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• THE POWER TO DECLARE
WAR IS FOUND IN THIS
ARTICLE OF THE
CONSTITUTION

• Article 1

• THIS ARTICLE OF THE
CONSTITUTION IS THE
LONGEST AND MOST
DETAILED

• Article 1

• THIS IS THE NAME OF THE
COMPROMISE THAT CALLED
FOR BICAMERALISM

• Connecticut or Great
Compromise

• THIS WAS ADDED TO THE
CONSTITUTION
IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT
WAS RATIFIED

• Bill of Rights

• THIS IS THE NAME OF
POWERS SPECIFICALLY
GRANTED TO ONE OF THE
BRANCHES OF THE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

• Enumerated or Delegated
Powers

• THIS PROPOSAL CALLED
FOR A REPRESENTATION
BASED ON POPULATION

• Virginia Plan

• THIS COURT CASE
ESTABLISHED JUDICIAL
REVIEW

• Marbury v. Madison

• THIS IS THE FORM OF
GOVERNMENT WHERE
MOST CITIZENS
PARTICIPATE IN MAKING
PUBLIC POLICY

• Democracy

• THIS DOCUMENT WAS
SCRAPPED BECAUSE IT
WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO MODIFY

• Articles of Confederation

• A LEADER WHO APPEALS
TO THE EMOTIONS AND
PREJUDICES OF THE
PEOPLE IN ORDER TO GAIN
POLITICAL POWER

• Demagogue

• THIS AMENDMENT
REPEALED PROHIBITION

• 21st Amendment

• THIS IS THE PROPOSAL
MADE AT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION TO PROTECT
THE INTERESTS OF THE
SMALL STATES

• New Jersey Plan

• THESE THREE
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS FREED
SLAVES, GRANTED FORMER
SLAVES CITIZENSHIP, AND
GRANTED AFRICAN
AMERICANS THE RIGHT TO
VOTE

• 13 th , 14 th , 15 th Amendment

• THIS IS THE GROUP OF
PEOPLE LEAST LIKELY TO
VOTE

• 18 to 26 year olds

• THE PROCESS BY WHICH
INDIVIDUALS ACQUIRE
THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS
IS CALLED THIS

• Political Socialization

• UPPER SOCIOECONOMIC
VOTERS IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES WITH THIS
POLITICAL PARTY MOST
FREQUENTLY

• Republicans

• THIS RELIGIOUS GROUP
VOTES IN HIGH NUMBERS
AND USUALLY VOTE
DEMOCRAT

• Jewish

• THIS INTEREST GROUP
REPRESENTS THE ELDERLY

• AARP

• A CLOSED MEETING OF
PARTY LEADERS TO
CHOOSE CANDIDATES IS
CALLED THIS

• Caucus

• THIS LAW OUTLAWED THE
SPOILS SYSTEM

• Pendleton Act (Civil Service
Reform Act)

• THE TOP OFFICIAL OF EACH
POLITICAL PARTY HOLDS
THIS OFFICE

• Committee Chair

• ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE
TRADITIONALLY HELD ON
THIS DAY OF THE WEEK

• Tuesday

• THIS INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT RECEIVED
ELECTORAL VOTES IN 1968

• George Wallace

• JAMES MADISON USED THIS
TERM TO REFER TO WHAT
WE DESCRIBE AS INTEREST
GROUPS TODAY

• Factions

• THIS NETWORK CONNECTS
INTEREST GROUPS,
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES, AND
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

• Iron Triangles (issue networks)

• A PRIMARY ELECTION OPEN
TO MEMBERS OF ANY
PARTY GIVEN TO SELECT A
CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT

• Open primary

• THIS TYPE OF MONEY
(UNTIL RECENTLY) GIVEN
TO A POLITICAL PARTY HAS
NO LIMITATIONS

• Soft Money

• THIS POLITICAL PARTY
GAINED A MAJORITY IN
CONGRESS FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 40 YEARS IN 1996

• Republicans

• THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT
OF PARTY POLICY IS
CALLED THIS

• Platform

• WHERE NOMINEES FOR
PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT ARE FORMALLY
CHOSEN

• Nominating conventions

• INDIVIDUALS HIRED BY
PRIVATE INTEREST
GROUPS TO COMMUNICATE
AND PERSUADE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS TO ADOPT
POLICIES

• Lobbyists

• TURNING POINTS IN
POLITICAL PARTIES IN
WHICH THERE IS A SHIFT IN
THE MAKE UP OF THE
PARTY, THE MAJORITY
BECOMES THE MINORITY,
CHANGE TAKES PLACE
NATIONALLY AS WELL AS
LOCALLY ARE CALLED THIS

• Realigning elections (critical elections)

• THESE TWO STATES
NOMINATE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES EARLY – ONE
HOLDS A PRIMARY THE
OTHER A CAUCUS

• Iowa and New Hampshire

• THIS IS USED IN CONGRESS
TO CLEAR UP DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE TWO
HOUSES ON A BILL

• Conference committee

• THIS ALLOWS
CONGRESSMEN TO SEND
MATERIALS THROUGH THE
MAIL FREE OF CHARGE

• Franking privilege

• THIS INDIVIDUAL CASTS A
TIE-BREAKING VOTE IN THE
SENATE

• President of the Senate
(VPOTUS)

• THIS LAW WAS PASSED IN
THE 1970S TO ENSURE
CONGRESSIONAL
INVOLVEMENT IN SENDING
TROOPS INTO MILITARY
ACTION

• War Powers Act (War Powers
Resolution)

• CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS THAT ARE
GROSSLY INEQUAL ARE
CALLED THIS

• Gerrymandering

• DISTRICT LINES ARE
DRAWN HERE

• State legislatures

• THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE
ABILITY OF SENATORS TO
SPEAK FOR AN UNLIMITED
LENGTH OF TIME

• Filibusters

• THIS SENATE PROCESS
CUTS OFF DEBATE ON A
BILL

• Cloture

• THE PERMANENTLY
ESTABLISHED LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEES ARE CALLED
THIS

• Standing committees

• WHEN SUPREME COURT
JUDGES AGREE WITH THE
MAJORITY OPINION BUT
NOT THE REASONING, THEY
WRITE THIS

• Concurring opinions

• IN COURT PROCEEDINGS,
THIS GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS WILL DECIDE
IF THERE IS ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO INDICT AN
INDIVIDUAL

• Grand juries

• THIS OFFICER IN
CONGRESS IS THIRD IN
LINE TO SUCCEED THE
PRESIDENT

• President Pro-tempore

• THIS OFFICER IN
CONGRESS HAS THE JOB
OF ROUNDING UP VOTES

• Party whips

• THIS IS THE LEGAL TERM
FOR A CASE THAT HAS
BEEN GRANTED REVIEW BY
THE SUPREME COURT

• Writ of certiorari

• THIS IS THE NUMBER OF
VOTES NEEDED TO
OVERRIDE A PRESIDENT’S
VETO

• 2/3 votes

• THIS ALLOWS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO COTINUE
TO OPERATE EVEN IF THE
NEW BUDGET HAS NOT
BEEN PASSED

• Continuing resolution

• SOME MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WHO BELIEVE IT
IS THEIR DUTY TO VOTE ON
LEGISLATION, NOT BY
WHAT THEY BELIEVE, BUT
WHAT THEIR DISTRICTS
WANT ARE SAID TO BE
ACTING AS THIS

• Delegates

• AN INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENT THAT HAS THE
EFFECT OF A TREATY BUT
DOES NOT REQUIRE
SENATE RATIFICATION IS
CALLED THIS

• Executive agreements

• A LAWSUIT IN WHICH MANY
PLAINTIFFS ARE JOINED
TOGETHER IS CALLED THIS

• Class action lawsuit

• THE BUDGET
IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL
ACT OF 1974 CREATED THIS
OFFICE

• CBO (Congressional Budget
Office)

• THIS INDIVIDUAL
REPRESENTS THE UNITED
STATES IN CASES BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT

• Solicitor General

• THIS IS THE NUMBER OF
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
WHO MUST AGREE TO HEAR
A CASE

• 4 out of 9 (Rule of Four)

• A PRESIDENT MAY FIRE
CABINET HEADS BUT NOT
THE HEADS OF THESE

• IRCs (Independent Regulatory
Commissions)

• VOTE TRADING AMONG
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IS
CALLED THIS

• Logrolling

• THIS IS THE NUMBER OF
VOTES NEEDED IN THE
SENATE TO END A
FILIBUSTER

• 60

• A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE WHO DOES NOT
AGREE WITH THE
MAJORITY WRITE THIS

• Dissenting opinions

• A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE WHO BELIEVES
THE CONSTITUTION MUST
BE ADOPTED TO TODAY’S
NORMS PRACTICES THIS

• loose construction (loose

• THIS IS THE NAME OF THE
FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED
TO THE SUPREME COURT

• Sandra Day O’Connor (no longer on court); Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan are the current women on the court)

• WHEN THE REPUBLICANS
TOOK OVER CONGRESS IN
1996, THEY PROMISED A
SERIES OF LEGISLATIVE
REFORMS KNOWN AS THIS

• Contract with America

• RACIAL SEGREGATION
THAT OCCURS BECAUSE OF
LAWS OR ADMINISTRATIVE
DECISIONS

• De jure segregation

• THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT WAS USED TO
NATIONALIZE THE BILL OF
RIGHTS

• 14 th Amendment

• THIS WAS THE FIRST
SUPREME COURT CASE TO
MENTION THE WORD
PRIVACY

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• THE MAPP V. OHIO RULING
ESTABLISHED THIS LEGAL
REQUIREMENT

• Exclusionary Rule

• THIS IS THE LEGAL TERM
TO DESCRIBE WRITTEN
DEFAMATION OF AN
INDIVIDUAL

• Libel

• THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION WOULD
HAVE GUARANTEED EQUAL
PROTECTION FOR WOMEN,
BUT IT WAS NEVER
RATIFIED

• ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)

• THIS IS THE NAME OF THE
LANDMARK SUPREME
COURT RULING ON
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

• University of California v. Bakke

• THIS TEST IS USED TO
DETERMINE IF A LAW
VIOLATES THE
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE

• Lemon Test

• THIS IS THE LEGAL ACTION
OF CONFERRING
CITIZENSHIP ON AN ALIEN

• Naturalization

• THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
REQUIREMENT FORBIDS
HOLDING A PERSON IN
CUSTODY

• Habeas corpus

• THIS SUPREME COURT
RULING DESCRIBES THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
LIMITATIONS ON
OBSCENITY

• Miller v. California

• THIS COURT CASE SAID
THAT BURNING A FLAG
WAS A FORM OF SPEECH

• Texas v. Johnson

• THIS COURT CASE
REQUIRES ALL CRIMINAL
DEFENDANTS TO BE
APPOINTED AN ATTORNEY

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• THESE WORDS THAT INCITE
VIOLENCE MAY BE LIMITED

• Fighting words

• THE LANDMARK RULING ON
ABORTION IS THIS CASE

• Roe v. Wade