Unit 1
The Nations first failed Constitution, replaced by the one we have today.
Articles of Confederation.
The given power of one branch to ensure another isn't overreaching with its power.
Checks and Balances
Federalist paper that discuesses "Factions".
Fed. 10
This term describes how a person obtains their political beliefs and values throughout their life.
Political Socialization
A term that describes voting for a candidate because of their ideas or past actions in office.
Retrospective Voting
The name for both the Federal Government and the States sharing power.
Concurrent Powers
Strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death, based on unlimited debate.
Fillibuster
Groups that try to influence legislation due to certain interests.
Interest Groups
This term describes a poll that is taken on election day outside of voting places to determine the outcome of the election.
Exit Polls
What are the channels through which peoples concerns become political issues on the governments policy agenda.
Linkage Institutions
The historic Supreme Court Case that established Judicial Review.
Marbury V. Madison
This group of advisors, including the heads of major executive departments, assists the president in decision-making
The Cabinent.
"Friend of the court" briefs brought up to highlight information and pursaude the court.
Amicus Curiae Briefs
This group of people play the largest part in a person's political view, especially in their younger years.
Family
The name for participating in poltics because one holds the belief that thier vote matters.
Political Efficacy
The plan that called for equal representation in Congress based on state sizes.
Virginia Plan
This term describes the close relationship among bureaucratic agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups.
Iron Triangle
Ammendment that establishted the direct election of senators.
17th Ammendment
This ideology mainly focuses on individual liberties, they also aim to minimize government interference.
Libertarianism
The Ammendment which remvoed poll taxes.
24th Ammendment
The name for having two houses in Congress.
Bicameral Legislature
This supreme court case upheld congress’s implied powers and federal supremacy over state laws, reinforcing the judiciary’s role in checks and balances.
McCulloch V Maryland
The event in which members of a party come together and choose delgates to represent them.
Caucases
The idea that major events during one's life play a part into their political views.
The Generational Effect
The weakening of partisan preferences in pointing to the rejection of the major parties, leading to more independents.