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| 8393177963 | Government | 0 | ||
| 8393177964 | Democracy | A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly | 1 | |
| 8393190968 | Autocracy | Government holds all the power | 2 | |
| 8393190969 | Republic | A government in which elected representatives make decisions | 3 | |
| 8393193921 | Oligarcy | A form of government where a small group of people hold power | 4 | |
| 8393196793 | Theocracy | Government held by religious leaders with divine right. | 5 | |
| 8393196794 | Anarchy | No government | 6 | |
| 8393201550 | Communism | All economic powers lay in the central government | 7 | |
| 8393204813 | Parliamentary System | Legislative branch chooses executive branch | 8 | |
| 8393204814 | Presidential System | President is elected by the people | 9 | |
| 8393208384 | Unitary System | All power resides in central government (ex: Great Britain and Japan) | 10 | |
| 8393208385 | Federal System | Government that separates power between central and federal government | 11 | |
| 8393214677 | Confederal System/Confederation | Loose union of independent states. | 12 | |
| 8393214678 | Unalienable/Natural Rights | Rights of all human beings that are ordained by God, discoverable in nature and history, and essential to human progress. | 13 | |
| 8393218507 | Social Contract Theory | Give up some freedom for liberty | 14 | |
| 8393218508 | Divine Right Theory | 15 | ||
| 8393223345 | Ratification | Consent to ratify to an amendment or treaty | 16 | |
| 8393226971 | Virginia Plan | Proposal to have a strong government | 17 | |
| 8393230602 | New Jersey Plan | Proposal to make a weaker government | 18 | |
| 8393237064 | The Great Compromise/ Connecticut | A constitutional proposal that made membership in one house of Congress proportional to each state's population and membership in the other equal for all states | 19 | |
| 8393237065 | Bicameral Legislature | two housed congress | 20 | |
| 8393242296 | Unicameral Legislature | One housed congress | 21 | |
| 8393242297 | Electoral College | The People chosen to cast each state's votes in presidential election. Each state has one electoral vote for each senator and representative it has. | 22 | |
| 8393245994 | Three-Fifths Compromise | 23 | ||
| 8393251019 | Federalist | 24 | ||
| 8393254355 | Anti-Federalist | 25 | ||
| 8393254356 | Federalist Papers | 26 | ||
| 8393258742 | Seperation of Powers | authority shared by 3 different branches of government. | 27 | |
| 8393258743 | Checks and Balances | .... | 28 | |
| 8393261680 | Judicial Review | ... | 29 | |
| 8393261681 | Commerce Clause | Article 1, Section 8, clause 3. Lets congress regulate trade and commerce | 30 | |
| 8393267169 | Elastic/ Necessary and Proper Clause | 31 | ||
| 8393267170 | Equal Protection Clause | Promises each citizen equal protection | 32 | |
| 8393270698 | Due Process Clause | Denies government the right to take away life, liberty, and property. | 33 | |
| 8393270699 | Establishment Clause | Forbids official religion in government | 34 | |
| 8393275317 | Full faith and credit clause | that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state." | 35 | |
| 8393275318 | Supremacy Clause | 36 | ||
| 8393278279 | Federalism | Government authority between central and state government | 37 | |
| 8393278280 | Delegated Powers | Powers to the government | 38 | |
| 8393306276 | Expressed Powers | 39 | ||
| 8393306277 | Enumerated/Expressed Powers | Powers to congress | 40 | |
| 8393311524 | Implied Powers | Powers that the necessary and proper clause gives to Congress | 41 | |
| 8393311525 | Inherent Powers | 42 | ||
| 8393318656 | Exclusive Powers | powers only state government have | 43 | |
| 8393318657 | Concurrent Powers | powers shared by state and government | 44 | |
| 8393325062 | Reserved Powers | powers given to both states and government | 45 | |
| 8393325063 | Denied Powers | state powers | 46 | |
| 8393325064 | Extradition | 47 | ||
| 8393328598 | Dual Federalism | National gov supreme in its own sphere and state is supreme in its own | 48 | |
| 8393328599 | Cooperative Federalistm | National and state governments share many powers | 49 | |
| 8393332237 | Fiscal Federalism | Fiscal federalism deals with the division of governmental functions and financial relations among levels of government. | 50 | |
| 8393332238 | Devolution | 51 | ||
| 8393332239 | Grants-in-aid | Money is given by national government to states for things like airports, schools, and libraries2aq1 | 52 | |
| 8393337100 | Categorical Grant | Grants in aid for specific purposes | 53 | |
| 8393337101 | Block grant | Grant in aid with no restirctions | 54 | |
| 8393342505 | Conditions of aid | Terms set by government that states need to meet to receive certain funds | 55 | |
| 8393342506 | Funded mandate | States get somethings do doing what the government tell them to | 56 | |
| 8393346333 | Unfunded mandate | States have to do something for the government, but don't get money in return | 57 | |
| 8393346334 | Nullification | Doctrine by the states to declare laws unconstitutional. | 58 | |
| 8393349310 | Initiative | Allows voters to petition to propose legislation &then submit it for a vote by qualified voters | 59 | |
| 8393349311 | Referendum | Procedures enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature | 60 | |
| 8393352461 | Recall | Procedure for which voters can remove an elected official from office | 61 | |
| 8393352462 | Political Machine | a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts. | 62 | |
| 8393355585 | Patronage/spils system | Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. | 63 | |
| 8393355586 | Party Identification | person categorized at democrat or republican or etc | 64 | |
| 8393358787 | Party activists | Voter that is more extreme than normal | 65 | |
| 8393361745 | Caucus | 66 | ||
| 8393361746 | Superdelagates | 67 | ||
| 8393366144 | Two Party System | 68 | ||
| 8393369785 | Plurality/Winner-takes-all system | 69 | ||
| 8393369786 | Proporational System | 70 | ||
| 8393373886 | MInor/THird Party | 71 | ||
| 8393377789 | Political Culture | 72 | ||
| 8393377790 | Voter Apathy | 73 | ||
| 8393381240 | Voter Redistration | 74 | ||
| 8393381241 | Liberal | 75 | ||
| 8393381242 | Conservative | 76 | ||
| 8393383981 | Party Realignment | 77 | ||
| 8393384583 | Party Dealignemnt | 78 | ||
| 8393391199 | Split-ticket Voting | 79 | ||
| 8393394129 | Straight Ticket Voting | Voting for your party | 80 | |
| 8393399213 | National Convention | 81 | ||
| 8393399214 | National Committee | 82 | ||
| 8393402878 | Congressional Campaign Committee | 83 | ||
| 8393412599 | Closed Primary | 84 | ||
| 8393412600 | Open Primaty | 85 | ||
| 8393415965 | Blanket/Top Two primary | 86 | ||
| 8393423672 | General Election | 87 | ||
| 8393423673 | Safe Seats | 88 | ||
| 8393423674 | Coattail Effect | 89 | ||
| 8393427319 | Incumbent | 90 | ||
| 8393427320 | Campaign FInance | 91 | ||
| 8393430756 | Political Action Committee | 92 | ||
| 8393430757 | Soft Money | 93 | ||
| 8393430758 | Hard Money | 94 | ||
| 8393436310 | Electioneering COmmunications | 95 | ||
| 8393440504 | Independent Expenditures | 96 | ||
| 8393444083 | Federal Election Campaign Act | 97 | ||
| 8393452527 | Public Opinion | 98 | ||
| 8393436311 | 527 Groups | - | 99 | |
| 8393457227 | Sampling Error/ Margin of Error | 100 | ||
| 8393444082 | Buckley v. Valeo | Law limiting contributions was constitutional but limiting the spending of a candidate's own money was not | 101 | |
| 8393463215 | Iron Triangle/Issue Network/ Subgoverenment | 102 | ||
| 8393447845 | Citizens United V. Fec | Overturned | 103 | |
| 8393463216 | Agenda | 104 | ||
| 8393467261 | Issue-attetnion Cycle | 105 | ||
| 8393469864 | Issue Network/ Iron Triangle | 106 | ||
| 8393473659 | Second-order Devolution | 107 | ||
| 8393476668 | THird-Order Devolution | 108 | ||
| 8393476669 | Implementiaion | 109 | ||
| 8393480065 | Majoritarian Politics | 110 | ||
| 8393487348 | Entitlement Program | 111 | ||
| 8393489941 | Civil Rights | 112 | ||
| 8393489942 | Civil Liberties | 113 | ||
| 8393489943 | Due Process | - | 114 | |
| 8393494776 | Equal Protection clause | 115 | ||
| 8393499282 | Selective Incorporation | 116 | ||
| 8393499283 | Prior Restraint | 117 | ||
| 8393502720 | Clear and Present Danger Test | 118 | ||
| 8393502721 | Exclutionary Rule | 119 | ||
| 8393507261 | Probable cause | 120 | ||
| 8393511368 | Good-Faith exception | An error in gathering evidence can still be used in court if small | 121 | |
| 8393514804 | Strict scrutiny | 122 | ||
| 8393514805 | Affirmative Action | 123 | ||
| 8393519918 | Publicy Policy | 124 | ||
| 8393519919 | McCulloch vs Maryland | Lets Congress take action even if it clearly doesn't state it in the constitution. Necessary and proper clause | 125 | |
| 8393524678 | Obergefell vs Hodges | Right to same sex marriages | 126 | |
| 8393528652 | Mapp vs Ohio | evidence illegally gathered cannot be used in criminal trial | 127 | |
| 8393528653 | Gideon v Wainright | People accused have the right to a attorney even if they cant afford one | 128 | |
| 8393534079 | Schench V united States | It is illegal to say things that clearly state illegal actions | 129 | |
| 8393534080 | TInker V Des Moines | Public school are allowed to wear armbands to class protests as long as it doesn't disturb class | 130 | |
| 8393536784 | Texas v Johnson | Flag burning is not unconstitutional | 131 | |
| 8393540160 | FEC v Wisconsin Right to life | which the Court held that issue ads may not be banned from the months preceding a primary or general election. | 132 | |
| 8393543871 | Citizens United v FEC | Declared that restricting candidates from the use of corporate or union money to fund independent political broadcasts in candidate elections because it violated the First Amendment. | 133 | |
| 8393543872 | Lemon V kurtzman | Three test are described for deciding whether the government is improperly involved with religion | 134 | |
| 8393546527 | Miranda v Arizona | 135 | ||
| 8393546528 | Plessy v Ferguson | Separate but equal | 136 | |
| 8393550825 | Brown v Board of Education | Separate schools are inherently unequal | 137 | |
| 8393554723 | Griswold v Connecticut | Banning birth control is unconstitutional | 138 | |
| 8393554724 | Reed v Reed | gender discrimination violates the equal protection clause | 139 | |
| 8393554725 | Roe v Wade | State laws banning abortions are unconstitutional | 140 | |
| 8393559643 | University or California v Bakke | Allowing race to be one of the factors in college picking | 141 | |
| 8393569069 | Us v Windsor | Gay couples that marry must receive same benefits | 142 | |
| 8393569070 | Article 1 | 143 | ||
| 8393572830 | Article 2 | 144 | ||
| 8393572831 | Article 3 | 145 | ||
| 8393572832 | Article 4 | 146 | ||
| 8393575681 | Article 5 | 147 | ||
| 8393575682 | Article 6 | 148 | ||
| 8393575683 | Article 7 | 149 | ||
| 8393579648 | Amendment 1 | 150 | ||
| 8393579649 | Amendment 2 | 151 | ||
| 8393588854 | Amendment 3 | 152 | ||
| 8393588855 | Amendment 4 | 153 | ||
| 8393592491 | Amendment 5 | 154 | ||
| 8393597634 | Amendment 6 | 155 | ||
| 8393603128 | Amendment 7 | 156 | ||
| 8393603129 | Amendment 8 | 157 | ||
| 8393603130 | Amendment 9 | 158 | ||
| 8393607192 | Amendment 10 | 159 | ||
| 8467931880 | McCain Feingold act | - | 160 |
