Flashcards: Politics of the United States

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de octubre), the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, tr. Karibskij krizis), or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is an independent agency of the United States government.

The "51st state", in post-1959 American political discourse, is a phrase that refers to areas or locales that are – seriously or facetiously – considered candidates for U.

Graham E. Fuller (born November 28, 1937) is an American author and political analyst, specializing in Islamic extremism.

The presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when Obama became the 44th President of the United States.

Militia organizations in the United States are private organizations that include paramilitary or similar elements.

The Tea Party movement is an American political movement known for its conservative positions and its role in the Republican Party.

Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997.

This is a United States territorial acquisitions and conquests list, beginning with American independence.

Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior secret society at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic.

The political parties in the United States are political parties in American politics that were mostly dominated by a two-party system.

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The visa policy of the United States deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter the United States must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel to, enter and remain in the United States.

Camp David is the country retreat of the President of the United States.

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, often referred to as the Ford School, is a leading public policy school at the University of Michigan.

United States lawful permanent residency is the immigration status of a person authorized to live and work in the United States of America permanently.

Religion in the United States is remarkable in its high adherence level compared to other developed countries.

Term limits in the United States apply to many offices at both the federal and state level, and date back to the American Revolution.

Asian Americans have a high level of political incorporation in terms of their actual voting population.

Overpass Light Brigade (OLB) is an activist collaborative public art project based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and organized by American artists Lane Hall and Lisa Moline and photographer Joe Brusky.

Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System is a 2008 book by Daniel Pope, a history professor at the University of Oregon, which traces the history of the Washington Public Power Supply System, a public agency which undertook to build five large nuclear power plants, one of the most ambitious U.

The calling of a Second Constitutional Convention of the United States is a proposal made by some scholars and activists from both the right wing and left wing of the political spectrum for the purpose of making substantive reforms to the United States Federal government by rewriting its Constitution.

Early in its history, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) had a series of negative encounters with the United States federal government.

Hispanic and Latino Americans have received a growing share of the national vote in the United States by their growing number.

The Snow Papers, by Richard Smart, is a book whose central theme is the author's period of addiction to cocaine.

The politics of New England has long been defined by the region's political and cultural history, demographics, economy, and its loyalty to particular U.

The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity (2004) is a treatise by political scientist and historian Samuel P.

This article is about the climate change policy of the United States under the George W.

The politics of global warming is played out at a state and federal level in the United States.

The Marist Poll, founded in 1978, is a national public opinion poll operated by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion (MIPO) on the campus of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.