Key Vocabulary Terms
Ch. 1
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Authority
Benefit
Bureaucratic View
Class View
Client Politics
Cost
Creedal Passion View
Democracy
Direct/Participatory
Democracy
Elite
Entrepreneurial
Politics
Interest Group
Politics
Issue
Legitimacy
Log-Rolling
Majoritarian Politics
Pluralist View
Policy Entrepreneurs
Political Agenda
Politics
Pork-Barrel
Legislation
Power
Power Elite View
Representative
Democracy
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Ex Post Facto Law
Faction
Federalism
Federalists
Great Compromise
Habeas Corpus
Judicial Review
Line-item Veto
New Jersey Plan
Republic
Reserved Powers
Separation of Powers
Shays’ Rebellion
Unalienable
Virginia Plan
Ch. 3
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Categorical Grants
Conditions of Aid
Dual Federalism
Federalism
Grants-in-Aid
Initiative
Mandates
“Necessary &
Proper” Clause
Nullification
Police Power
Recall
Referendum
Waiver
Ch. 2
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Amendments
Antifederalists
Articles of
Confederation
Bill of Attainder
Bill of Rights
Checks and Balances
Coalition
Concurrent Powers
Constitutional
Convention
Enumerated Powers
Ch. 4
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Civic Competence
Civic Duty
Civil Society
Class-Consciousness
Orthodox
Political Culture
Progressive
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Clear-&-Present
Danger Test
Due Process of Law
Equal Protection of
the Laws
Establishment Clause
Exclusionary Rule
Freedom of
Expression
Freedom of Religion
Free-Exercise Clause
Good Faith Exception
Inevitable Discovery
Libel
Prior Restraint
Probable Cause
Public Safety
Exception
Search Warrant
Selective
Incorporation
Symbolic Speech
Wall of Separation
Ch. 6
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Affirmative Action
Civil Disobedience
Civil Rights
De Facto Segregation
De Jure Segregation
Equality of
Opportunity
Equality of Results
Police Powers
Reverse
Discrimination
Separate-But-Equal
Doctrine
Strict Scrutiny
Suspect Classification
Ch. 7
Ch. 5
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Civil Liberties
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Elite
Exit Polls
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Gender Gap
Norm
Political Elites
Political Ideology
Political Socialization
Poll
Public Opinion
Random Sample
Sampling Error
Ch. 8
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Activists
Australian Ballot
Grandfataher Clause
Literac Test
Political Participation
Poll Tax
Registered Voters
Voting-age
Population (VAP)
Voting-Eligible
Population (VEP)
White Primary
Ch. 9
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Caucus
Congressional
Campaign
Committee
Critical/Realignment
Periods
Ideological Party
Mugwumps/Progress
ives
National Chair
National Committee
National Convention
Office-bloc Ballot
Party-Column Ballot
Personal Following
Plurality System
Political machine
Political Party
Solidary Incentives
Split Ticket
Sponsored Party
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Straight Ticket
Superdelegates
Two-Party System
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527 Organizations
Blanket Primary
Closed Primary
Clothespin Vote
Coattails
General Election
Gerrymandering
Incumbent
Independent
Expenditures
Malapportionment
Open Primary
Political Action
Committee (PAC)
Position Issue
Primary Election
Prospective Voting
Retrospective Voting
Runoff Primary
Soft Money
Sophomore Surge
Valence Issue
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Ch. 10
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Ch. 11
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Earmark
Ideological Interest
Groups
Incentive
Interest Group
Lobbyist
Material Incentives
Political Cue
Public-Interest Lobby
Purposive Incentive
Ratings
Social Movement
Solidary Incentives
Ch. 12
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Adversarial Press
Background
Blog
Equal Time Rule
Feature Stories
Horse-Race
Journalism
Insider Stories
Loaded Language
Routine Stories
Selective Attention
Sound Bite
Trial Balloon
Ch. 13
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Bicameral Legislature
Caucus
Closed Rule
Cloture Rule
Concurrent
Resolution
Conference
Committee
Conservative
Coalition
Discharge Petitition
Divided Government
Division Vote
Double Tracking
Earmarks
Filibuster
Franking Privilege
Joint Committees
Joint Resolution
Majority Leader
Marginal Districts
Minority Leader
Open Rule
Partisan Polarization
Party Vote
Pork-Barrel
Legislation
Quorum
Restrictive
Riders
Roll-Call Vote
Safe Districts
Select Committees
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Simple Resolution
Speaker
Standing committees
Teller vote
Unified government
Veto
Voice Vote
Whip
Ch. 14
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Ad Hoc Structure
Bully Pulpit
Cabinet
Circular Structure
Divided Government
Electoral College
Gridlock
Impeachment
Legislative Veto
Line-item Veto
Pocket Veto
Pyramid Structure
Signing Statement
Unified Government
Veto Message
Ch. 15
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Appropriation
Authorization
Legislation
Bureaucracy
Committee
Clearance
Competitive Service
Discretionary
Authority
Government by
Proxy
Iron Triangle
Issue Network
Laissez-Faire
Legislative Veto
Name-request Job
Red Tape
Trust Funds
Ch. 16
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Activist Approach
Amicus Curiae
Brief
Class-Action Suit
Concurring Opinion
Constitutional Court
Courts of Appeals
Dissenting Opinion
District Courts
Diversity Cases
Federal-question
Cases
Fee Shifting
In Forma Pauperis
Judicial restraint
Approach
Judicial Review
Legislative Courts
Litmus Test
Opinion of the Court
Per Curium Opinion
Plaintiff
Political question
Remedy
Sovereign Immunity
Standing
Stare Decisis
Writ of Certiorari
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Deficit
Discretionary
Spending
Economic Planning
Entitlements
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Year
Globalization
Gross Domestic
Product
Keynesianism
Monetarism
Monetary Policy
National Debt
Sequester
Supply-side Theory
Ch. 19
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Bipolar World
Containment
Cost Overruns
Disengagement
Gold Plating
Human Rights
Isolationism
Military-Industrial
Complex
Polarization
Unipolar World
Worldviews
Ch. 17
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Assistance Program
Benefit
Charitable Choice
Client Politics
Cost
Environmental
Impact Statement
Insurance Program
Legitimacy
Majoritarian Politics
Means Test
Ch. 18
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Budget
Budget Resolution
Ch. 20
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