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29 Cards in this Set
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Government
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Institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are rules
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Substantive limits
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Limits on the government regarding what they are permitted to control
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Procedural limits
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Upon how the government is supposed to act
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Political culture
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Broadly shared values beliefs and attitudes about how the government should function
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What unalienable rights we're stipulated in the Declaration of Independence
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Life Liberty pursuit of happiness
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Separation of powers
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Division of power among several institutions that must cooperate on decision making
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Bicameral
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Legislative Assembly composed of two chambers or houses
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How can the president check Congress power to pass a bill
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Can check Congress by vetoing abilit has past. checks and balance system
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Federal system
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A system of government in which the national government scheire power with lower levels of government. States
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What political party demanded a bill of rights as the price of ratification of the Constitution
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The anti-federalists
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Selective incorporation
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The process by which different protection in the Bill of Rights were incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment
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List the rights found in the First Amendment
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Speech press religion assembly petition . All of above
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The fourth fifth sixth and eighth amendments are largely intended to protect a person who is accused of committing a blank
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Crime
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What percent of black school age children in the Deep South attended schools with white ten years after the brown case
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Less than 1%
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Affirmative action
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Compensation to overcome consequences of post discrimination
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Public opinion
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Citizens attitudes about political issues , leaders, institutions and events
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Political ideology
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Is a cohesive set of believes that forms a general philosophy
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Define equal time ro
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TV has to sell time equally
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Political parties
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To get a candidate elected
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What is the primary purpose of elections in democracy
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Protect minorities promotes accountability and provides legitimacy
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describe the relationship between the government and the media in the United States
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Government doesn't own media but it regulates it
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What is the primary goal of an interest group
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It is organized group of people makes public related appeals in favor of their interests
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Define lobbying
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An organized interest trying to influence the policies by pressuring Congress or state legislators
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Bicameralism
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Senate and House of Rep
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Describe how the House of Representatives and the Senate differ from each other
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House is more controlled and organized
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Gerrymandering
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Manipulating district s
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The president patterson tires are the most important when dealing with.
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Creating difference bills to pass with Congress
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Oversight
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Efforts to acccess Congress through hearings investigation and control over the activities
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Since the New Deal the blank has tended to give blank agencies broad mandates and to draft legistation the offers few clear standards or guidelines for implementation by executive
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Congress and executive
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