Study sets matching "us ap gov chapter 6"
Study sets
Classes
Users
civil rights
suspect classifications
strict scrutiny
separate-but-equal doctrine
rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconst…
classifications of people on the basis of their race or ethnic…
Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection bec…
doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson that African Americ…
civil rights
rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconst…
suspect classifications
classifications of people on the basis of their race or ethnic…
public opinion
demography
census
melting pot
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
The science of population changes.
An "actual enumeration" of the population, which the Constitut…
A term often used to characterize the United states, with its…
public opinion
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
demography
The science of population changes.
Demography
Public opinion
Melting pot
Minority majority
Science of population changes
Distribution of population's beliefs about politics and policy…
Term used to characterize the US with its history of immigrati…
Situation in which non-Hispanic whites will be a minority, and…
Demography
Science of population changes
Public opinion
Distribution of population's beliefs about politics and policy…
Bimodal distribution
demography
census
civil disobedience
a distribution (of opinions) that shows two responses being ch…
the science of population changes
a valuable tool for understanding the demographic changes; con…
a form of political participation that reflects conscious deci…
Bimodal distribution
a distribution (of opinions) that shows two responses being ch…
demography
the science of population changes
Demography
Public opinion
Melting pot
Minority majority
Science of population changes
Distribution of population's beliefs about politics and policy…
Term used to characterize the US with its history of immigrati…
Situation in which non-Hispanic whites will be a minority, and…
Demography
Science of population changes
Public opinion
Distribution of population's beliefs about politics and policy…
Clear and Present Danger Test
Due Process of Law
Equal protection of the Law
Establishment Clause
Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and pres…
Denies the government the right, without due process, to depri…
A standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the gov…
First Amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of re…
Clear and Present Danger Test
Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and pres…
Due Process of Law
Denies the government the right, without due process, to depri…
Public Opinion
Demography
Minority Majority
Political Culture
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
The science of population changes.
The situation, likely beginning in the mid-twenty-first centur…
An overall set of values widely shared within a society.
Public Opinion
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
Demography
The science of population changes.
public opinion
demography
census
melting pot
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics &…
the science of human populations-pop changes
tool for understanding demographic changes- constitution requi…
phrase stemming from the idea that the US is a "pot" of mixing…
public opinion
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics &…
demography
the science of human populations-pop changes
Public Opinion
Consensus
Divisive Opinion
Non-opinion
The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by som…
General agreement among the citizenry on an issue
Public opinion that is polarized between two quite different p…
The lack of an opinion or an issue or policy among the majority
Public Opinion
The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by som…
Consensus
General agreement among the citizenry on an issue
Public opinion
Demography
Census
Melting pot
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
the science of population changes
an actual enumeration of the population, which the Constitutio…
a term often used to characterize the United States, with its…
Public opinion
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
Demography
the science of population changes
Federal budget
Deficit
expenditures
Revenues
is an itemized plan for the annual public expenditures of the…
an excess of expenditure or liabilities over income or assets…
action of spending funds
income, especially when of a company or organization and of a…
Federal budget
is an itemized plan for the annual public expenditures of the…
Deficit
an excess of expenditure or liabilities over income or assets…
Bicameral Legislature
Apportionment
Bill
Impeachment
A two house legislature
The process of allotting congressional seats to each state acc…
A proposed law
The power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Con…
Bicameral Legislature
A two house legislature
Apportionment
The process of allotting congressional seats to each state acc…
Public Opinion
Demography
Census
Immigration
Distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and po…
Science of population changes
Constitution requires that the government conducts this every…
There have been three great waves of this in the United States
Public Opinion
Distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and po…
Demography
Science of population changes
Public opinion
Demography
Census
Melting pot
The distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and…
The science of population changes.
An "actual enumeration" of the population, which the Constitut…
A term often used to characterize the UNited States, with its…
Public opinion
The distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and…
Demography
The science of population changes.
Public Opinion
Political Ideology
Demography
Gender Gap
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and t…
The science of population changes
the regular pattern in which women are more likely to support…
Public Opinion
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
Political Ideology
A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and t…
Public opinion
Consensus
Divisive opinion
Political socialization
The aggregate of individuak attitudes or beliefs shared by som…
Exists when a large proportion of the public appears to expres…
Exists when the public holds widely different attitudes on an…
The process by which people acquire (earn) political belief or…
Public opinion
The aggregate of individuak attitudes or beliefs shared by som…
Consensus
Exists when a large proportion of the public appears to expres…
mass media
attentive policy elites
two-step flow of communication
blog
the means employed in mass communication; traditionally divide…
leaders who follow news in specific policy areas
the process in which a few policy elites gather information an…
a form of newsletter, journal, or "log" of thoughts for public…
mass media
the means employed in mass communication; traditionally divide…
attentive policy elites
leaders who follow news in specific policy areas
Black Codes
Civil Rights Cases (1883)
civil rights
equal protection clause
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed b…
Name attached to five cases brought under the Civil Rights Act…
The government-protected rights of individuals agains arbitrar…
Section of the 14th amendment that guarantees that all citizen…
Black Codes
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed b…
Civil Rights Cases (1883)
Name attached to five cases brought under the Civil Rights Act…
Suffrage/Franchise
Electorate
Disenfranchise
Poll tax
Right to vote
All of the people entitled to vote in a given election
Denied the right to vote
A special tax, demanded by states, as a condition of voting
Suffrage/Franchise
Right to vote
Electorate
All of the people entitled to vote in a given election
Affirmative Action
Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
Brandeis Brief
Civil Rights
A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women…
Passed by Congress in 1991, this act banned discrimination aga…
A friend of the court opinion offered by Louis Brandeis, in th…
A federal law that authorized federal action against segregati…
Affirmative Action
A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women…
Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
Passed by Congress in 1991, this act banned discrimination aga…
Laws can treat different people differe…
An example of a difference in treatment…
The _________ Amendment to the U.S. Con…
In the __________ decision, the Supreme…
reasonable.
taxing different classes at different rates.
Fourteenth
Plessy v. Ferguson
Laws can treat different people differe…
reasonable.
An example of a difference in treatment…
taxing different classes at different rates.
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
Public Opinion
Agents of Socialization
Generational Effect
Population
The public's expressed views about an issue at a specific poin…
The individuals, organizations, and institutions that facilita…
The influence of an important external event in shaping the vi…
In a poll, the group of people whose opinions are of interest…
Public Opinion
The public's expressed views about an issue at a specific poin…
Agents of Socialization
The individuals, organizations, and institutions that facilita…
Public Opinion
Demography
Census
Melting Pot
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
The science of population changes.
An "actual enumeration" of the population, which the Constitut…
A term often used to characterize the United States, with its…
Public Opinion
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
Demography
The science of population changes.
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
GENDER GAP
GENERATIONAL EFFECT
the process by which we develop out political values and opini…
the individuals,organizations,and institutions that facilitate…
the measurable difference in the way women and men vote for ca…
the influence of an important external event in shaping the vi…
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
the process by which we develop out political values and opini…
AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
the individuals,organizations,and institutions that facilitate…