Laws enacted by southern whites to segregate African Americans in the late 19 th century.
How does an initiative get put on a bill?
Signed petition
The largest part of an American political party
Party-in-the-electorate
Name the theory… Interest groups compete and counterbalance one another
Pluralist
A party’s official selection of a candidate
Nomination
What do both parties try to do?
WIN
Who creates bureaucratic agencies?
Congress
The method in which most polling is done today
By telephone
Jim Crow laws
Term that refers to the fact that America will no longer have a white majority.
Minority majority
The Associated Press is an example of one of these.
Wire service
The nations unofficial, “newspaper of record”.
The New York Times
Short clips of political speech lasting 15 seconds or less
Sound bites
Shot of a person speaking directly into the television camera
Talking head
A team of men and women seeking to control the government by gaining office in elections
Political party
The most common source for our news
television
Where the formal nomination for Dem and Rep candidates for president occur?
National party conventions
A method used by public figures of leaking stories to the press
Trial balloon
The specific goal of the presidential nomination game
Win delegates and win the party nomination
When is the party platform drafted?
Before the convention
Where does most money get spent during Presidential campaigns?
Media
What was the significance of the Presidential election of 1800?
First transition of power in the history of the world accomplished by voters ballots
In this US Supreme Court case, the court ruled that a recount was legal as long as it was applied to all counties in the state
Bush v. Gore
This requires states to register individuals to vote when they apply for, or renew, their driver’s license.
Motor Voter Act of 1993
This group is composed of all people who might be a group
Potential group
The problem of people not joining a group, yet enjoying the same benefits as if they had joined the group.
Free-rider problem
This means that ordinary people (like you) can influence the government
Political efficacy
Something of valued that benefits both actual and potential group members
Collective good
How do Americans feel about bureaucrats?
satisfied
This Civil Rights act of the 1960’s was successful because it had clear goals and methods to achieve its goal.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What are Amtrak and the USPS examples of?
Government Corporations
Why is the census important to states?
Federal aid
How often is a census conducted and why?
Every 10 years and cuz the Constitution says so.
What must a cop have in order to arrest someone?
Probable cause
Evidence that is gathered without a warrant is not admissable in court. This is due to which rule?
Exclusionary rule
What is the first primary?
New Hampshire
Policies that give rights to those that have been discriminated against over the course of history.
Civil rights
The process through which an individual acquires his or her own political orientations
Political socializatiion
Largest group of the minority majority
African -Americans
Which part of the Bill of Rights forbids self-incrimination?
5 th Amendment
Where would you find the phrase, “all men are created equal”?
The Delclaration of Independence
What is the Miranda Rule?
Informs an accused person of their rights
Who REALLY chooses the President?
The Electoral College
This forbids states from denying equal protection of the laws.
14 th Amendment
What is the “gray liberation”?
The fight for the rights of the elderly
The distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues.
Public opinion
The science of human populations
demography
The goal of affirmative action
Move towards equal results
The first presidential caucus
Iowa
The largest federal agency
Social Security Administraion
This set the rules for selecting delegates to the Democratic National Convention
McGovern-Fraser Commission
Giving a job to someone as a favor
Patronage
Legal and constitutional protections AGAINST the governement
Civil liberties
Organization of people with similar policy goals
Interest group
According to this theory, interest groups mean nothing
Elitist
Madison referred to parties and interest groups by this term
Factions
Under the original constitutional system, the person with the 2 nd most electoral votes became this
Vice President
Voting for legislation or a constitutional amendment
Referendum
A staged press opportunity
Media event
Amendment Gave women the right to vote
19 th amendment
Civil rights Native Americans became citizens in this year
1924
How were questions orginally submitted to the president?
In writing
When are exit polls taken?
On election day, as people leave the polling place
Established the federal Civil Service
The Pendleton Act
Reporters using detective-like means to break a story
Investigative journalism
Where is the establishment clause found?
1 st amendment
The cozy relationship between the press and politicians ended with these events
Vietnam and Watergate
This act prohibits federal Civil Service workers from active participation in politics
The Hatch Act
The book that lists the top federal jobs for presidential appointment
The Plum Book
The wise party selects policies that are popular
Rational-choice theory
They are considered to be the interpreters of civil liberties
The Supreme Court
Unreasonable search and seizure is which amendment?
4 th amendment
When was the Bill of Rights written?
1789