Study sets matching "us ap gov chapter 6"
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public opinion
demography
census
melting pot
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
The scientific study of population characteristics
A periodic and official count of a country's population.
a place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc., are m…
public opinion
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
demography
The scientific study of population characteristics
Public opinion
Saliency
Intensity
Stability
How people feel/think about things.
How much it matters to the citizen. (Importance).
How strongly the citizen feels about the issue.
The term refers to the ability of a political idea to be susta…
Public opinion
How people feel/think about things.
Saliency
How much it matters to the citizen. (Importance).
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…
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
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
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
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 US, with its history of…
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
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
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…
attentive policy elites
Communication
Equal Opportunities Rule
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
leaders who follow news in specific policy areas. influence ma…
process of transmitting information from one individual or gro…
FCC broadcast regulation that provides that a station must mak…
an independent federal agency that regulates interstate and in…
attentive policy elites
leaders who follow news in specific policy areas. influence ma…
Communication
process of transmitting information from one individual or gro…
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 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
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
majority minority
demography
public opinion
Reapportionment
The situation, likely beginning in the mid-21st century, in wh…
the science of population changes
the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics an…
The reallocation of the number of seats in the House of Repres…
majority minority
The situation, likely beginning in the mid-21st century, in wh…
demography
the science of population changes
Affirmative Action
Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
Brandeis Brief
Civil rights
Programs for minorities supported by government as a means of…
Act that required employers, schools, and public buildings to…
A friend of the court opinion offered by Louis Brandeis, in th…
the application of equal protection under the law to individua…
Affirmative Action
Programs for minorities supported by government as a means of…
Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
Act that required employers, schools, and public buildings to…
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
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
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.
Civil Rights
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The expansion of rights to previously targeted/discriminated a…
Created 36'30" line to maintain balance of free vs. slave stat…
Let CA in as free, stopped slave trade in DC, opened up slaver…
Slaves are property and the federal government cannot regulate…
Civil Rights
The expansion of rights to previously targeted/discriminated a…
Missouri Compromise
Created 36'30" line to maintain balance of free vs. slave stat…
Public Opinion
Consensus
Divisive Opinion
Nonopinion
The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by som…
General agreements among the citizenry on an issue
Public opinion that is polarized between two quite different p…
The lack of an opinion on an issue or policy among the majority
Public Opinion
The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by som…
Consensus
General agreements among the citizenry on an issue
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…
public opinion
demography
census
melting pot
distribution of the population's beliefs about policy and poli…
the science of population changes
enumeration of the population conducted every 10 years to unde…
mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed America
public opinion
distribution of the population's beliefs about policy and poli…
demography
the science of population changes
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.