Gov. Test 4

Front 1

Define Bill of attainder

Back 1

person guilty of a crime that carries the death penalty rendered without benefit of trial.

Front 2

Define Bill of Rights

Back 2

first 10 amendments that list the freedoms of its citizens

Front 3

Define Ex post Facto

Back 3

Cannot be charged for an action that done prior to a law being enacted.

Front 4

What is the privileges and immunities clause

Back 4

portion of article 4 section 2 that states out of state citizens have the same legal rights as local citizens

Front 5

Define Prior Restraint

Back 5

freedom of press where you cant print something that may cause harm to others

Front 6

Define Full Faith and Credit Clause

Back 6

article 4 section 1 that states must respect the public acts, laws, and judicial rulings of other states

Front 7

Define Selective Incorporation

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The gradual and piecemeal incorporation of the protections of the bill of rights by the supreme court

Front 8

What is the separate but equal doctrine

Back 8

principle in plessy vs ferguson that lasw prescribing seperate public facilities for non whites is ok as long as the standards are the same.

Front 9

Define Strict Scrutiny

Back 9

the assumption by the court that actions by elected bodies or officials violate constitutional rights

Front 10

What is Due Process Clause

Back 10

amendment that prohibits states from depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, a guarantee against unfair gov. action

Front 11

Define Economic Liberty

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The right to own and use property free from excessive government spending for social programs.

Front 12

What is the Equal Protection Clause

Back 12

the amendment that provides equal protection of the laws to all citizens

Front 13

What is the establishment Clause

Back 13

Part of first amendment that prohibits the government from creating an official religion, basis for separation of church and state

Front 14

Define Affirmative Action

Back 14

programs of both public and private institutions to hire minorities to compensate for past actions

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Define Civil Rights

Back 15

Guarantees of equal treatment by government officials regarding political rights, judicial system, and public programs

Front 16

Define De Facto Discrimination

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Unequal treatment by private individuals, groups, or organizations (china town)

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Define De Jure Discrimination

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Unequal treatment based on government laws and regulations

Front 18

Define Grandfather Clause

Back 18

a devise that allowed whites who failed the literacy test to vote if their ancestors voted before 1867

Front 19

Define Jim Crow Laws

Back 19

legally sanctioned racial segregation that took place in the south

Front 20

Define White Primaries

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Primary elections open only to whites

Front 21

Define Poll Tax

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a tax to be paid as a condition of voting, made to keep blacks from voting in the south

Front 22

Define Literacy Test

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test used to keep blacks from voting usually requiring them to interpret an article of the constitution

Front 23

Define Equal Employment Opportunity

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set up to allow equal opportunities to all workers, not based on race, religion, sex

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Equal Protection Clause

Back 24

provides equal protection of the laws to all people

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Superpower

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A nation armed with nuclear weapons and can project force anywhere

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Softpower

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influence in the world through the desire for its culture, goods, ect

Front 27

What was the Cold War

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Period of tense relations between the US and Soviet Union from the 50's through the 80's

Front 28

Define Public Policy

Back 28

What the government does usually in the form of new laws or interpretation of old ones

Front 29

Define Distributive Policies

Back 29

Government policies targeted at narrowly defined groups or individuals

Front 30

Define Depression

Back 30

Severe and prolonged drop in economic activity

Front 31

What is the Federal Reserve Board

Back 31

The body responsible for the deciding the monetary policies of the US

Front 32

Define Fiscal Policies

Back 32

Gov. efforts to affect overall output and incomes in the economy through spending and taxing policies.

Front 33

Inflation

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a condition of rising prices and diminished purchasing power of money

Front 34

Monetary policy

Back 34

gov. efforts to affect the supply of money and the level of interest rates in the economy

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Redistributive Policies

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gov policies that transfer resources from one group or class to another

Front 36

Regulatory Policies

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gov policies that require a group or class of groups to change it behavior to some public purpose

Front 37

What are the types of civil liberties and go into depths on them a little

Back 37

speech, religion, press, rights to accused, privacy

Front 38

what are the civil rights

Back 38

gov guarantee that everyone is equal in politics judicial proceedings, access to gov programs ect

Front 39

know the group breakdowns of civil rights

Back 39

indian, black, women

Front 40

what are the two ways we dealt with the cold war

Back 40

containment-ways to actively prevent the spread of communism, truman doctrine-help people actively resist communism

Front 41

what was the marshal plan

Back 41

monetary aid to rebuild European allies and make NATO/Warsaw pact

Front 42

What is Macroeconomics and what role does it play in economic policy

Back 42

look at the economy in a broad view and it helps the fed look at it as a whole and guide its regulations on economy

Front 43

What are the type of taxes in texas

Back 43

general sales, motor fuel, vehicle and rental, oil/natural gas production, sin taxes

Front 44

explain what civil rights and civil liberties are and how they differ

Back 44

Rights-your basic right to be free and no forced into slavery Liberties are protection of treatment on all front