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AP GOV DEFINITION QUIZ 40 QUESTIONS
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12th Grade
05/02/2012

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Affiliates
Definition
Local television stations that carry the programming of a national network.
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Agenda
Definition
A set of issues to be discussed or given attention.
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Amicus Curiae
Definition
Friend of the court;A third party to a lawsuit who files a legal brief for the purpose of raising additional points of view in an attempt to influence a court's decision.
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Anti-Federalists
Definition
Those who favored strong state governments and a weak national government.
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Apportionment
Definition
The process of allotting congressional seats to each state following the decennial census according to the state's proportion of the population.
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Authoritarian System
Definition
A system of government that bases its rule on force rather than consent of the governed.
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Bill
Definition
A proposed law.
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Bill of Attainder
Definition
A law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial.
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Broadcast Media
Definition
Television, radio, cable and satellite services.
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Categorical Grant
Definition
Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose.
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Cloture
Definition
Mechanism requiring sixty senators to vote to cut off debate.
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Closed Primary
Definition
A primary election in which only a party's registered voters are eligible to vote.
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Constitution
Definition
A document establishing the structure, functions, and limitations of a government.
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Cooperative Federalism
Definition
The relationship between the national and state governments that began with the new deal.
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Crossover Voting
Definition
Participation in the primary of a party with which the voter is not affliated.
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Delegate
Definition
Role played by elected representatives who vote the way their constituents would want them to, regardless of their own opinions.
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Dealignment
Definition
A general decline in partisan identification and loyalty in the electorate.
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Democracy
Definition
A system of government that gives power to the people, whether directly or through elected representatives.
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Direct Primary
Definition
The selection of party candidates through the ballots of qualified voters rather than at party nomination conventions.
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Double Jeopardy Clause
Definition
Part of the fifth Amendment that protects individuals from being tried twice for the same offense.
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Dual Federalism
Definition
The belief that having seperate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement.
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Elector
Definition
Member of the electoral college chosen by methods determined in each state.
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Electorate
Definition
Citizens eligible to vote.
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Embargo Act
Definition
Passed by congress in 1807 to prevent U.S. ships from leaving U.S. ports for foreign ports without the approval from the federal government.
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Ex Post Facto Law
Definition
Law passed after the fact, thereby making previously legal activity illegal and subject to current penalty; prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
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Exclusionary Rule
Definition
Judicially created rule that prohibits police from using illegally seized evidence at trial.
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Exit Polls
Definition
Polls conducted at selected polling places on Election Day.
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Federal Budget Deficit
Definition
The amount by which federal expenditure exceeds federal revenue.
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Federal System
Definition
System of government where the national government and state governments share some powers, derive all authority from the people, and the powes of the national government are specified in a constitution.
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Federalists
Definition
Those who favored a stronger national government and supported the proposed U.S. Constitution; later became the first U.S. political party.
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Filibuster
Definition
A formal way of halting action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate in the senate.
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Free Media
Definition
Coverage of a canidate's campaign by the news media.
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Front-loading
Definition
The tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary calendar.
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General Election
Definition
Election in which voters decide which canidates will actually fill elective public offices.
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Get Out The Vote (GOTV)
Definition
A push at the end of a political campaign to encourage supporters to go to the polls.
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Incumbency
Definition
The holding of an office.
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Judicial Review
Definition
Power of the courts to review acts of other branches of government and the states.
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Mandate
Definition
A command, indicated by an electorate's votes, for the elected officials to carry out their platforms.
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Marbury V. Madison (1803)
Definition
Supreme court first asserted the power of judicial review in finding that the congressional statute extending the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional.
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Midterm Election
Definition
Election that take splace in the middle of a presedential term.
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