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Chapter 12 And 14 Flashcards

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Right vs privilege

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Right - something garenteed
Privilege-something a person gets that can be taken by gov

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Political ideology

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A set of beliefs about desired goals and outcome of governance

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Party identification

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Individuals attachment to a political party

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What’s conservatism

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Ideology about more control over social behavior or less over economics

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Libertarianism?

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Favoring little government regulation and intervention beyond protecting private property

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Liberalism

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Favoring less gov control over social behavior and more over economics

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Give different viewpoints of Democrats.

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-liberaty of privacy
-pro choice
-favor tax increase
-order in gun regulation

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Give different viewpoints of republicans

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-liberty in market place
-order immigration
-pro life
- favor tax cuts for businesses

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laissez-faire economic policy?

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Gov intruded and little as possible in economic transactions between businesses and citizens

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command-and-control economy?

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Gov dictates much of nations economic activity

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Mixed economy

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system that blends elements of both free-market capitalism and government intervention

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What is Gross Domestic Product?

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Total value of goods and services produced by an economy

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Unemployment rate

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% of people actively looking for a job who can’t find them

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Inflation

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Rise is price of goods and services

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What is Keynesian economic theory?

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Boom- spending more money
Bust- cutting back on spending

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supply-side theory?

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Lower taxes on individuals businesses and tends to boost supply

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What is fiscal policy?

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Gov use of taxes and spending to attempt to lower unemployment rate

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What do Republicans generally support regarding the economy?

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-budget increase in military spending
-bush tax cuts

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What do Democrats generally support regarding the economy?

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Higher gov spending on programs to target inequity in Obama fiscal policy

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Monetary Policy?

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Set of Economic policy tools designed to regulate the amount of money in economy

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What can too large of the money supply lead to?

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Inflation

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What is the Federal Reserve System?

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A board of governers, federal reserve banks, and member banks responsible for monetary policy

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Medicare and Medicaid?

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Medicare- for old and disabled people
Medicaid- for lower income people

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Great Society?

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Programs created by social insurance programs amending social security policy

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What is political party
Organized group of party leaders office holds, and voters who work together to elect candidates to political office
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What is straight ticket voting
Voting for candidates of the same political party in one ballot
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What is split ticket voting
Voting for candidates got different political parties on the same ballot
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What is party platform
positions and policy’s objectives that members of a political party agree on
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What roles do political parties have as organizations
Unite people who have same goals
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Where is party platform voted on
Voted on the convention
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What are the responsibilities of the party leadership chair
Responsible for raising money and being spokesman for there party
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What is recruitment
The process through which political parties identify protection candidates
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How do political parties assist during a political campaign
Help handle the cost and burden of a campaign
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What is a party coalition
Groups of voters who support a political party over time
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Realignment
When the group ot people who support a political party shift there alignment to a different party
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Critical election
Major national election that signal a change in the balance of power between the 2 parties
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The party era
Time period when one party wins most elections
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The era of divided government
A time since the 1969 in which one party controls one of both houses of congress
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Describe several trend for modern American politics
2 year mark the house flips political parties
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What is polarization and how is it occurring now
People tend to view right and wrong
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What is nomination for the office by a police party
A formal process which the party chooses candidates for political office
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Who are delegates
A person who acts as the voter’s representative at conventions to select parties nomination
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What are primary elections
An election in which state voters choose delegate who support a persidential candidate nominee
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What are open primaries
All eligible voters may vote regardless of their party affiliation
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What are closed primaries
Only those who ahve registered as a member of a political party may vote
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What is a caucus
A meeting to decide who there delegates are
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What are the differences between primaries and caucuses
A caucus- more flexible dates to award delegates Primaries- state gov has to finance
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Superdelegates
A party leader who makes a delegate vote
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Frontloading
Decision by a state to push caucus or primary or the soonest date possible
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National convention
Meeting where delegates officially select there parties nominee for election
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What is a candidate centered campaign
Candidates come up with there own strategies and raising money
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What is 2 party system and most likely to be dominate
A system in which 2 political parties dominate politics winning almost all election
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What is a proportional representation system and what does it often result in
Electoral system where they vote for parties not representatives likely create multiparty system
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What role does 3rd party play
Minor political party in competition with 2 major parties
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Why are third parties rarely successful
Worried it will push more people to the other side
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What is the difference between a majority and a plurality
Majority-all total votes Plurality-the most of all but not more then 50%
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What is a recession
Decline in gross domestic products

Ap government (30 decks)

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