Study sets matching "ap government"
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Realism
Idealism
Isolationism
Internationalism
A theory of international relations that focuses on the tenden…
A theory of international relations that focus on the hope tha…
The desire to avoid international engagement altogether.
U.S. must be engaged in international affairs to protect its o…
Realism
A theory of international relations that focuses on the tenden…
Idealism
A theory of international relations that focus on the hope tha…
incumbents
casework
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Money used that is considered wasteful - use earmarks
divided into two houses.US Congress & American State legislatu…
incumbents
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
casework
congressional mediator between the people and the government
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…
incumbents
casework
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Money used that is considered wasteful - use earmarks
divided into two houses.US Congress & American State legislatu…
incumbents
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
casework
congressional mediator between the people and the government
incumbents
casework
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Money used that is considered wasteful - use earmarks
divided into two houses.US Congress & American State legislatu…
incumbents
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
casework
congressional mediator between the people and the government
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.
John Locke
Social Contract
Natural Rights
consent of the governed
1632-1704. English philosopher whose Treatises of Government e…
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
...... Life, Liberty, and Property
the idea that government derives its authority by the sanction…
John Locke
1632-1704. English philosopher whose Treatises of Government e…
Social Contract
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
Articles of Confederation
Monarchy
Natural Law
Separation of powers
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
A government ruled by a king or queen
A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical…
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…
Monarchy
A government ruled by a king or queen
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shay's Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attemp…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
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.
Elite Thoeries
Pluralist Theory
Articles of Confederation
Shays' rebellion
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
Elite Thoeries
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
Pluralist Theory
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shays' Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attemp…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
Federalism
"necessary and proper" clause
nullification
dual federalism
Government authority shared by national and local governments
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal…
Doctrine holding tht the national government is supreme in its…
Federalism
Government authority shared by national and local governments
"necessary and proper" clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Necessary and Proper Clause
Nullification
Dual federalism
Unitary System
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal…
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it…
sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government
Necessary and Proper Clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Nullification
The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal…
Government
Politics
The Policymaking System
Linkage Institutions
The institutions through which public policies are made for a…
The process determining the leaders we select and the policies…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions through which public policies are made for a…
Politics
The process determining the leaders we select and the policies…
Government
Politics
The Policymaking System
Linkage Institutions
A system that makes authoritative public policies made for soc…
The process by which government officials, as well as the poli…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
A system that makes authoritative public policies made for soc…
Politics
The process by which government officials, as well as the poli…
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shays' Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attemp…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Necessary and Proper Clause
Dual federalism
Unitary System
Sovereignty
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it…
sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government
supreme or ultimate political authority.
Necessary and Proper Clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Dual federalism
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection of the laws
Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are…
Ex post facto
Writ of habeas corpus
Pro tempore
Stare decisis
"After the fact". A law adopted after the act is committed mak…
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to cour…
For the time being; temporary
The legal principle of determining present verdicts based on p…
Ex post facto
"After the fact". A law adopted after the act is committed mak…
Writ of habeas corpus
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to cour…
Presidential Term limits
Presidential Requirements
Bully pulpit
Appointment Power
laws that limit the number of terms a president can serve... It p…
35 years of age... 14 years of U.S citizenship... Born in the U.S
Ability to use the office of presidency to promote a particula…
Authority vested in the president to fill a government office…
Presidential Term limits
laws that limit the number of terms a president can serve... It p…
Presidential Requirements
35 years of age... 14 years of U.S citizenship... Born in the U.S
Bureaucracy
Patronage
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Civil service
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so…
A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle…
Bureaucracy
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
Patronage
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…