AP GOV vocab list
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| show | An agreement with a foreign nation that does NOT require congressional approval
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| Delegate Model | show 🗑
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| show | Groups of voters (EX: labor unions, ethnic minorities) who support one political party over time
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| Limited Government | show 🗑
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| show | A theory that the wealthy have more influence
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| show | Voting for a candidate based on what he or she has done in the recent past
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| Equality of Opportunity | show 🗑
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| Oversight | show 🗑
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| Equal Protection Clause | show 🗑
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| show | Money given by the national government to the states to be used for specific, narrowly defined purposes
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| show | Rights provided by the government to protect groups from discrimination
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| show | A theory emphasizing group-based activism
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| show | A procedure for getting a bill out of committee and onto the floor for a vote
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| show | The governments' use of the money supply to influence economic growth
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| show | Voting for a candidate because they will act in the voters' best interest
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| Party-line Voting | show 🗑
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| Gerrymandering | show 🗑
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| show | When a court follows precedent by allowing a previous court decision to stand
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| show | The belief that people should be self-reliant, free from state control, and responsible for their own success or failure
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| show | When the president is from one party and one or both houses of Congress are controlled by a different party
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| Block Grants | show 🗑
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| show | Non-verbal expression protected by the First Amendment, such as wearing an armband
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| show | A vote to determine a party's candidate for office where only members registered to a political party are allowed to vote
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| Pocket Veto | show 🗑
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| Filibuster | show 🗑
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| Independent Expenditure | show 🗑
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| Popular Sovereignty | show 🗑
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| Political Socialization | show 🗑
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| show | A system for electing members of the legislature by voting for political parties, where seats are awarded to parties based on the percentage of votes received
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| Demographics | show 🗑
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| show | A president who is at the end of his second term or who has lost an election or decided not to run for a second term
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| Exclusionary Rule | show 🗑
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| show | A presidential statement that has the force of law and does not require congressional approval
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| show | Voting for a candidate based on predictions about what the candidate will do in the future
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| Judicial Activism | show 🗑
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| show | The idea that members of Congress should use their expertise and judgment in making policy
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| show | A vote to determine a party's candidate for office where that party's members and unaffiliated voters may vote
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| Selective Incorporation | show 🗑
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| show | Powers that are given to an institution of government directly in the Constitution
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| Bipartisan | show 🗑
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| Due Process Clause | show 🗑
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| Republicanism | show 🗑
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| Party Caucus | show 🗑
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| show | A political view that supports free enterprise and traditional social values
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| show | An organization that is registered with the Federal Election Commission that donates money to a candidate or campaign
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| show | Redistributing legislative seats according to the population so that each district has roughly the same population
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| Signing Statement | show 🗑
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| Linkage Institutions | show 🗑
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| show | Individual rights protected by law from unjust government interference
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| Judicial Restraint | show 🗑
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| show | Policy requiring police to inform suspects in custody of their rights
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| show | An election where new coalitions of voters have formed, beginning a new party era
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| show | The relationship between a congressional committee or subcommittee, an interest group, and bureaucratic agency regarding a policy area
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| Realignment | show 🗑
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| Redistricting | show 🗑
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| show | A vote by 60 senators to end unlimited debate
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| show | An individual's set of beliefs about the role of government
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| show | Humans are entitled to Life, Liberty, and Property
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| show | An annual shortfall between federal revenues and expenses
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| Free Enterprise | show 🗑
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| Revenue Sharing | show 🗑
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| Constituency | show 🗑
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| Implied Powers | show 🗑
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| Politico Model | show 🗑
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| Defamatory Speech | show 🗑
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| Winner-take-all System | show 🗑
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| show | When members of Congress trade votes for favors in order to get bills they support passed
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| Mandates | show 🗑
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| show | A theory that the government should spend money during economic recessions to stimulate demand in the economy
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| Super PAC | show 🗑
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| show | A political view that government should protect individual freedom and civil rights
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| Unanimous Consent | show 🗑
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| Horse Race Journalism | show 🗑
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| show | Spending on programs not already required by law
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| show | The idea that everyone, including government officials, is subject to well-defined and established laws that are not arbitrary
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| Concurrent Powers | show 🗑
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| show | The government's use of taxing and spending to influence economic growth
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| Exclusive Powers | show 🗑
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| show | An agreement between the people, who give up some freedom, in exchange for protection from the government
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| Supply-side Theory | show 🗑
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| show | A program for which funding is required that provides guaranteed benefits to those who qualify, regardless of income
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| show | A provision in a bill that benefits a relatively small group of people
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| show | A theory emphasizing broad citizen involvement in government
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| show | A system of government where power is shared between the national government and the states and where the states have some protected
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