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05/22/2011
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What does the 2nd Amendment specify?
 Definition
The right to bear arms.
Term
The first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court was __________.
 Definition
Sandra Day O'Connor.
Term
The 19th Amendment ____________.
 Definition
Gave women the right to vote.
Term
Who said "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead"?
 Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
Following the 1964 presidential election, did the public's trust in government rise or fall?
 Definition
It fell.
Term
Define Policy Agenda.
 Definition
The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time.
Term
When do voters decide whether they want to participate in the Republican or Democratic contests?
 Definition
The Open Primaries.
Term
What is the Responsible Party Model?
 Definition
A particular political science outlook on how parties should work, specifically that they should offer clear choices to voters.
Term
What act provided public financing for presidential primaries and attempted to limit contributions?
 Definition
The Federal Election Campaign Act.
Term
What strategy do many interest groups use to get their preferred candidates elected?
 Definition
Electioneering.
Term
The process of drawing congressional district boundaries to include or exclude certain people is called _____________.
 Definition
Gerrymandering.
Term
How are committee chairs chosen in Congress?
 Definition
The seniority system.
Term
When was the 22nd Amendment passed and what does it specify?
 Definition
1951, to limit the president to two terms in office.
Term
The three-member council appointed by the president to advise on economic issues is called the ________.
 Definition
Council of Economic Advisers.
Term
How must Congress vote to overturn a veto?
 Definition
Two-thirds majority.
Term
If congress adjourns within ten days of submitting a bill to the president and he does not sign it or veto it, it is considered a ________.
 Definition
Pocket Veto.
Term
An excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues is a _______.
 Definition
Defecit.
Term
The act that created the EEOC and made racial discrimination illegal in places of public accommodation is the _______.
 Definition
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Term
The case that upheld Japanese-American internment camps as constitutional was ____________.
 Definition
Korematsu v. U.S.
Term
What case set aside the ruling of Plessey v. Ferguson?
 Definition
Brown v. Board of Education.
Term
Which House of Representatives committee writes the tax codes?
 Definition
The House Ways and Means committee.
Term
Define Deregulation.
 Definition
The lifting of restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities.
Term
True or False? The Solicitor General is in charge of the appellate court litigation of the federal government.
 Definition
True.
Term
Define Judicial Restraint.
 Definition
A philosophy in which judges play minimal roles in policymaking.
Term
The economic policy of shielding an economy from imports is called ___________.
 Definition
Protectionism.
Term
FDA stands for ________.
 Definition
Food and Drug Administration.
Term
True or False? Medicaid is funded only by the national government.
 Definition
False, it is funded by both the National and State governments.
Term
Nonmilitary penalties imposed on a foreign government in an attempt to modify its behavior are called _________.
 Definition
Economic Sanctions.
Term
A ine-item veto _______.
 Definition
Can allow certain parts of a bill to pass but not others.
Term
The 15th amendment allowed __________ the right to vote.
 Definition
African Americans.
Term
The increasing concentration of poverty among women is called ____________.
 Definition
Feminization of Poverty.
Term
A person receiving government aid based on qualifications but regardless of need is an example of ________.
 Definition
Entitlement Programs.
Term
The poverty line is established by ____________.
 Definition
The U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Term
The theory that government spending and defecits can help the economy in he long terms is known as the ________.
 Definition
Keynesian economic theory.
Term
The Bureau of ______________ measures the unemployment rate.
 Definition
Labor Statistics
Term
The agency created by the Franklin Roosevelt administration to regulate stock fraud is _____________.
 Definition
The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Term
Businesses with vast interests in foreign countries such as McDonald's and Pepsi are examples of ________.
 Definition
Multinational Corporations.
Term
The right of the Supreme Court to determine the Constitution was first asserted in what court case?
 Definition
Marbury v. Madison.
Term
Most cases reaching appellate courts are settles on this principle, meaning "Let the Decision Stand."
 Definition
Stare Decisis.
Term
True or False? The jurisdiction of district courts include civil suits under federal law.
 Definition
True.
Term
Plaintiffs must have a serious interest in a case, or __________.
 Definition
Standing to Sue.
Term
The acronym SOP in a bureaucratic sense means ____________.
 Definition
Standard Operation Procedure.
Term
The stage of policymaking between establishment and consequence is ________________.
 Definition
Policy Implementation.
Term
What does the Hatch Act prohibit?
 Definition
Active participation in partisan politics by government employees.
Term
The office in charge of hiring for most government agencies is _______________.
 Definition
The Office of Personal Management.
Term
The idea that hiring should be based on application process and skill level is the ____________.
 Definition
Merit Principle.
Term
An act of Congress that funds programs within limits established by authorization bills is an _____________.
 Definition
Appropriations Bill.
Term
The first ten amendments of the Constitution are the _________.
 Definition
Bill of Rights.
Term
Project grants are a form of federal _________ grants given for specific purposes.
 Definition
Categorical
Term
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