AG Final Flashcards
(29 cards)
5th amendment
self discrimination
14th amendment
equal protection under the laws
3 civil war amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
push poll
the polling technique used to shape your opinion
nominations
the process in which political parties select their candidates.
2 party system
democratic, republicans
3 party system
green parry, tea party, populists, prohibition
3 parties are small but…….
their influence can rub off on dominant parties
principles of political equality
one person, one vote
1st political party
Federalists, Jeffersonian Republicans (1790’s)
1830’s shift in party system
produced a 2nd party Whigs & Democrats
Whigs evolved from ?
Democrat party
run-off election
2nd round of elections involving the top two candidates
sample poll
small group selected by researchers
strict scrutiny
judicial test places a burden of proof on government to show discrimination
NAACP
Legal defense fund to challenge segregation
gerrymandering
the apportionment of voters in districts to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethic group or political party.
1972 US Supreme court overturned many death penalty laws
it was disproportional to black as opposed to whites
death penalty reinstated
1977
percentage of people to vote
turn out
loving vs virgina
1967 court case challenging interracial marriages
platform
candidates views expressed when running for office
political ideology
a cohesive set of beliefs that forms thoughts about government
19th amendment
womens right to vote
