Founding and the Constitution
This enlightenment philosopher wrote about natural rights and was especially influential to Thomas Jefferson.
Who is John Locke?
This amendment guarantees one's right to due process which includes their right to remain silent, a grand jury, and protection from double jeopardy.
What is the 5th amendment?
These are powers of both the state and federal government.
What are concurrent powers?
This phrase refers to how one develops their political beliefs and opinions.
What is Political Socialization?
This is a term used to describe someone's belief that they can influence the government and politics.
What is Political Efficacy?
Major group during the ratification debates of the Constitution who favored a weak federal government and strong states rights, really wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
Who are the Anti-Federalsits?
This amendment allows the Supreme Court to selectively incorporate various amendments to the states via the Due Process Clause and establishes one's right to Equal Protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is a feature of the Constitution that provides the federal government with implied powers and has led to the growth of the federal government over time.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause or Elastic Clause?
This political ideologies favors maximizing personal freedom and prioritizes individual liberty over government coercion.
What is Libertarianism?
Model of voting behavior which involves selecting only members of your party for all ballot positions.
What is straight ticket voting or party line voting?
This was an uprising in western Massachusetts by farmers and disgruntled veterans which highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a stronger national government.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This amendments protects one's right to a trial in civil cases.
What is the 7th amendment?
These provide states with money from the federal government and allow them to spend it in a broad but defined way.
What are Block Grants?
These polls are typically the first taken by a campaign before a candidate has even announced their intent to run to get an idea of what the public thinks of them.
What are Benchmark Polls?
A model of voting behavior that is backwards looking and emphasizes how a candidate or party has done in the past.
What is retrospective voting?
This French philosopher wrote about and advocated for the separation of powers into three branches of government. They also advocated for a system of checks and balances in order for the branches to hold each other accountable.
Who is Charles de Montesquieu?
This amendment outlawed the use of poll taxes in voting.
What is the 24th amendment?
An obligation imposed from the federal government to the states without providing them the money to do it with.
What is an unfunded mandate?
A subset of the population that accurately reflects the characteristics of the larger group it's drawn from. Among other things, a poll must have this to ensure it's scientifically valid.
What is a Representative Sample?
Election in which a party's candidate for office is chosen by people going to the polls and voting
What is a primary election?
This was one of the plans proposed to set up the legislative branch of the new Constitution which proposed that every state should be represented based on their population in a bicameral legislature.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This amendment, ratified in 1913, called for the direct election of Senators.
What is the 17th amendment?
This describes a system in which the federal government and states share power and work together on various issue, rather than having clearly defined separate spheres of influence.
What is Cooperative Federalism?
What is the Bandwagon Effect?
Groups that raise money from members of interest groups and make contributions to political campaigns on behalf of that interest group.
What is a PAC?