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RAH Exam 4 Flashcards

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an 1870 constitutional amendment that forbade the states and government from denying suffrage to any male citizen on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

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15th amendment

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allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators.

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17th amendment

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granted women the right to vote

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19th amendment

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No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice

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22nd amendment

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extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia

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23rd amendment

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outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections

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24th amendment

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former U.S. Senator from Illinois and first Black American elected as president, who set a progressive agenda during his eight years in office

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Barack Obama

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former governor of Arkansas and forty-second president during a period of economic prosperity in the 1990s; impeached but acquitted on charges of obstructing justice and lying about an extramarital affair

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Bill Clinton

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ran on the record of fiscal conservatism, strong support for women’s suffrage, and held a vague opposition to Prohibition. During his presidency, he restored public confidence in the White House after the many scandals of the Harding administration.

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Calvin Coolidge

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a system in which the different parts of an organization (such as a government) have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful.

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checks and balances

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Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies.

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Christian Right

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an appointed official who directs the administration of a city

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city manager

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an American political philosophy that stresses using conservative techniques and concepts in order to improve the general welfare of society

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compassionate conservatism

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a legislative agenda advocated for by the Republican Party during the 1994 congressional election campaign

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contract with America

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a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S.

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court packing

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who won the 1896 election?

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William McKinley

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who won the 1912 election?

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Franklin Roosevelt

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who won the 1932 election?

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Franklin Roosevelt

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who won the 1968 election?

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Richard Nixon

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who won the 2000 election?

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George W. Bush

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who won the 2008 election?

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Barak Obama

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a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument

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demagogues

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Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world’s oldest active political party

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Democratic Party

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an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961

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Dwight Eisenhower

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a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president

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Electoral College

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carries out and enforces laws

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executive branch

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an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished ca. 1875

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farmers alliance

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was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945

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FDR

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an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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George Bush 41

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an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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George Bush 43

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a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65

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Great Society

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refers to occasions when the House of Representatives and the Senate are controlled by different parties, or by a different party than the party of the president

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gridlock

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the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin Roosevelt and as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945

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Harry Truman

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an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression in the United States

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Herbert Hoover

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an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935

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Huey Long

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a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office

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impeachment

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an American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981

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Jimmy Carter

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an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination near the end of his third year in office

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JFK

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a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements

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impeachment process

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in a direct initiative, a measure is put directly to a referendum. The vote may be on a proposed federal level, statute, constitutional amendment, charter amendment or local ordinance, or obligate the executive or legislature to consider the subject by submitting it to the order of the day.

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initiative

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an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969

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Lyndon Johnson

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a centrist ideological faction within the Democratic Party in the United States

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New Democrats

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various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries during different period

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new right

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the party program adopted at the formative convention of the Populist Party

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Omaha Platform

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organizations linked to a political party that often controlled local government

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political machines

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a left-wing agrarian populist political party in the United States in the late 19th century

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populist party

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The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevent its enactment into law

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presidential veto

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the combination of voters that Republican Ronald Reagan assembled to produce a major political realignment with his electoral landslide in the 1980 United States presidential election

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Reagan Coalition

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