Foundations of American Democracy (Chps. 1-3)
Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property.
What are Natural Rights?
Serves 6 years.
What is a Senator?
Evidence obtained illegally is exempt from trial
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
Conducted immediately after people have voted on election day.
What is an exit poll?
Established the direct election of senators in each state. (Hint: it is an amendment)
What is the 17th Amendment?
The system of government in which the people operate through competing interest groups.
What is a Pluralist Democracy?
A document written by Alexander Hamilton that argues in favor of a single, energetic executive.
What is Federalist 70?
Emphasized that no one is subjected to discrimination under any educational program.
What is the Title IX Act?
U.S. political culture both influencing and being influenced by the values of other countries.
What is globalization?
Voting based on the performance of the party in power and cast ballots on the basis of how well it did in office.
What is retrospective voting?
Established 2 houses of Congress.
a) 3/5ths Compromise
b) The Constitution
c) Great (Connecticut) Compromise
d) Virginia Plan
c) Great (Connecticut) Compromise
The procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
What is cloture?
The manner in which law is carried/ gov't has to afford you of certain rights (4-8th amendments). Must follow proper procedure.
What is Procedural Due Process?
The belief in the right to compete freely in market economy by supply and demand with limited gov't involvement.
What is free enterprise?
Requires a voter to declare a party affiliation before voting.
What is a closed primary?
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is Cooperative Federalism?
Trading of favors. (quid pro quo)
What is Logrolling?
A constitutional doctrine in which select provisions of the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the states through the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
What is the incorporation doctrine?
Supports lower taxes, increased military spending, and restrictions on immigration and abortion.
What is the Republican Party?
Can spend an unlimited amount of money on independent expenditures and ads as long as they do not coordinate with the candidate or the campaign.
What are Super PACs?
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.(ex. drinking age within states)
What are mandates?
The doctrine that courts will adhere to precedent in making their decisions.
What is Stare Decisis?
Allows the gov't to monitor cell phone data and to obtain a secret court order requiring third parties to hand over any records/ "tangible things" if they were involved in an international terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?
Popularly known as "Reaganomics".
What is supply-side economics?
Party leaders and elected officials who automatically become delegates to the national convention.
What are superdelegates?