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| 9903510820 | 10th Amendment | Powers Reserved to the States | 0 | |
| 9903510821 | John Locke | English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights | 1 | |
| 9903510822 | Shay's Rebellion | Destroyed the Articles of Confederation. | 2 | |
| 9903510823 | Can the Supreme Court declare a law unconstitutional? | No | 3 | |
| 9903510824 | Devolution | the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states | 4 | |
| 9903510825 | categorical grants | Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport | 5 | |
| 9903510826 | block grants | federal grants-in-aid that allow states considerable discretion in how the funds are spent | 6 | |
| 9903510827 | mandate | an authoritative command | 7 | |
| 9903510828 | primary responsibility of constitution | Protect private property | 8 | |
| 9903510829 | Federalist 10 | Argued the latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man | 9 | |
| 9903510830 | Are political parties listed in the Constitution? | no | 10 | |
| 9903510831 | interest group | a group of people with common goals who organize to influence government | 11 | |
| 9903510832 | linkage institutions | media, political parties, elections, interest groups | 12 | |
| 9903510833 | Political Action Committee (PAC) | an interest group that raises funds and donates to election campaigns | 13 | |
| 9903510834 | ticket splitting | voting with one party for one office and with another party for other offices | 14 | |
| 9903510835 | Do most Americans vote in elections? | No | 15 | |
| 9903510836 | iron triangles | relationship between a bureaucracy, an interest group, and a congressional committee | 16 | |
| 9903510837 | franking privilege | Benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage-free | 17 | |
| 9903510838 | pork barrel | the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes | 18 | |
| 9903510839 | Are committees more significant in house or senate? | House (more people) | 19 | |
| 9903510840 | standing committee | a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues | 20 | |
| 9903510841 | conference committee | special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate | 21 | |
| 9903510842 | Rules Committee (House) | establishes rule on floor | 22 | |
| 9903510843 | closed rules | conditions placed on a legislative debate by the house of rules prohibiting amendments to a bill and makes a set time | 23 | |
| 9903510844 | Subcommittee | Division of existing committee that is formed to address specific issues | 24 | |
| 9903510845 | Ways and Means Committee | House committee that handles tax bills | 25 | |
| 9903510846 | Cloture | A procedure for terminating debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate. | 26 | |
| 9903510847 | Trustee | After listening to constiutents, elected representatives vote based on their own opinions | 27 | |
| 9903510848 | delegate | A person appointed or elected to represent others | 28 | |
| 9903510849 | 22nd Amendment | Amendment that created a 2 term limit on presidents. | 29 | |
| 9903510850 | pocket veto | indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it | 30 | |
| 9903510851 | Can the president use a line item veto? | No governors can | 31 | |
| 9903510852 | Most cases end in a? | Please bargain | 32 | |
| 9903510853 | district courts | the lowest federal courts; federal trials can be held only here | 33 | |
| 9903510854 | amicus curiae | a brief submitted by a "friend of the court" | 34 | |
| 9903510855 | appellate court | A court having jurisdiction to review cases and issues that were originally tried in lower courts. | 35 | |
| 9903510856 | incorporation doctrine | the process by which the Bill of Rights was extended to the states and localities | 36 | |
| 9903510857 | writ of certiorari | A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court. | 37 | |
| 9903510858 | judicial restraint | a theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power | 38 | |
| 9903510859 | judicial activism | view that the courts should be lawmaking, policymaking bodies | 39 | |
| 9903510860 | Judicial Review | Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws (Marbury v Madison) | 40 | |
| 9903510861 | Mculloch v. Maryland | (1819) case that said federal law trumps state law | 41 | |
| 9903510862 | Warren Court | Became famous for landmark decisions such as Brown v. Board, Miranda v. Arizona, etc. | 42 | |
| 9903510863 | Griswold v. Connecticut | Established that there is an implied right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution | 43 | |
| 9903510864 | Baker v. Carr | One man, one vote | 44 | |
| 9903510865 | New York Times v. Sullivan | To libel a public figure, there must be "actual malice" | 45 | |
| 9903510866 | Largest portion of uncontrollable spending | Entitlements | 46 | |
| 9903510867 | 5th Amendment | The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process | 47 | |
| 9903510868 | 14th Amendment | Rights of Citizens, equal protection | 48 | |
| 9903510869 | Office of Management and Budget | the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget | 49 | |
| 9903510870 | Bureaucracy | Government agencies | 50 | |
| 9903510871 | 15th Amendment | States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race. | 51 | |
| 9903510872 | 24th Amendment | Abolishes poll taxes | 52 | |
| 9903510873 | 26th Amendment | Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 | 53 | |
| 9903510874 | War Powers Act | Limits the ability of the president to commit troops to combat. | 54 | |
| 9903510875 | Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties | Civil Rights are protection from discrimination while liberties protect from government | 55 |
