Unit 1
This document stated the grievances of the colonists.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is a type of poll that asks voters who they voted for and is typically taken at voting places on election day
What is an exit poll?
This Clause of the Constitution prevents the federal government from supporting an official religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
This is the political party that younger people and minorities tend to vote for.
What is the Democratic Party?
A political party’s official statement of goals and policy positions.
What is a party platform?
This term is used to describe a legislature with two separate chambers.
What is bicameral?
This court case reinforced the Commerce Clause after ruling that an Act from 1990 exceeded Congress's authority to regulate interstate commerce.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
The precedent of "clear and present danger" comes from this court case from 1919.
What is Schenck v. U.S. (1919)?
This process is how a person formulates their political opinions based on family, religion, peers in school, etc.
What is political socialization?
This is a type of informal meeting between like-minded congressmen.
What is a caucus?
This essay argued that a large republic with diverse interests was the best defense against the dangers of factions and the "tyranny of the majority."
What is Federalist No. 10?
This term refers to the procedure of ending a filibuster and forcing a vote, requiring a supermajority to pass.
What is a cloture?
This court case was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
A citizen’s belief that their political participation matters and impacts government.
What is political efficacy?
The issue that stems from people benefiting from group actions without contributing or joining.
What is the free rider problem?
This is the total number of Representatives in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
This unwritten custom of the Senate allows a senator to block the confirmation of a judicial nominee for a district in their home state.
What is a senatorial courtesy?
Under the 4th amendment, this is needed for police to search your personal property without a search warrant.
What is probable cause?
This is important in polls because it avoids bias and ensures everyone has an equal chance of being selected.
What is random sampling?
List the 3 groups that the Iron Triangle is composed of.
What are Congressional committees, federal agencies, and interest groups
Shays's Rebellion exposed this major weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation, as the central government was unable to raise this to suppress the insurrection.
What is a national army?
This informal power allows the president to speak directly to the public to gain support for a policy agenda. This term was coined by Theodore Roosevelt.
What is a bully pulpit?
What were the black armbands considered to be, and thus considered the schoolchildren to be protected under the First Amendment in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
What is symbolic speech?
This enumerated power allows Congress to make laws about employer-provided health insurance
What is the authority to regulate interstate commerce?
This type of money is donated directly to campaigns, as opposed to its counterpart, which is given to political parties or super PACs.
What is hard money?