American Gov Final

Question 1

Political parties

Answer 1

• who controls the government
• organized groups that attempt to influence to government by electing their members to government offices
• democratic or republican

Question 2

interest groups

Answer 2

group of individuals who orginize to influence the governements programs and policeis

Question 3

traditional participation

Answer 3

• wide range of activities used to influence government, politics, and policies
• voting, signing petitions, attending rallies, attending public meetings, etc.

Question 4

Virtual participation

Answer 4

• gives citizens access to political information about candidates and campaigns
• examples: discussing issues through social media, posting comments on blogs, and etc.

Question 5

Primary election

Answer 5

-elections within a political party to select each parties candidates for the general elections. Us is the only nation in the world to use primary elections

Question 6

Closed Primary

Answer 6

only registered members of a political party may vote in a primary election to select that parties candidates

Question 7

open primary

Answer 7

allows all registered voters to choose on the day of the primary in which party’s primary they will participate

Question 8

general election

Answer 8

regularly scheduled election involving most districts in the nation or state, in which voters decide who wins office

Question 9

ballot initiative

Answer 9

proposed laws passed by a legislator to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection

Question 10

referendum election

Answer 10

The practice of referring proposed laws passed by a legislator to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection

Question 11

iron triangle

Answer 11

dynamics of policy making between congress, bureaucrasy, and intrest groups.

congress: takes care of funding and political support, & friendly leglislation and oversight

Bureaucrasy: takes care of low regulation, and special favors and policy choices and execution

intrest groups: electorial support, and congressional support via lobby

Question 12

incumbent

Answer 12

candidates that held the position beforehand

- has more than double the amount of money for the campaign than challengers

Question 13

gerrymandering

Answer 13

• manipulation of electoral districts to serve the interests of a particular group
• when party members influence and modify electoral

Question 14

gerrymandering: cracking

Answer 14

voters with similar charecteristics are seperated across multibel districs in to weaken thier voting strength divided

Question 15

gerrymandering: packing

Answer 15

when similar voters are placed into as little districts as possible in order to strengthen the voting of specific districts

Question 16

standing committee

Answer 16

power to propose and write legislation, most important arenas of congressional policy making

Question 17

select committees

Answer 17

• temp do not have power to present leglislation to full congress
• set up tp highlight a particual issue not whitin the jurisdiction of existing
• hold hearing and serve as focal points for the issues they are charged with considering

Question 18

joint committees:

Answer 18

• sentate and the house
• economic, taxation, library, and printing
• permenant but no power to report legislation

Question 19

conference commitees

Answer 19

• temporary joint committees whos members are appointed by the speaker of the house and presiding officer of the senate
• responsible for writing

Question 20

seniority

Answer 20

ranking giving to an individual on the basis of length of continuous service on committee congress

Question 21

Filibuster

Answer 21

• members of the senate can stop section on a legislation by staying on the floor and speaking until the majority backs down.
• unlimited time to speak
• ends with a cloture

Question 22

expressed powers

Answer 22

cant be revoked by the congress or any other agency without an amendemnet to the constitution

power to recieve ambassadors
make treaties
grant pardons
nominate judges and other public officials

Question 23

impaired powers

Answer 23

power to make treaty, necessary and proper clause

necessary for fulfilling expressedd powers

Question 24

delegated powers

Answer 24

powers given to the president by congress
running bureaucratic branches
constitutional powers that belong to someone else

Question 25

inherited powers

Answer 25

nature of what the gov does limits on presidential power -daca -dapa

Question 26

incumbent

Answer 26

- when candidates rerun for positions that they already hold - incumbents have more than double the amount of money for their campiegns than challengers.

Question 27

Bureaucracy

Answer 27

form of orginization, structures of offiecs,tasks,rules and priciples used to make things more effiecient. -implement,administer, and regulte

Question 28

dept

Answer 28

- works under gov - largest subunit of executive branch - secretaries of the 15 depts

Question 29

independent regulatory commisions

Answer 29

function indpendently, runs itself, not considedered administrative agency or part of prez rule ex: fcc

Question 30

regulatory agencies

Answer 30

mini legleslatures | rule like leglislation but require full time attention

Question 31

trial court

Answer 31

1st court to hear the criminal or civil case held in front of a judge or jury who determines if they violated the law if convicted can appear in front of court of appeals

Question 32

court of appeals

Answer 32

hears the appeals of trial court decisions must prove that there was an error in trial court

Question 33

supreme court

Answer 33

-highest court - article 3 gives supreme court original jurisdiction -

Question 34

writ of habeus corpus

Answer 34

- right to appear before judge and be told what ur being arrested for - can dispute legal basis on confinement