Study sets matching "government chapter 5"
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bicameral legislature
gerrymandering
apportioned
immunity
lawmaking body consisting of two houses
practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party
this happens every 10 years after Congress sees the census - i…
legal protection
bicameral legislature
lawmaking body consisting of two houses
gerrymandering
practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party
Political party
Major parties
Partisanship
Party in power
A group of people who seek to control government through the w…
Political parties that most people in a country support; Repub…
Prejudice in favor of a particular cause; bias.
The party that currently controls the executive branch of gove…
Political party
A group of people who seek to control government through the w…
Major parties
Political parties that most people in a country support; Repub…
Caseworker
Session
Census
Reapportionment
A member of a lawmaker's personal staff who handles requests f…
A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct b…
A population count
The process of reassigning representation based on population,…
Caseworker
A member of a lawmaker's personal staff who handles requests f…
Session
A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct b…
Commerce Clause:
Necessary and Proper Clause:
War Powers Act of 1973:
Supremacy Clause:
Article 1 section 8. Gives the government power to regulate in…
The government can anything that is necessary and proper even…
Congress passed this to overall say that the president can dec…
Article 6... That the following is the supreme law of the land:…
Commerce Clause:
Article 1 section 8. Gives the government power to regulate in…
Necessary and Proper Clause:
The government can anything that is necessary and proper even…
rights protected by the bill of rights
Executive Check on the Judicial Branch
father of the constitution
Judicial Branch Check on the Executive…
The ability to own a gun, as long as the laws are followed, Fr…
Overriding a presidential veto
James Madison
Impeaching the President.
rights protected by the bill of rights
The ability to own a gun, as long as the laws are followed, Fr…
Executive Check on the Judicial Branch
Overriding a presidential veto
Strict Constructionists (Originalists)
Broad Constructionists (Living Constitu…
Necessary and Proper Clause
Amendment Process
Those who believe that the text of the Constitution is importa…
Those who take a broader approach to constitutional interpreta…
Article I Section 8 Clause 18... Authorizes Congress to make all…
The formal means of adapting the Constitution to meet changing…
Strict Constructionists (Originalists)
Those who believe that the text of the Constitution is importa…
Broad Constructionists (Living Constitu…
Those who take a broader approach to constitutional interpreta…
What is Public Opinion
What is Majoritarian Theory
"minority publics"
Skewed Distribution
The collective attitude of citizens on a given issue or questi…
When the government should do what the majority of the populat…
For what does the Pluralist model provides for?
When the distribution is more dominant on one side than the ot…
What is Public Opinion
The collective attitude of citizens on a given issue or questi…
What is Majoritarian Theory
When the government should do what the majority of the populat…
Mass media
News media
24/7 news cycle
Political socialization
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
Media that emphasize the news.
News is now constantly updated and presented via Internet site…
The process by which we develop our political attitudes, value…
Mass media
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
News media
Media that emphasize the news.
Political party
Major parties
Partisanship
Party in power
A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
a political party having electoral strength sufficient to perm…
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause,…
a political party that has a close relationship with the execu…
Political party
A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
Major parties
a political party having electoral strength sufficient to perm…
to win
partisanship
nominating function
seal of approval function
A political party's main goal?
Strong support for a political party that sometimes gets in th…
When the parties select candidates to present to the voters.
When political parties use their brand name as a way to legiti…
to win
A political party's main goal?
partisanship
Strong support for a political party that sometimes gets in th…
Bull Moose Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Republican
Electorate
Progressive party formed by Theodore Roosevelt
One of 2 major political parties in the US. Origins come from…
Party in the 19th Century favoring a strict interpretation of…
People eligible to vote.
Bull Moose Party
Progressive party formed by Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic Party
One of 2 major political parties in the US. Origins come from…
Civil rights
Fourteenth Amendment
Equal protection of the laws
Thirteenth Amendment
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 Supreme Court decision ruling that a slave who had es…
Civil rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Fourteenth Amendment
The constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that…
Magna Carta
constitution
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
suffrage
An English document that limited power of the monarch.
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and…
A law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religiou…
Voting rights.
Magna Carta
An English document that limited power of the monarch.
constitution
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and…
Bicameral Legislature
Gerrymander
Franking Privileges
Constituents
A legislature with two houses, or chambers.
Drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gi…
Refers to the privilege of sending mail without payment of pos…
A person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, a…
Bicameral Legislature
A legislature with two houses, or chambers.
Gerrymander
Drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gi…
political party
major parties
coalition
Functions of Political Parties
A political party is a group of persons who seek to control go…
Major parties are the dominant political parties in the United…
is a union of many persons of diverse interests who have joine…
The Nomination Function... The Informer-Stimulator Function... The…
political party
A political party is a group of persons who seek to control go…
major parties
Major parties are the dominant political parties in the United…
Magna Carta
constitution
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
suffrage
An English document that limited power of the monarch. Documen…
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and…
A law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religiou…
Voting rights.
Magna Carta
An English document that limited power of the monarch. Documen…
constitution
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and…
Affirmative action
Americans with disabilities Act of 1990
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
a policy designed to give special consideration to those previ…
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
extending citizenship rights to those previously denied to them
forbids discrimination in public accommodations and facilities
Affirmative action
a policy designed to give special consideration to those previ…
Americans with disabilities Act of 1990
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
Civil Rights
Brown v. Board of Education
Affirmative Action
Comparable Worth
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
1954 Supreme Court decision that school segregation in Topeka…
Policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory t…
Issue raised when women who hold traditionally female jobs are…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
Brown v. Board of Education
1954 Supreme Court decision that school segregation in Topeka…
splinter party
spoils system
incumbent
ideological parties
parties that split from a major party
giving public offices to political supporters
the current officeholder
parties based on a particular set of beliefs
splinter party
parties that split from a major party
spoils system
giving public offices to political supporters
The U.S. Congress is made up of two hou…
Because it has two houses it is called…
Each term of Congress lasts for _____ y…
To be a member of the House of Represen…
Senate and House of Representatives
bicameral
2, sessions, 1 ...Yes!
25, citizen, 7, resident
The U.S. Congress is made up of two hou…
Senate and House of Representatives
Because it has two houses it is called…
bicameral
Constituents
Apportionment
Appropriation
Impeachment
The people of a particular geographic area who are represented…
The distribution of House seats among the states based on popu…
A congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specif…
The process of charging officials in the executive and judicia…
Constituents
The people of a particular geographic area who are represented…
Apportionment
The distribution of House seats among the states based on popu…
Political party
Political spectrum
Partisanship
Single-member district
A group of persons who seek to control government through the…
The range of political views
Government action based on firm allegiance to a political party
Electoral district from which one person is chosen by the vote…
Political party
A group of persons who seek to control government through the…
Political spectrum
The range of political views
legislative
proportional
apportionment
435
_______________ power - the power to make laws
_________________ representation - representation of a particu…
the proportional distribution of congressional seats among the…
number of members in the House of Representatives
legislative
_______________ power - the power to make laws
proportional
_________________ representation - representation of a particu…
Sedition Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Smith Act
Internal Security Act
(1798) made it a crime to write, print, utter, or publish crit…
Two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalti…
(1940) made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. g…
(1950) Required members of the communist party to register wit…
Sedition Act
(1798) made it a crime to write, print, utter, or publish crit…
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalti…