Vocab Quiz 3

Question 1

Conference committee

Answer 1

resolves differences in bills passed by the House and Senate
(due to the amendments)

Question 2

Congressional campaign committee

Answer 2

party committee that provides funds for members running for reelection

Question 3

Conservative

Answer 3

a person who favors more limited and local govts

Question 4

Conservative coalition

Answer 4

alliance between Republicans and conservative Democrats

Question 5

Constitutional Convention

Answer 5

meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 6

Constitutional court

Answer 6

a federal court exercising powers listed in Article III of the Constitution
Supreme court, court of appeals and district courts

Question 7

Containment (antiappeasement)

Answer 7

view that the United States should “contain” or limit aggressive states like the Soviet Union

Question 8

Cost

Answer 8

any burden (monetary or nonmonetary) that people some people (think) they must bear if a policy is adopted

Question 9

Cost overruns

Answer 9

actual costs are several times greater than estimated costs

e.x. private contractors producing weapons for the pentagon

Question 10

County

Answer 10

territorial unit (between a city and a town)

Question 11

Court of appeals

Answer 11

federal courts with the authority to review district court

13 courts of appeal in the U.S.

Question 12

Criminal law

Answer 12

rules defining offenses that look like they affect only an individual but they affect the entire society (crimes like murder, rape, robbery)

Question 13

Critical or realigning periods

Answer 13

periods during which a sharp, lasting sift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties

Question 14

Cue (political)

Answer 14

a signal telling a congressional representative what values are at stake in a vote

Question 15

De facto segregation

Answer 15

racial segregation that occurs as a result of residential settlement

Question 16

De jure segregation

Answer 16

racial segregation that occurs because of laws

Question 17

Delegate model

Answer 17

view that an elected representative must represent the views of his/her constituents

Question 18

Democracy

Answer 18

a political system in which people (directly or indirectly) are meant to rule

Question 19

Democratic centralism

Answer 19

the govt’s decisions serve the “true interests” of the people whether or not the people make the decision or elect the decision-makers

Question 20

Descriptive representation

Answer 20

correspondence between the demographic characteristics of the representative and their constituents

Question 21

Devolution

Answer 21

scale back the size and responsibility of the national govt and give power back to the states

Question 22

Dillion’s rule

Answer 22

local govts have powers explicitly granted to them by the states

Question 23

Direct/participatory democracy

Answer 23

political system in which all citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy

Question 24

Discharge petition

Answer 24

a device by which any member of the House, after committee has had the bill for 30 days, may petition to have to brought to the floor

Question 25

Discretionary authority

Answer 25

the extent to which appointed bureaucrats can choose courses of action and make policies that are not spelled out in advance by law

Question 26

Disengagement

Answer 26

the U.S. involvement in Vietnam led to a military defeat and political disaster
this view believes that further such involvements should be avoided
“new isolationism”

Question 27

Dissenting opinion

Answer 27

Justice disagrees with the majority opinion
this document states the minority opinion

Question 28

District courts

Answer 28

lowest federal court where federal cases begin
94 district courts in the U.S. and its territories

Question 29

Diversity cases

Answer 29

cases involving citizens of multiple states
federal courts have jurisdiction as described in the Constitution