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C1-$100 - $100 What is political socialization? How Americans acquire political attitudes and forms values and opinions about the political system

C1-$200 - $200 Define coattails The tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit in an election by the presence on the ticket of a more popular candidate

C1-$300 - $300 What was McCulloch v. Maryland? The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.

C1-$400 - $400 Which court case established the “one man, one vote?” Baker v. Carr; Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population

C1-$500 - $500 What was established/disputed in Shaw v. Reno? NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.

C2-$100 - $100 In the United States, a two party-system has _______ existed Always

C2-$200 - $200 Define ticket splitting It is when a voter chooses the presidential nominee of one major party, but chooses congressional nominees of the other major party

C2-$300 - $300 Which event(s) shook the relationship between the media and politicians? The Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal

C2-$400 - $400 The media seem to have the least effect in terms of How people vote

C2-$500 - $500 Thousands of PACS were created to raise funds for candidates after which act? The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974

C3-$100 - $100 Which type of election is used in the majority of states to select party nominees for public office? A closed primary

C3-$200 - $200 What is the best description of independent voting in the United States? The percentage of American voters identifying themselves as "independents" has increased in recent years

C3-$300 - $300 Which state holds a caucus, not a primary election, to select party nominees for the presidency…and is also the first to have ever held a caucus? Iowa

C3-$400 - $400 What is the name of the group that would most likely be criticized by those who feel that the presidential election process is not democratic enough? The Electoral College

C3-$500 - $500 When President Herbert Hoover and the Republicans were crushed in the election of 1932, voters were responding to the severity of the Great Depression under Hoover's presidency by what type of voting? Retrospective Voting

C4-$100 - $100 Whose vote can break a tie in the House? The Vice President, who is the President of the House

C $200 What can divided party control of the Congress cause? Congressional Gridlock

C3-$300 - $300 A bill to raise taxes would first be referred to the House- Ways and Means Committee

C3-$400 - $400 After a House committee reviews a bill and writes its report, the bill goes to the The House Rules Committee

C3-$500 - $500 In which way is Congress representative of the American people? It is substantively representative, not descriptively

C4-$100 - $100 What is an interest group? An organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try to achieve those aims.

C4-$200 - $200 Since the 1960s, the number of interest groups has Risen rapidly

C4-$300 - $300 The free-rider problem refers to potential members of a group failing to join the actual group, as they know they will receive the same benefits whether they are active members or not.

C4-$400 - $400 According to James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 1, the way to prevent any one group from having too much power is to Increase the scope and number of groups

C4-$500 - $500 According to ________ theorists, interest groups compete and counterbalance one another in the political marketplace Pluralist

C4-$100 - $100 Define checks and balances System in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other two branches

C4-$200 - $200 Define block grant Funds granted to the states for a broadly defined purpose. Shift resources to states, so as to contribute to growing number of state & local government employees.

C4-$300 - $300 Define hyperpluralist theory The theory that governmentt policy is weakened and often contradictory because there are so many competing interest groups.

C4-$400 - $400 Define Iron Triangle An alliance among an administrative agency, an interest group, and a congress. committee. Each member provides key services, information, or policy for others.

C4-$500 - $500 Define senatorial courtesy An unwritten tradition whereby the Senate will not confirm nomination for lower c positions that are occupied by a senator of the President’s own party from the state that nomination is to serve.