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policymaking
Domestic Policy Study Stacks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Domestic Policy | Set of laws and regulations a government creates within a nation's borders. |
| 2. LBJ's "War on Crime" | Lyndon B. Johnson's efforts to stop crime as part of the Great Society. |
| 3. Gun Control | Laws established by a government to control the ownership of firearms and weapons of a nation's citizens. |
| 4. Federal spending on crime initiatives (officers, prisons) | Federal spending has increased to hire more officers and build more prisons. |
| 5. Harsher punishments (federal crimes) | A crime where one is prosecuted under federal criminal law and not state criminal law. The FBI, Secret Service, and other federal agencies are granted the power to investigate federal offenses. |
| 6. Three strikes law | A law created by state governments, it requires state courts to give life sentences to an individual if they have been convicted of three or more serious crimes. |
| 7. "War on Drugs" | An initiative of the federal government and other nations to define and reduce the trade, use, and consumption of illegal drugs. Term was first used by President Nixon. |
| 8. Brown v. Board | Court ruled that in the field of education, segregation is "inherently unequal" and therefore unconstitutional |
| 9. State Government's role | Traditionally responsible for education along with local school boards. |
| 10. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) | Passed as part of LBJ's War on Poverty. Aims to provide each child with "fair and equal opportunities" to an education. |
| 11. Department of Education | A cabinet-level department of the United States government. Its primary function is to "establish policy for, administer and coordinate most federal assistance to education, collect data on US schools, and to enforce federal educational laws." |
| 12. School Vouchers | Certificate issued by the government that parents can apply toward tuition at a private school. |
| 13. No Child Left Behind | An act proposed by the Bush Administration. Created a standards-based education system and requires states to develop assessments in basic skills. It is considered a re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. |
| 14. Renewable resources | Resources that are renewable such as wind, solar, and water power. |
| 15. Global Warming | Rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans. |
| 16. Toxic Waste Disposal (Superfund) | Legislation that requires the cleanup of abandoned toxic waste dumps. Allows EPA to regulate dangerous and potentially dangerous chemicals. |
| 17. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Agency that regulates air and water pollution, toxic substances, waste, radiation, and pesticides. |
| 18. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) | A document required by the National Environmental Policy Act for actions that will significantly affect "the quality of the human environment." |
| 19. Clean Air Act (1970) | Set the national standards for states, strict auto emissions guidelines, and set air pollution standards for the private sector. |
| 20. Water Pollution Control Act (1972) | Federal law which governs water pollution. |
| 21. Endangered Species Act (1973) | Protects animal species that are close to extinction. |
| 24. Medicare | Program that covers hospital and medical costs of seniors and people on disability receiving Social Security. |
| 25. Medicaid | Program by both the federal and local governments that covers hospital and nursing home costs of poor people. |
| 26. Veterans Administration (VA) | Government run military veteran benefit system which include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivors’ benefits, medical benefits, and burial benefits. |
| 27. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Responsible for protecting and promoting public health with regulations on food and drugs. |
| 28. Clinton's health care proposals | Health care reform plan that Bill Clinton proposed in 1993. Hillary Clinton was the chair of the task force to come up with the plan. Its goal was to provide Americans with universal health care. |
| 29. Obama-care | Known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Requires individuals not covered by a government or business issued insurance plan to maintain a minimum health insurance coverage. Also reforms certain parts of the health industry. |
| 30. Social Welfare origins (New Deal) | The New Deal was a set of economic programs passed during FDR's first term as president. They were Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression. |
| 31. Social Security Act | Created the Social Security System in the United States. Gives aid and money to the elderly. |
| 32. LBJ's Great Society | Set of domestic programs promoted by Lyndon B. Johnson and democrats in Congress during the 1960s. Its main goal was to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. |
| 33. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) | A federal assistance program in effect from 1935 to 1996 that gave financial aid to children in families that earned little to no money. |
| 34. Temporary Assistant for Needy Families (TANF) | Replaced the AFDC. It was reauthorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. |
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