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Government Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. checks and balances | 1. An example is that presidential appointments to Supreme court must be confirmed by Senate |
| 2. cabinet | 2. President and his cabinet officers have different goals and this can cause problems |
| 3. President vs. Judicial | 3. President uses appointment process to select judges with philosophies similar to his |
| 4. President-formal powers | 4. Commissions military officers, state of union address, receives ambassadors, grants pardons: line-item veto violated separation of powers |
| 5. War Powers Resolution | 5. President has to bring troops home within 60-90 days unless congress extends time |
| 6. impeachment | 6. House votes for impeachment; senate acts as jury |
| 7. president-informal powers | 7. Increased because of tensions between US and USSR, increase in expectations by public, economic and domestic problems, more involvement in foreign affairs |
| 8. federal bureaucracy | 8. Set guidelines after getting mandate from congress |
| 9. Supreme court | 9. Most of cases come from appellate courts; selects which cases it wants to hear for most part |
| 10. justices | 10. Given life tenures so they would free from politics |
| 11. Warren's court | 11. Ruled against segregation, expanded rights of accused, increased 1samendment protection, gerrymandering |
| 12. public policy | 12. Differences in public policy a result of federalism |
| 13. Shays' rebellion | 13. Pointed out need for a strong central government to protect property and raise army |
| 14. federal system | 14. Political power in a federal system is divided between central government and smaller governments |
| 15. McCulloch vs. Maryland | 15. States can not fix federal agency |
| 16. civil rights 1950s - | 16. Expanded when Supreme Court integrated schools |
| 17. free speech and Supreme Court | 17. Protects symbolic speech |
| 18. Civil rights act 1964 | 18. Made discrimination in public accommodations illegal |
| 19. 14th amendment | 19. Applied to Bill of Rights to states |
| 20. Miranda vs. Arizona | 20. Read suspects rights; protect against unfair police interrogation tactics |
| 21. reserved powers | 21. Those rights not specified as belonging to the national government or specifically denied to states |
| 22. Ist amendment | 22. Establishment clause-can't establish a national church |
| 23. Griswold vs. Connecticut | 23. Right to privacy |
| 24. Roe vs. Wade | 24. Abortion; right to privacy |
| 25. PACs. | 25. Raise money for political campaign |
| 26. lobbyist | 26. Lobbyist- talk to congressmen about corporation located in congressional district, talk to White House staff about national issues; talk to journalist about issue; lobbies help link people with political process |
| 27. interest groups | 27. Link people with people process |
| 28. political parties | 28. Percentage that identified themselves as Republican or Democrat decreased |
| 29. liberals | 29. Lower incomes, want government to regulate economy but stay out of social/moral issues ; African American tend to support; also known as Democrats |
| 30. conservatives | 30. Higher incomes, want government to stay out of economic affairs but to regulate social/moral issues; republicans |
| 31. primaries | 31. Closed primary-have to declare which political party that are a member of |
| 32. conventions selection process of VP | 32. Balance ticket |
| 33. voters | 33. Directly elect senators and representatives |
| 34. presidential nominating process | 34. Presidential primaries have become more important that conventions; partisan identification is most important factor in selecting presidents |
| 35. political socialization | 35. One acquires his/her political values |
| 36. critical elections | 36. Happen when voters change traditional patterns of party identification |
| 37. campaign finance | 37. Only president elections are supported by public money |
| 38. media | 38. Focus on day to day activities of candidates |
| 39. electoral process | 39. 18-21 year olds don't turn out to vote; winner take all process of electorate vote process; independent voters have been increasing since 1970's, plurality election candidates who receives most votes win |
| 40. conference committee | 40. Come up with compromise bill because different versions were passed by House and Senate |
| 41. committee system | 41. Committee system more important in House because of its size it is easier to get things accomplished in committees |
| 42. standing committee | 42. Permanent committees that deal with particular subjects |
| 43. Congress vs. President | 43. Budget and Impoundment control act-attempt by congress to get power back from president; president can use media to influence congress; assign people in executive office to lobby legislators, take advantage of majority control in congress, take adva |
| 44. Congress vs. Supreme Court | 44. If Supreme Court declares law unconstitutional, Congress can amend the Constitution |
| 45, membership of Congress | 45. Mostly WASP males but since the 1990's have had more minorities and women elected |
| 46. Veto power | 46. SEE NOTES |
| 47. Iron triangle | 47. Executive Dept; congressional committee, interest groups |
| 48. Congress | 48. Legislative powers is long, decentralized and involves compromise, most contested power has been interstate commerce |
| 49. Incumbents | 49. Get more campaign contributions; casework and pork barrel projects |
| 50. House v. Senate | 50. House has more formal rules; Senate has more informal procedures |
| 51. oversight | 51. Approves spending |
| 52. Congressional districts | 52. Drawn by state ligislatures |
| 53. democracy | 53. System of government that gives power to people |
| 54, monarchy | 54. Powers of govt. are held by king or queen |
| 55. Elite theory | 55. Societies are divided along class lines and upper class makes the important decisions |
| 56. aristocrac | 56, Small ruling group holds power based on birth, wealth, etc |
| 57. Pluralist theory | 57. Politics is competition among differing groups representing different goals |
| 58. Characteristics of Am. democracy | 58. Freedom, personal liberty, equality, right to privacy, majority rule, etc. |
| 59. Who shaped our system of govt.? | 59. Greece, rule of law, political debates, natural law, Locke |
| 60. Am. Vs. British democracy | 60. Britain-parliament and cabinet headed by prime minister who has a cabinet that directs government; US has 3 separate branches of govt. and people indirectly elect president |
| 61. How does a pluralist system represent | 61. People can join a variety of groups which represent their beliefs and lobby govt |
| 62. Bicamerial legistlature | 62. Has an upper and lower house in legislative branch; house has 435 members and Senate, upper house, has 100 members |
| 63. Standing committees | 63. Permanent committees in House and Senate |
| 64. Choices president has upon received a bill | 64. Veto bill and send back to congress, sign bill into law, no action and becomes law after certain number of days, take no action and if congress adjourned bill dies pocket veto |
| 65. Advice and consent | 65. Senate gives advice and consent on treaties and appointments |
| 66. Presiding officers of House & Senate | 66. Speaker-House; VP-Senate |
| 67. veto | 67. President rejects a bill |
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