Study sets matching "government chapter 5"
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Users
Every 10 years the _____ determines rep…
The ___ amendment sets the beginning of…
Talking a bill to death in the Senate i…
Set aside rules in the Senate to consid…
Census, house
20, odd
Filibuster
Unanimous consent
Every 10 years the _____ determines rep…
Census, house
The ___ amendment sets the beginning of…
20, odd
political party
political spectrum
partisanship
single-member district
a group of persons who seek to control government through the…
the range of political views
Govt. action based on firm allegiance to a political party
electoral districts from which one person is chosen by the vot…
political party
a group of persons who seek to control government through the…
political spectrum
the range of political views
Political Party
Major Parties
Partisanship
Party in power
A group of persons who seek to control government through the…
In American Politics, the Republican and Democratic parties
The strong support of their party and its policy stands
The party that controls the executive branch of the government…
Political Party
A group of persons who seek to control government through the…
Major Parties
In American Politics, the Republican and Democratic parties
Incumbent
Gerrymander
Calendars
Census
A member currently in office who is running for reelection
The practice of the political party with the majority in a sta…
The schedules that list the order in which bills will be consi…
A population count that happens every 10 years
Incumbent
A member currently in office who is running for reelection
Gerrymander
The practice of the political party with the majority in a sta…
rider
Joint resuolution
concurrent resolution
discharge petition
added to bills in hope of making it unpopular
follows the same procedures of a bill and has the force of law…
both houses of congress address matters that affect the operat…
forcing the bill out of committee
rider
added to bills in hope of making it unpopular
Joint resuolution
follows the same procedures of a bill and has the force of law…
bicameral legislature
town meeting
libel
Privy Council
a lawmaking body made up of two houses or groups. They had the…
a place where people talked about and decide issues of local i…
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's rep…
a group of royal advisers that set English policies in the col…
bicameral legislature
a lawmaking body made up of two houses or groups. They had the…
town meeting
a place where people talked about and decide issues of local i…
22nd Amendment
Presidential Perks/privileges
Secret Service
Requirements of President & Vice
President can only serve two terms
$400k/yr. w/ 50k additional expenses & 19k for entertainment &…
Protects the president; Air Force One, Helicopters, Limousines
Natural Born citizens, 35 yr old, U.S. Resident for 14 yrs. be…
22nd Amendment
President can only serve two terms
Presidential Perks/privileges
$400k/yr. w/ 50k additional expenses & 19k for entertainment &…
Slavery:
Missouri Compromise:
Abolitionists:
1810 - 1850:
1619 first Africans arrived in Jamestown as indentured servant…
Slavery was prohibited in new states north of the 36 degrees,…
Underground railroad.
Estimated 100,000 slaves escaped to freedom.
Slavery:
1619 first Africans arrived in Jamestown as indentured servant…
Missouri Compromise:
Slavery was prohibited in new states north of the 36 degrees,…
bicameral legislature
session
census
redistrict
a two-chamber legislature
a period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct b…
a population count
to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
bicameral legislature
a two-chamber legislature
session
a period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct b…
Political party
Political spectrum
Partisanship
Single member districts
Is a group of persons who seek to control government through w…
Range of political views
The strong support of their party and its policy stands
Electoral district from which one person is chosen by the vote…
Political party
Is a group of persons who seek to control government through w…
Political spectrum
Range of political views
Bipartisan
Consensus
Coalition
Incumbent
Supported by two parties
General agreement among various groups- on matters of fundamen…
Temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form…
The current officeholder
Bipartisan
Supported by two parties
Consensus
General agreement among various groups- on matters of fundamen…
Civil rights
14th amendment
Equal protection of the laws
13th amendment
Policies designed to protect ppl against arbitrary or discrimi…
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge th…
Part of the 14th amendment emphasizing that the laws must prov…
Forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
Civil rights
Policies designed to protect ppl against arbitrary or discrimi…
14th amendment
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge th…
political party
partisanship
single-member districts
bipartisan
a group of persons who seek to control government by winning e…
strong support for a specific political party and its policies
a voting district in which only one candidate is elected to ea…
an approach to policy making in which the two major parties fi…
political party
a group of persons who seek to control government by winning e…
partisanship
strong support for a specific political party and its policies
Constituents
Impeachment
Direct tax
Deficit
A member of a constituency
A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official.
A tax, such as income tax, that is levied on the income or pro…
The amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is t…
Constituents
A member of a constituency
Impeachment
A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official.
Political party
Major parties
Partisanship
Party in power
A group of persons who seek to control government through the…
The most popular politicial parties
Government action based on firm allegiance to a political party
Party and which holds the top executive
Political party
A group of persons who seek to control government through the…
Major parties
The most popular politicial parties
Supreme Court
Inferior courts
Jurisdiction
Exclusive jurisdiction
The highest judicial court in a country or state, consists of…
Lower federal courts, below Supreme Court
The authority of a court to hear a case
Power of the federal courts alone to hear certain cases
Supreme Court
The highest judicial court in a country or state, consists of…
Inferior courts
Lower federal courts, below Supreme Court
Party organization
party in government
party in the electorate
bonding agent function
is the party professionals who run the party at all levels by…
includes the candidates and officeholders who serve at all lev…
the millions of voters who identify strongly with a particular…
function of political party to ensure the good performance of…
Party organization
is the party professionals who run the party at all levels by…
party in government
includes the candidates and officeholders who serve at all lev…
federalism
delegated powers
expressed powers
implied powers
where two or more governments exercise power over the same peo…
powers the constitution grants or delegates to the national go…
powers directly stated in the constitution
powers the government requires to carry out its expressed cons…
federalism
where two or more governments exercise power over the same peo…
delegated powers
powers the constitution grants or delegates to the national go…
political party
political spectrum
partisanship
single member district
a group of people join together on the basis for seeking to co…
the range of political views
the strong support of their parties and policy stands
contests with one elected candidate for each office on the bal…
political party
a group of people join together on the basis for seeking to co…
political spectrum
the range of political views
Legislative power
Proportional representation
Apportionment
Census
Power to make laws
How the house is done so everyone has equal say
Proportional distribution of congressional seats among states
Counting of population
Legislative power
Power to make laws
Proportional representation
How the house is done so everyone has equal say
loyal opposition
party in power
political party
primary election
the party that is not in the white house (loyal to america but…
party of the president
want to win elections and control govt. (private clubs)
only members of one party vote and the goal is to get the nomi…
loyal opposition
the party that is not in the white house (loyal to america but…
party in power
party of the president
civil rights
Fourteenth Amendment
equal protection of the laws
Scott v. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
The constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that…
Part of the Fourteenth Amendment emphasizing that the laws mus…
The 1857 ruling that a slave who had escaped to a free state e…
civil rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Fourteenth Amendment
The constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that…