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Key Terms- $100
What is Party Identification?
A sense of affiliation that a person
has with a particular political party.
Key Terms- $200
What are lobbyists?
People who influence congressman
to support their issue
Key Terms- $300
A coalition is what?
The people who make up and support
a certain political party.
Key Terms- $400
What are block grants?
Money granted by the federal government to the
states for a broad purpose rather than for a narrow
purpose.
Key Terms- $500
What are Mandates?
Requirements imposed by the national
governments upon the states.
Court Cases- $100
This court case ordered state
legislative districts to be as near
equal as possible in population
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Court Cases- $200
This court case in the 1st
amendment which protects
campaign spending
Buckley v. Valeo
Court Cases- $300
Use of 14th Amendment’s equal
protection clause to stop the
Florida recount in the election of
2000.
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Court Cases- $400
This court case had no racial
gerrymandering; race can’t be the sole or
predominant factor in redrawing
legislative boundaries.
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
Court Cases- $500
This court case ordered house
districts to be as near equal in
population as possible.
Wesberry v. Sanders (1963)
Constitutional Underpinnings- $100
Congress has exercised implied
powers through the use of the?
Elastic clause
Constitutional Underpinnings- $200
A consequence of separation of
powers and checks and balances
has been:
Fragmented policymaking processes
Constitutional Underpinnings- $300
How is the membership of the
House of Representatives
determined?
Determined by the apportioned population of
the states.
Constitutional Underpinnings- $400
The term “winner take all” refers
to?
A candidate winning all of a
state’s electoral votes.
Constitutional Underpinnings- $500
Under the Articles of
Confederation where did most
governmental power rest in?
The state’s governments
Interest Groups/Political
Party/Media- $100
What are some reasons political
parties work and make sense?
They create competition, choice and
democracy
Interest Groups/Political
Party/Media- $200
What is a media event?
An event purposely staged for the media
and made to look spontaneous.
Interest Groups/Political
Party/Media- $300
What do PAC’S do?
They financially support candidates for
office.
Interest Groups/Political
Party/Media- $400
What two key events brought
about the Bipartisan Campaign
Reform Act of 2002?
1996 financial scandal involving Clinton
and the 200 Enron Scandal
Interest Groups/Political
Party/Media- $500
What creates PAC’S?
The Federal Election Campaign Act
Political Behaviors & Political
Parties- $100
What is one effect of growing
older?
Political participation increases with
age
Political Behaviors & Political
Parties- $200
What is the most common form
of voting in the United States?
Voting in presidential elections
Political Behaviors & Political
Parties- $300
What is the best predictor for
how a citizen votes?
Party Identification
Political Behaviors & Political
Parties- $400
What determines the party
platform?
national convention
Political Behaviors & Political
Parties- $500
What has happened in American
elections over the past 50 years?
Suffrage has broadened, and the
turnout has decreased
Miscellaneous- $100
What drives media coverage?
Technology and scandal
Miscellaneous- $200
Unlike interest groups, political
parties
Are policy generalists
Miscellaneous- $300
What translates inputs from the
public into outputs from the
policymakers?
Linkage institutions
Miscellaneous- $400
What molds the values a person
develops
Political socialization
Miscellaneous- $500
How is the membership of the
House of Representatives
determined?
by the apportioned population of the state’s