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Exam 3 Review
Review POS2041 Exam 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dealighnment | Changing/ending Party Affiliation |
| Political Opinion | Statements about political issues that are publicly expressed |
| Public Opinion | General opinion about something |
| Civil Liberties | Protect the rights of the individual; protects individual freedoms and liberties |
| Habeas Corpus | -"where is the body" -can't be arrested without being charged |
| Ex-Post Facto | Can't be charged with a crime that was committed before the act was made illegal |
| 14th Amendment | Defines American citizenship as anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. -Establishes Equal Protection Clause; guarantees equal protection to ALL people under the law |
| Rights of the Criminally accussed | 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments |
| 4th Amendment | -no unwarranted searches and seizures -probable cause -must follow the letter of the law -warrants are unnecessary if you leave criminal evidence in plain view |
| 5th Amendment | -guaranteed a Grand Jury if you are accused of a Capital Crime -No Double Jeopardy -Guaranteed DUE PROCESS of law -Just compensation for property (eminent domain) -can't forced to testify against yourself |
| 6th Amendment | -Guaranteed a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of your peers -You have a right to confront the witness -Right to counsel -Right to know the charges brought against you |
| 8th Amendment | -No excessive bail shall be set -No cruel or unusual punishment |
| Power Seekers | People who look for power; more self-centered -Like the Clintons |
| Powerful | People who have power; less concerned with gaining power -Like the Bush's |
| Political Apathy | People who don't care about politics |
| Political Alienation | People who feel that their political interests will not be met and politicians are not trying to help them |
| Political Resources | Skills, knowledge, abilities, social status, etc. that a person brings |
| 1st Amendment | -Freedom of: Speech -Press: Prohibits Prior Constraint (i.e. censorship) -Religion -Association -To Petition Government *- Free Exercise Clause = you can believe whatever you want you just practice anything that brakes laws (i.e. human sacrifice) |
| Strongest influence of Political Socialization | School/Education |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | -Separate but Equal -Defines segregation is legal |
| Brown v. Board of Education | -Reverses Plessy v. Ferguson -Rules that segregation in unconstitutional |
| Margin of Error in Polls | 3-4% (+/-) |
| Focus Groups | Tries to predict the voting behavior of a certain group |
| Party I.D. | Party Affiliation |
| Political Efficacy | -Knowledge of democratic principles -Knowledge of how government and political system works -Knows their personal stake in the political process |
| 13 Amendment | Abolishes slavery in 1865 |
| 9th Amendment | The people have rights that are not listed in the Constituion |
| Optimal Sample Size for polling | 1500 |
| Political Socialization | Process by which members of a community are taught the basic values of their society and are thus prepared for the duties of citizenship |
| De Facto Segregation | -Segregation that was not sanctioned by law -"in fact" - This was the case in the north |
| De Jure Segregation | -Segregation that was sanctioned by law -"in law" -"Jim Crows" -Found in the South |
| Chinatown | Ghettos that Chinese immigrants lived in because they could not get American citizenship |
| 15th Amendment | Ends discriminatory voting practices in 1870 |
| 19th Amendment | Women earn the right to vote in 1920 |
| 24th Amendment | Poll taxes are made illegal in 1964 |
| 26th Amendment | Must be 18 to vote |
| Equal Housing Act | -Makes housing discrimination illegal in all cases -Allows for a strong African- American middle class to form because houses now become an asset |
| Bakke Case | -Supreme Court rules that Affirmative Action quotas are unconstitutional -But Affirmative Action still stands |
| Straw Poll | -Unscientific -Looks at only one group -Can't predict behavior |
| Who benefited most from Affirmative Action | Women |
| EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | -Enforces Civil Rights Acts and Constitutional Amendments intended for equal rights |
| ADA Americans with Disabilities | Ends Discrimination against people with disabilities |
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