1. Front of Game Pieces Great Compromise Article I The Constitution
Federalist No. 10
Political Efficacy
Democracy
Linkage institution
Checks and balances
Rulers fully control the government and social and economic institutions
People’s feeling that the government listens to them
A government ruled by God, or religious leaders
Majoritarianism
The Enlightenment
Authoritarian Regimes
Theocracy
Popular sovereignty
Gridlock
John Locke
Believed people had rights to life, liberty, and property
Idea that power to govern resides in the people
Tendency of government decision-making to be paralyzed
Argued that political factions were “necessary evils”
Dividing powers between a central government and states
Great Compromise
Argument that representative democracies are based on group interests
The Bill of Rights
Federalism
Created the House for population and equal representation in the Senate
Pluralism
Winner-Take-All
Developed the science of polling
Proportional Representation
Split-ticket voting
The Articles of Confederation
Voting for candidates from both parties for different positions
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Where a percentage of votes for a party’s candidates is applied in l representation
George Gallup
America’s first constitution
Article I
Marbury v. Madisoni
Separation of powers
Lists the powers of the U.S. Congress
Significant shifts in the voting population
Established the doctrine of judicial review
Realignment
Thomas Hobbes
Set of widely
shared beliefs, values, and norms concerning political life
Opposed the ratification of the Constitution
Lists the powers of the President of the United States
Republic

2. Front of Game Pieces People elect representatives to govern them
Rule of Law
African-Americans
Anti-Federalists
Article II
Political Culture
Tax Power
Three-Fourths
Most reliable Democratic voting bloc
Percentage of states that have to ratify a const. amendment
Democratic-Republicans
Three-Fifths Compromise
A weakness of the Confederation Congress
Only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce
Concurrent powers
The Family
Gibbons v. Ogden
Functions done by the national and state governments
Most important source of political socialization
Government is based on applying equal, impartial laws
19th Amendment
Allow someone to vote if it is not clear that they are officially registered to do so
Allowed people to register to vote when getting a driver’s license
Two-Thirds
Provisional Ballot
Gave women the right to vote
“”Motor-Voter” Bill
McCullough v. Maryland
Believe in universal health care and desire less military spending
Political system
in which the people rule
Margin of Error
Random sampling
Liberals
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Gives everyone in the population an equal probability of being selected
Slight variations in polls with random samples
Democracy
The ability of a president’s popularity to influence lower-level elections
Media role in determining what issues become nationally important
Gatekeeper
Unitary System
The Federalists
Coattail effect
Concentrates powers in a central government
Women
Categorical Grants
Independent candidate that hurt Bush 41’s re-election in 1992
Closed primary
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

3. Front of Game Pieces Appropriated by Congress for specific purposes
Only allows party members to vote
Appropriated by Congress for specific purposes
Block Grants
Marble Cake (Cooperative) Federalism
Ross Perot
Example of an unfunded mandate
Frontloading
Tendency of states to hold their primaries early
Barred limits on how mucn individual could contribute to their own campaign
Mixes the powers of the national and state governments
Welfare Reform
15th Amendment
Buckley v. Valeo
Funds that are given for “party building” activities instead of candidates
Straight ticket voting
Full Faith and Credit
Soft money
Supporting all candidates of a certain party
Requires states to respect each other’s public acts, records, etc.
Appropriations that give states more flexibility in spending priorities
Elite Theory
“The Elastic Clause”
Believes a small, cohesive elite make the important decisions in government
Media role in monitoring government behavior
Open primary
Congress can make all laws “necessary and proper”
Watchdog
Privileges and Immunities
Farmers revolt that triggered the Constitutional Convention
Direct Democracy
New Deal Coalition
Public Opinion
Citizens debate and vote directly on all laws
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Distribution of individual attitudes about a particular issue
Eastern workers, Southern farmers, ethnics, and blacks
Shay’s Rebellion
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
Believe in low taxes and smaller government
Argued that Congress stretched commerce clause too far
U.S. v. Lopez
26th Amendment
Article III
Conservatives
“New Federalism”
Citizens United v. FEC
Scorekeeper
Dual Federalism
Thomas Jefferson