5 Written Questions

1. condition that arises when federal expenditures exceed revenues; when the government spends more money than it takes in
2. Constitutional powers shared by the federal and state governments
3. federal aid given to states with strings attached, to receive it, the states must agree to adhere to federall mandated guideline for spending it
4. primary election in which voting is restricted to registered members of a political party
5. those protections against discrimination by the government and individuals, intended to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, gender, ethnicity, physical handicap, or sexual orientation

5 Matching Questions

1. coalition
2. caucus
3. commander-in-chief
4. bicameral
5. clear and present danger test

1. a consisting of two legislative houses (House of Representatives and Senate)
2. b interpretation by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes regarding limits on free speech if it presents clear and present danger to the public or leads to illegal actions (Fire!)
3. c a combo of groups of people who work together to achieve a political goal
4. d meeting of local party members for the purpose of choosing delegates to a national party convention also refers to Democratic members of the House of Representatives meeting
5. e the president's role as leader of all U.S. military forces

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. federal money given to states with only general guidelines for its use with states deciding how it will be spent
   1. bicameral
   2. categorical grants
   3. block grants
   4. cloture
2. agency of budget experts who assess the feasibility of the president's plan and who help create Congress's version of the deferal budget
   1. Congressional Budget Office
   2. conference committee
   3. constitutional convention
   4. budget deficit
3. federal law that made segregation illegal in most public places, increased penalties and sentences for those convicted of discrimination in employment, and withheld federal aid form schools that discriminated on the basis of race or gender
   1. civil rights
   2. Civil Rights Act of 1964
   3. civil liberties
   4. civil court
4. the process, mandated by the Constitution, by which the population of the U.S. is officially counted every 10 years, data is then used to help distribute federal money and to reapportion congressional districts
   1. census
   2. caucus
   3. amendment
   4. cloture
5. a lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of people, and whose result affects that group as a whole, interest groups such as the NAACP often use these to assert their influence over policy decisions
   1. coalition
   2. class action suit
   3. civil court
   4. criminal court

5 True/False Question

1. blanket primary → primary election in which voters may select a candidate from any party for each office
   

   True        False

2. appellate jurisdiction → set of budget guidelines that must pass both houses of Congress in identical form by April 15, it guides government spending for the following fiscal year
   

   True        False

3. conservative → a political ideology that tends to favor defense spending and school prayer and to disapporve of social programs, abortion, affirmative action, and a large active goverment
   

   True        False

4. constitutional convention → court in which criminal trials are heard
   

   True        False

5. civil liberties → those protections against discrimination by the government and individuals, intended to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, gender, ethnicity, physical handicap, or sexual orientation
   

   True        False