GOV Final

Question 1

How can the Feds Boost the economy

Answer 1

by lowering the target rate/ lower interest more buyers

Question 2

Judicial Activisim

Answer 2

exercise of the power of judicial review to set aside gov acts

Question 3

Judicial Restraint

Answer 3

refusal to exercise judicial review in difference to the process of ordinary politics

Question 4

Rule of Law

Answer 4

used to protect fundamental rights; including security of persons property and certain core human rights

Question 5

Purposed of the Fed

Answer 5

conducting national monetary policy, supervising & regulating banks, maintaining financial stability & providing banking services

Question 6

vice president

Answer 6

presidents rep in congress

Question 7

inherent powers

Answer 7

powers necessary for a branch of government to get its job done

Question 8

implied powers

Answer 8

political powers granted to the United States government that aren’t explicitly stated in the Constitution

Question 9

vetoes

Answer 9

congress can override in 2/3 vote

Question 10

Filibuster

Answer 10

prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question

Question 11

House ways and means committee

Answer 11

jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures, as well as a number of other programs including: Social Security. Unemployment insurance

Question 12

Senate appropriations committee

Answer 12

writes the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous government agencies, departments, and organizations on an annual basis

Question 13

House Rules Committee

Answer 13

sets the time limit on debate and determines whether and how a bill may be amended

Question 14

iron triangle

Answer 14

congressional committees
bureaucracy
interest groups

Question 15

lobbying

Answer 15

The process by which interest group members or lobbyists attempt to influence public policy through contacts with public officials (butt kissing)

Question 16

Free-rider problem

Answer 16

not paying for goods they still have access to but rely on other to provide

Question 17

Interest groups

Answer 17

share the same views

Question 18

Cloture

Answer 18

procedure for ending a vote

Question 19

Pluralism

Answer 19

system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist

Question 20

Hyper-pluralisim

Answer 20

when a large number of different groups or factions become so politically influential, the government is unable to function properly

Question 21

Elite Theory

Answer 21

a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a society

Question 22

Spoiler role of 3rd party candidate

Answer 22

vote splitting between candidates or ballot questions who often have similar ideologies

Question 23

1965 Voting rights act

Answer 23

It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War (lit. tests)

Question 24

Why do most people not vote

Answer 24

the perception that one’s vote won’t make any difference

Question 25

Liberal Supports

Answer 25

- civil liberty - equality with support for social justice - a regulated market economy

Question 26

Conservative supports

Answer 26

- organized religion - parliamentary government - property rights

Question 27

Gerrymandering

Answer 27

manipulate the boundaries in political favor

Question 28

redistricting

Answer 28

Each state draws new legislative district boundaries every ten years

Question 29

reapportionment

Answer 29

dividing house 430 seats among 50 states

Question 30

racial gerrymandering

Answer 30

redistricting with racial influence

Question 31

Gideon V Wainwright

Answer 31

the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves

Question 32

Lemon V Kurtzman

Answer 32

the Supreme Court held that the government cannot give money directly to religious schools

Question 33

10th Amendment

Answer 33

federal government only has the powers that are listed in the Constitution

Question 34

Obergefell V Hodges

Answer 34

the Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to grant same-sex marriages

Question 35

Sep of powers

Answer 35

checks and balances, each is granted a certain amount of power and none is more powerful than the other

Question 36

Checks and Balances

Answer 36

Each branch is given a certain amount of power

Question 37

Federalisim

Answer 37

government has a lot of power, states have very litte

Question 38

Fiscal Federallisiim

Answer 38

how federal, state, and local governments share funding and administrative responsibilities within our federal system

Question 39

Dual Federalism

Answer 39

any system of federalism, any federal system that is divided between two areas of authority and power

Question 40

cooperative federalism

Answer 40

marble-cake federalism, is defined as a flexible relationship between the federal and state governments

Question 41

republic

Answer 41

supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives"

Question 42

Democracy

Answer 42

power to the people

Question 43

public opinion

Answer 43

Public opinion is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to a society

Question 44

necessary proper clause

Answer 44

the U.S. Constitution that empowers the Congress to make all laws necessary for executing its other powers and those of the federal government as a whole

Question 45

scientific method of polling

Answer 45

accurately reflect and describe public opinion

Question 46

exit polling

Answer 46

poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations

Question 47

straw polling

Answer 47

unofficial vote

Question 48

weakness of articles of the confederation

Answer 48

Congress had not have the power to tax

Question 49

virginia plan

Answer 49

a proposal for a new form of government and called for the number of votes each state received in Congress to be based on population

Question 50

new jersey plan

Answer 50

Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress

Question 51

Connecticut plan

Answer 51

the states with equal representation in the Senate

Question 52

who was directly elected after the constitution was ratified

Answer 52

states senators

Question 53

electoral college

Answer 53

official 538 Presidential electors who come together every four years during the presidential election to give their official votes

Question 54

winner take all system

Answer 54

when a candidate who gets the most votes wins all of a state's electoral votes

Question 55

electoral vote

Answer 55

a vote cast by a member of the electoral college

Question 56

popular vote

Answer 56

peoples vote

Question 57

why was the bill of rights added to the constitution

Answer 57

to ensure ratification// got federalist votes for the constitution

Question 58

federalist

Answer 58

people who supported federalism// though national gov would be too strong

Question 59

anti federalist

Answer 59

opposed of constitution

Question 60

speaker or the house

Answer 60

hold most power in the house of rep/ keeps orders and grants permission