AP Exam Flashcards

13652767336	4 functions of government	keep order, provide services, provide security, guide the community	0
13652771296	Major goals of framers (4)	Strong gov, protect states, protect liberty, popular consent	1
13652782598	concurrent powers (5)	Levy taxes, borrow money, spend for welfare, make laws, charter banks	2
13652789708	National powers (9)	Commerce, coinage, army, declare war, federal courts, foreign relations, territories, immigration	3
13652798004	State Powers (5)	Interstate commerce, local govs, education, protect welfare, regulate corporations	4
13652806454	Executive>Legislative (3)	Veto, special session, execute laws	5
13652811341	Legislative>Executive (5)	Impeach, override, investigation, approve treaties & appointments, makes budget	6
13652823483	Judicial>Executive	Review	7
13652828131	Executive>Judicial (3)	Nominates, pardons, execution	8
13652836348	Judicial>Legislative	Review	9
13652839394	Legislative>Judicial (5)	Determines size, impeach judges, rewrite legislation, amendments, judicial nominees	10
13652851143	Article 1, Section 1	All lawmaking power in Congress	11
13652854095	Article 1, Section 4	Elections and meetings	12
13652856298	Article 1, Section 5	Rules	13
13652858377	Article 1, Section 6	Rights and duties of Congressmen	14
13652861499	Article 1, Section 7	making laws	15
13652861500	Article 1 Section 8	Powers of Congress	16
13652864883	Article 1, Section 9	Powers denied to Congress	17
13652864884	Article 1, Section 10	powers denied to the states	18
13652868981	Article 2, Section 1	office of the president	19
13652870510	Article 3, Section 1	one supreme court and inferior courts	20
13652872083	Article 3, Section 3	treason	21
13652876615	Article 4, Section 3	new states	22
13652878145	Article 4, Section 4	Protection of states	23
13652880839	Article 5	Proposed 2/3, ratified 3/4	24
13652882707	Article 6	Debts, Supremacy, Oaths	25
13652887319	5th Amendment (5)	Self-incrimination, grand jury, double jeopardy, eminent domain, due process of law	26
13652895295	6th Amendment	Right to a speedy trial	27
13652896543	16th Amendment	income tax	28
13652896544	17th Amendment	Direct election of senators	29
13652897756	20th Amendment	No more lame duck	30
13652898932	22nd Amendment	Limits the president to two terms.	31
13652900422	policy fragmentation	Policy doesn't deal with entire problem	32
13652902004	mixed ecomony	Both government and industry play a role	33
13652905852	Keynesian economics	government can smooth out business cycles	34
13652908318	supply-side economics	Cut taxes to increase production	35
13652911936	Federal Reserve Board	Moves interest rates	36
13652913045	reserve requirement	Amount of money banks must have on hand	37
13652916727	discount rate	Interest banks must pay to Fed Banks	38
13652921682	open market operations	Trade of government bonds	39
13652924200	authorization committees	Decides what programs Congress wants to fund	40
13652926006	Appropriation committees	Decides how much money to give	41
13652929489	Budget Reform Act	Made CBO	42
13652933689	Budget Enforcement Act	Steamlined budget process, made it easier to compromise	43
13652936313	balance of trade	ratio of imported products to exported products	44
13652940196	Trade deficit	imports exceed exports	45
13652942361	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)	Made World Trade Organization	46
13652948132	Great Society	LBJ: expanded welfare	47
13652949503	Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)	Maintains recipient's standard of living	48
13652952729	Gross Domestic Product	Number of goods and services produced	49
13652953804	Obamacare	Fines individuals without healthcare	50
13652959590	implied powers	Not stated powers for Congress	51
13652960671	inherent powers	Never stated powers for president	52
13652964005	How was the Commerce clause expanded? (2)	Only Congress and anything affecting commerce	53
13652968331	House only things (4)	Rules Committee, formal, germane, Ways and Means Committee	54
13652972057	Senate only things (3)	Riders, hold, filibuster	55
13652974715	fiscal policy	Tax and spending	56
13652975958	mandatory spending	Spending required by law	57
13652980770	___ of the budget is mandatory spending	2/3	58
13652984426	Expressed powers of president (5)	Veto, commander-in chief, treaties, nominations, state of the union	59
13652992425	Inherent Powers of the President (4)	Executive agreements, executive order, bully pulpit, signing statement	60
13652998898	United States v. Lopez	Possession of handgun is not commerce	61
13653004294	New York Times v. US	Publication must cause "grave and irreparable" danger	62
13653007857	Baker v. Carr	Redistributing is justiciable by federal courts	63
13653009955	Shaw v. Reno	No racial gerrymandering	64
13786293071	6 functions of congress	lawmaking, representation, service to constituents, oversight, public education, and conflict resolution	65
13786322168	Issue network	Groups that work togetherness on policy	66
13786537758	Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Bill, 1985	Set budget reduction targets to balance budget. Failed to eliminate loopholes.	67
13786789763	Gibbons v. Ogden	Only congress can regulate interstate commerce	68
13786801260	Gitlow v. New York	First use of selective incorporation	69
13786814174	Weeks v. US or Wolf v. Colorado	exclusionary rule	70
13786832249	Cantwell v. Connecticut	free exercise of religion	71
13786845569	Miller v. California	established obscenity test	72
13786852652	New York Times v. Sullivan	Defines libel and slander	73
13803740505	runoff primary	When no candidate receives a majority of votes, an election held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the primary	74
13803754389	delegate	Pledged to a certain candidate	75
13803763726	Superdelegates	National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot	76
13803772705	McGovern-Fraser Commission	Delegates represented by proportion of population in each state	77
13803785143	Super Tuesday	Day of primaries	78
13803802036	Frontloading	Moves primary	79
13803810498	Rational voting	Candidate furthers personal interest	80
13803816376	retrospective voting	Voting based on candidate's past	81
13803826173	Prospective voting	Voting based on candidate's future	82
13803829541	Party-line voting	candidates by their party affiliation	83
13803853015	PACs	Corporations that raise campaigns funds	84
13803859901	527 groups	Tax-exempt organizations that engage in political activities	85
13803880364	Dealignment	voters losing identification with any party	86
13803883607	Realignment	Coalitions of a party fall apart	87
13803914916	critical election	New party comes to dominate politics	88
13803925209	influence peddling	using personal friendships to get political advantage	89
13803935841	Federal Action Campaign Act	Created PACs	90
13803995594	Alien and Sedition Acts	Made it illegal to say anything bad about the government	91
13804006126	Pendleton Act	Merit system	92
13804042251	Reed v. Reed	Discrimination against women is unconstitutional	93
13804060309	New Jersey v. TLO	School searches without warrants are allowed	94
13804080885	Disadvantages of Federalism (3)	Inflexible, complex, conflicts of authority	95
13804103505	Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier	School newspapers can be censored	96
13804124941	Hobbes	Government is social contract	97
13804130990	Locke	Inalienable rights	98
13804133772	Baron de Montesquieu	separation of powers	99
13804147299	Federal Election Campaign Act	increased disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns	100
13804153632	Budget and Impoundment Control Act	creates CBO and makes impoundment illegal	101
13804183352	Rousseau	People make sure power	102
13804194244	Tocqueville	America "exceptional"	103
13804208205	National Voter Registration Act	"Motor voter Act"- voters can register when they get their driver's license	104
13804224313	Patriot Act	Strong government for terrorism	105
13804235087	No Child Left Behind Act	National regulation of education	106
13804267135	Brutus 1 why federalism is bad (5)	-Necessary and proper clause too powerful -all important powers national -no limit in taxing -standing army -federal courts destroy state courts	107
13842530425	Block grants	"Block" of money set aside for a broad purpose: little strings attached: favored by states	108
13842532952	categorical grants	Grants with specific purpose: has regulations on how to spend it: favored by states	109
13842540960	What permits Congress to stimulate the economy?	Power to pass a federal budget	110
13842541882	libertarian ideology	Limited role of government	111
13842546338	Green Party (3)	environmentalism, social justice, diversity	112
13842551478	Reform party (3)	Balance Money, immigration restriction, and popular vote	113
13842570241	Democratic Party	Government involvement, welfare	114
13842573199	Republican	Pro-business	115
13842578649	Whig Party	opposed policies of Andrew Jackson	116
13842584835	Populist Party (4)	"Free silver," public ownership of railroads, immigration restriction, direct election of senators	117
13842610500	Progressive Party	Progressive policies	118
13842612948	Socialist Party	Worker's rights, collective ownership of means of production	119