Vocabulary
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Unit One
Quiz One
consensus
government
nation
nation-state
social contracts
sovereignty
state
confederacy
constitution
constitutional government
constitutional law
developing nation
federal system
industrialized nation
politics
preamble
unitary systems
autocracy
democracy
free enterprise
monarchy
oligarchy
political party
republic
apartheid
consolidated democracies
life peers
parliamentary governments
presidential government
sanctions
Quiz Two
Mullah
Muslim
Shah
limited government
representative government
separation of powers
rule of law
embargo
revenue
cede
ordinance
ratify
unicameral
anarchy
extralegal
interstate commerce
Unit Two
Quiz One
amendment
arrest warrant
article
balanced budget
checks and balances
civil law
concurrent powers
delegated powers
due process of law
elastic clause
elastic clause
eminent domain
enabling act
enumerated powers
executive agreement
expressed powers
expressed powers
extradite
federal bureaucracy
federalism
impeach
implied powers
inherent powers
interstate compact
judicial activism
judicial restraint
judicial review
jurisdiction
lame duck
petition
poll tax
popular sovereignty
prior restraint
probable cause
ratify
reserved powers
search warrant
separation of powers
supremacy clause
supremacy clause
treaty
veto
Quiz Two
abridge
defamatory speech
establishment clause
free exercise clause,
gag order
human rights
incorporation
libel
parochial school
precedent
prior restraint
pure speech
secular
seditious speech
sequester
shield laws
slander
symbolic speech
Quiz Three
affirmative action
alien
amnesty
civil rights movement
collective naturalization
counsel
denaturalization
discrimination
double jeopardy
enemy alien
exclusionary rule
fundamental right
heckler’s veto
illegal alien
Jim Crow laws
jus sanguinis
jus soli
naturalization
non-resident alien
picketing
private law
rational basis test
resident alien
security classification system
self-incrimination
separate but equal doctrine
suspect classification
transcript
Unit Three
Quiz One
appropriations bill
bicameral legislature
bill
calendars
caucus
censure
census
cloture
conference committee
constituents
expressed powers
filibuster
gerrymander
implied powers
incumbent
interest group
interstate commerce
joint committee
lobbying
lobbyist
Quiz Two
majority leader
necessary and proper clause
pocket veto
president pro tempore
private bill
public bill
public interest group
quorum
reapportionment
redistrict
revenue bill
rider
select committee
seniority system
session
standing committee
subcommittee
veto
whips
Unit Four
Quiz One
amnesty
cabinet
central clearance
compensation
elector
electoral vote
executive agreement
executive order
forum
impoundment
leak
mandate
national security adviser
pardon
patronage
presidential succession
press secretary
reprieve
treaty
Quiz Two
bureaucrat
civil service system
client group
covert
de facto
deregulate
embassy
government corporation
injunction
iron triangle
liaison officer
procurement
spoils system
Quiz Three
ambassador
bilateral treaty
bipartisan
collective security
conscription
consul
consulate
containment
embassy
executive agreement
foreign policy
internationalism
isolationism
multilateral treaty
mutual defense alliance
national security
passport
regional security pact
sanction
treaty
visa
Unit Five
Quiz One
advisory opinion
amicus curiae
appellate jurisdiction
brief
concurrent jurisdiction
dissenting opinion
due process clause
grand jury
impound
indictment
judicial circuit
judicial review
litigant
majority opinion
opinion
original jurisdiction
per curiam opinion
petit jury
precedent
riding the circuit
senatorial courtesy
stare decisis
writ of certiorari
Quiz Two
administrative law
adversary system
affidavit
answer
arrest warrant
bloc
civil law
common law
complaint
constitutional law
contract
criminal justice system
criminal law
defendant
discovery
due process
equity
expressed contract
felony
grand jury
hung jury
implied contract
indictment
information
injunction
jury
law
mediation
misdemeanor
mortgage
ordinance
personal property
petty offense
plaintiff
plea bargaining
presumed innocence
procedural due process
real property
sentence
statute
statutory law
substantive due process
summons
swing vote
tort
verdict
Unit Seven
action alert
boss
campaign manager
caucus
closed primary
coalition government
cross-pressured voter,
direct primary
electronic mailing list
electronic petition
fairness doctrine
front-runner
grandfather clause
ideologies
image
independent
leak
libel
mass media
media event
national committee
national convention
news briefing
news release
nominating convention
open primary
partisan
patronage
planks
platform
plurality
political action committee
political party
poll tax
precinct
precinct captain
prior restraint
propaganda
proportional representation
runoff primary
shield law
single-member district
soft money
spot advertising
state central committee
straight party ticket
suffrage
theocracy
third party
ticket
ward