American Politics Test 2

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Nessisary and proper clause

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The congress has power to make laws that are nessisary and proper

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MCcoluck VS. maryland

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(1819) weather or not the government can charter a bank

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The new deal

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The gov has power. they can force the states to do stuff with money.

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How can the Gov Influence the States

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Grants and Mandates

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What Kinds of Grants are there?

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Block Grants, Categorical grants

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Unfunded Mandates

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When the Government tells a state to do something and dosent give them any money

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Block Grants

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More leeway as to how the money is spent

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categorical grants

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you apply for money then spend it under strict rules

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Civil liberties

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they affect individuals and come from the bill of rights and the 14th ammendmant

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Civil Rights

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affect groups and come from the civil rights movment and the civil war ammendmants 13-15

are rights and policys to distribute rights to historicly discriminated against groups

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Congress and states cannon pass?

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laws that punish you after the fact. they cannot throw you in jail for no reason.

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first ammendmant

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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the press
peacebly assemble
establishment of religion

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The 5th Amendmant

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Privot Property. does not apply to takeing privot property for public use.

dont have to give whitness against yourself. pleading the 5th

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Privot Property

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supream court has developed rulings about it

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3rd amendmant

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no solduir shall enter a house yada yada

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4th amendmant

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no search and seziers

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roe v. wade

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womans right to an abortion

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NAACP v. alabama

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Right to privot assosiations

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3 eras in civil rights

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Slavery 1865
Reconstruction 1865-1954
Civil rights movment 1954-presant

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Civil war amendmants

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13th ends slavery
14th citizenship rights to all
15th right to vote

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jim crow laws

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the souths response to the civil war amendmants.
poll tax
literacy tests
segrigation

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plessy v. furguson

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seperate but equal is constitutional

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NAACP wanting to overturn plessy

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appeal to what the judges liked

missiori v. gains 1938
law school cases

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Brown v. board of education

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1954. 9-0 ruleing seperate but equal is not consitituational

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civil rights act 1954

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made racial descrimination illigal

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de jure descrimination

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discrimination arising from laws

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de facto discrimination

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discrimination arising from upbringing

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House

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member runs every 2 years.
based on population/districts
NC has 13

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senators

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senators run every 6 years. every state has 2

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Goals for Representatives (house/senate)

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REALECTION!!
pursue good public policy
influence within the chamber. how long they have been in the house or senate.

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duties of a representative

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legislators
comittees
representatives or your people or constituents
Realection

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trustees

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they will use there better judgement to vote accordingly

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delegates

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they always vote with there consituents no matter what

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politicos

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a combination of delegates and trustees

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how do representatives serve there consituents

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help with student loans
help cut threw the red tape
help buisnesses gain gov contract
Sitting in office hours

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Congress responsibilities

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lawmaking v. representation
lawmaking-make laws that solve national problems

obtain money for state or district

Representation-serve constituents in the states. protect your state or district.

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earmark

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when you slip in a sentence about how a little bit of money from a bill must go to a specfic state or district

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types of representation

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Policy
Descriptive-when they look like there constituents
allocative-want to give money and good/services to there constituents.
Case work-helping constituents do things. student loans ect...
sybolic- act as a symbol to a district. if people dont like there own.

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Steps in a bill becoming a law

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Drafting an introduction
referal to standing comittee
Vote
house rules comitee
Floors consideration
confrence comitee
vote on confrence report
sent to president. sighn bill becomes law.
congress can overide veto with 3/4 majority

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Jerry mandering

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when district lines are drawn. one party draws them in there favor.

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Racial Jerry mandering

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when lines are drawn to favor a certain race

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Double Expectations Gap

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The president is limited by the congress and the courts. there is a double expectations of him

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2 term limit

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1950's presidents can only serve 2 terms

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presidents gain power?

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through actions done that stick

through presidents willingness to use there pursuation powers on congress and the public

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powers to pursuade
what are the powers to pursuade?

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sets the national agenda.
Bargins with members of congress

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when is the president most likley to pursuade?

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when his party is dominate in the house or senate