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Traditional values, pro-life, pro-gun, anti-government intervention in business.
What are characteristics of the Republican party?
Money donated directly to a candidates campaign.
What is hard money?
Life, liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
What are the unalienable rights laid out in the Declaration of Independence?
The distribution of America's beliefs about politics and policy issues.
What is public opinion
Gave women the right to vote.
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Liberal social values, pro-choice, gun regulation and lenient immigration.
What are characteristics of the Democractic party.
Money channelled into a Super Pac that is not controlled by the candidate or a particular party.
What is soft money?
Taxation with representation, quartering of troops without consent, lack of trial by jury, no voice in government.
What are the key grievances in the Declaration of Independence?
The science of population changes.
What is demography?
Eliminated the poll tax.
What did the 24th amendment do?
The Grand Ole Party
What is another name for the Republican party?
Banned soft money and allowed the creation of 527's or Super Pacs.
What is McCain Feingold or Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act.
Consent of the governed.
Where does the government get their powers?
Taken every ten years to assist in legislative redistricting.
What is the census?
Gave 18 year olds the right to vote.
What did the 26th amendment do?
The growing gap between that stands between the parties on policy issues.
What is party polarization?
Overturns McCain Feingold.
What is Citizen's United?
The power to tax and the power to raise an army.
What are the things lacking in the Articles of the Confederation?
The future situation where non-Hispanic whites will represent a minority of the U.S. population and the combined minority groups will present the majority.
What is the minority majority?
Protected the rights of those accused of a crime.
What are amendments 4-8?
The channels thru which people's concerns become political issues on the governments policy agenda.
What is a linkage institution?
Must operate independently of candidates and cannot contribute to individual candidates.
What is a Super Pac?