ap government
SETS
Conservative
Moderate
Liberal
Radical
Status Quo, less Gov.
Mid-Ground
Peaceful gradual change, reject violent revolution
Far Left, Resorts to extreme methods to bring about change.
Conservative
Status Quo, less Gov.
Moderate
Mid-Ground
Conservative
Moderate
Liberal
Radical
Status Quo, less Gov.
Mid-Ground
Peaceful gradual change, reject violent revolution
Far Left, Resorts to extreme methods to bring about change.
Conservative
Status Quo, less Gov.
Moderate
Mid-Ground
incumbents
casework/ constituent services
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
those individuals who already hold office who are running for…
activities of members of congress that help constituents as in…
federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state and…
a legislature divided into houses. congress and all state legi…
incumbents
those individuals who already hold office who are running for…
casework/ constituent services
activities of members of congress that help constituents as in…
What is the main idea of Article 1?
What is the main idea of Article 2?
What is the main idea of Article 3?
What is the main idea(s) of Article 4?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
New states, state laws, citizenship
What is the main idea of Article 1?
Legislative Branch
What is the main idea of Article 2?
Executive Branch
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Group
Linkage Institutions
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Groups that have a narrow interest, dislike compromise, and dr…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Group
Linkage Institutions
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Groups that have a narrow interest, dislike compromise, and dr…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Group
Linkage Institutions
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Groups that have a narrow interest, dislike compromise, and dr…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Group
Linkage Institutions
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Groups that have a narrow interest, dislike compromise, and dr…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
The Great Compromise
Bill of Attainder
The Declaration of Independence most fu…
James Madison argued in Federalist 10 t…
guaranteed states equal representation in the Senate but based…
Punishes people without judicial trial
Governments should derive their legitimacy from the consent of…
Feared because they allow the majority to oppress the minority
The Great Compromise
guaranteed states equal representation in the Senate but based…
Bill of Attainder
Punishes people without judicial trial
Exit poll
Gender gap
Margin of error
Political participation
public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predic…
regular pattern in which women are more likely to select democ…
(in polls and surveys:) an amount (usually small) that is allo…
all activities used by citizens to influence political leaders…
Exit poll
public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predic…
Gender gap
regular pattern in which women are more likely to select democ…
constitutional government
democracy
limited government
republic
A system of government in which the functions of government ar…
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body o…
In this type of government everyone, including all authority f…
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body o…
constitutional government
A system of government in which the functions of government ar…
democracy
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body o…
basic functions of government
government
politics
public policy
national defense, preserve order, establish and maintain a leg…
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its…
the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of…
the course of action the government takes in response to an is…
basic functions of government
national defense, preserve order, establish and maintain a leg…
government
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its…
blanket primaries
coalition
coalition government
closed primaries
elections to select party nominees in which voters are present…
a group of individuals with a common interest upon which every…
when two or more parties join together to form a majority in a…
election to select party nominees in which only people who hav…
blanket primaries
elections to select party nominees in which voters are present…
coalition
a group of individuals with a common interest upon which every…
Elastic Clause
Elector
Electoral College
Electorate
Found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, it gives Co…
A group of people named by each state legislature to select th…
Group of persons (presidential electors) chosen in each State…
All of the persons entitled to vote in a given election.
Elastic Clause
Found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, it gives Co…
Elector
A group of people named by each state legislature to select th…
Which of the following is true about th…
most of the individual protections of t…
the "Miranda Warning" represents an att…
the establishment clause in the first a…
it protects the right to express opinions even without the act…
fourteenth amendment
unfair police interrogation
prohibits the setting up of a state church
Which of the following is true about th…
it protects the right to express opinions even without the act…
most of the individual protections of t…
fourteenth amendment
public opinion
demography
census
melting pot
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
the science of population changes.
a valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The Con…
the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed th…
public opinion
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
demography
the science of population changes.
Articles of Confederation
Shays' rebellion
Checks and Balances
Separation of powers
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the po…
A way of dividing the power of government among the legislativ…
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Shays' rebellion
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
Imperial Presidency
Solid South
Amicus Curiae Brief
Appellate Courts
term used to describe a president as an emperor who acts witho…
term used to describe the domination of post-Civil War souther…
friend of the court brief filed by an interest group to influe…
courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of…
Imperial Presidency
term used to describe a president as an emperor who acts witho…
Solid South
term used to describe the domination of post-Civil War souther…
Articles of Confederation
Shays' rebellion
Checks and Balances
Separation of powers
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the po…
A way of dividing the power of government among the legislativ…
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Shays' rebellion
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
Chapter 1: The Study of American Govern…
Legitimacy
Authority
Democracy
...
political authority conferred by law or by a state or national…
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body o…
Chapter 1: The Study of American Govern…
...
Legitimacy
political authority conferred by law or by a state or national…
traditional democratic theory
pluralism
hyperpluralsim
elite and class theory
rests upon a number of key principles that specify how governm…
a theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
wider variety of interest groups (too many) - many unequal pow…
small number of interest group that has influence controlled b…
traditional democratic theory
rests upon a number of key principles that specify how governm…
pluralism
a theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
Barron v Baltimore
John Adam's midnight appointments = William Marbury. Madison w…
Maryland imposes taxes on Second Bank of the United States. Ca…
Special permits giving rights to operate steamboats on New Yor…
Barron was owner of a profitable wharf in the harbor. As the c…
Marbury v Madison
John Adam's midnight appointments = William Marbury. Madison w…
McCulloch v Maryland
Maryland imposes taxes on Second Bank of the United States. Ca…
Political party
Progressives
Direct primary
National convention
A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by sup…
are typically in agreement with liberalism in that they suppor…
a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates…
A meeting of party delegates elected in state primaries, caucu…
Political party
A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by sup…
Progressives
are typically in agreement with liberalism in that they suppor…
The framers of the Constitution all bel…
In The Federalist papers, James Madison…
In comparison to a unitary government,…
The influence of Lockean philosophy on…
protecting individual property rights
are undesirable but inevitable in a free nation
provides states control over most social, moral and family pol…
the promotion of economic stability by increasing government p…
The framers of the Constitution all bel…
protecting individual property rights
In The Federalist papers, James Madison…
are undesirable but inevitable in a free nation
Conservative
Moderate
Liberal
Radical
Status Quo, less Gov.
Mid-Ground
Peaceful gradual change, reject violent revolution
Far Left, Resorts to extreme methods to bring about change.
Conservative
Status Quo, less Gov.
Moderate
Mid-Ground