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Congress Unit Terms

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United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
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Utah State Legislature
Logrolling
Article One of the United States Constitution
House of Representatives of the Philippines
United States congressional committee
41st Canadian Parliament
Tom DeLay

20. delegates political activists selected to vote at a party's national convention 21. earmarks Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents. 22. enumerated powers The powers explicitly given to Congress in the Constitution. 23. filibuster a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches. 24. franking privilege benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage- free 25. Gerrymandering The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent. 26. House elections elections are held every two years on the even years. Candidates are voted on by a specific district in the state they represent. 27. House Rules

AP Government in America 12th Edition Chapter 2 summary

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Human development
behavior
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Human behavior
Attachment theory
Personal life
Politics
Technology

Summary of Chapter 2: What government should do to benefit its people is a top central to questions of America?s government.
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AP Government in America 12th edition Chapter 1 Summary

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Technology

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APUSH Chap 27 outline

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Soviet Union–United States relations
Presidency of Harry S. Truman
Cold War
Government
Politics of the United States
History of the United States
Aftermath of World War II
Harry S. Truman
NSC-68
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politics

Linda Zhang Mrs. Hardgrove APUSH Period 6 APUSH Chapter 27 Outline The Early Cold War US+USSR two most powerful nations USSR wanted to create a buffer zone of friendly governments in Eastern Europe Cold War- a protracted economic, political, and military conflict that spread all around the world Republicans called for return to isolationism Cold War also fostered a climate of fear and suspicion that led to a hunt for ?subversives? in government, education, and the media Cold War was in reality a more complex struggle over a broad range of ideological, economic, and strategic Issues Sources of Conflict Nation?s gross national product soared, growing by 1945 to 3X that of the USSR USSR lost 20 million+ people in WWII (1/9 of pop) USSR greatest asset was its military

chapter 10 keyterms

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Parliamentary procedure
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United States Senate
United States Congress
United States House of Representatives
filibuster
United States congressional committee
Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives
Nuclear option
Social Issues

Chapter 10 Key terms Appropriations: Budget legislation that specifies the amount of authorized funds that will actually be allocated for agencies and departments to spend. Authorizations: Budget legislation that provides agencies and departments with the legal authority to operate. Casework: The assistance members of Congress provide to their constituents; includes answering questions and doing personal favors for those who ask for help. Cloture: A method of stopping a filibuster by limiting debate to only twenty more hours; requires a vote of three-fifths of the members of the Senate. Conference committee: A committee composed of members of both houses of Congress that is formed to try to resolve the differences when the two houses pass different versions of the same bill.

Chapter 11 key terms

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Presidency of the United States
Executive branch of the United States government
United States law
President of the United States
veto
Presidency
United States Congress
Signing statement
United States Constitution
Impeachment
law

Chapter 11 Key-terms Chief executive: the role of the president serves as Head and chief administrator of the federal bureaucracy. Commander-in-chief: the president?s constitutional role as head of the Armed Forces with power to direct their use. Executive office of the president (EOP): the president?s personal bureaucracy that monitors the work done in Canada department and agencies. Executive orders: rules or regulations issued by the president that have the force of law; issue to implement constitutional provisions are statues. Executive privilege: the authority of a president to withhold specific types of information from the courts and Congress.

Public Opinion

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Survey methodology
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Political Socialization
September 11 attacks opinion polls
Social Issues
Politics

Public Opinion (how people feel about things) and the Media most Americans= general public- care about the political issues that affect their day-to-day lives directly issue public- focus on one political issue- based on voters activity on the issue Characteristics of Public Opinion Saliency- degree to which it is important to a person or group of people Intensity- how strong people feel about a particular issue Stability- how public opinion changes over time measured indirectly through elections and directly through public opinion polls Polls Measure Public Opinion method of random sampling- poll what people in an area think on a particular subject sampling error- how far off the poll results may be Where does Public Opinion Come From?

AP US Government and Politics (Constitutional Underpinnings)

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james madison
Federalism in the United States
Politics
Government
Political philosophy
United States Constitution
United States Bill of Rights
Federal government of the United States
Constitutional amendment
federalism
United States Congress
Supreme Court of the United States

The Constitutional Underpinnings Enlightenment Philosophies (Framers of the Constitution)- 18th century Thomas Hobbes book: Leviathon believed the best way to protect life was to give power to an absolute monarch John Locke book: Second Treatise on a Civil Government believed that life, liberty, and property need to be respected Charles de Montesquieu book: The Spirit of Laws advocated for the separation of power into three branches of government Jean Jacques Rousseau believed in a social contract- government freely formed with the consent of the people The Articles of Confederation- led to the Constitution Accomplishments won the Revolutionary War (negotiated the treaty that would end the revolutionary war) established the Northwest Ordinance- methods by which states enter the Union

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