Fill in the Blank Flashcards
_____ is a system in which governmental power is divided into two or more levels.
Federalism
_____ _____, or expressed powers, are ones specifically granted.
Enumerated Powers
Greatly enlarging the scope of national power and often stretching to cover congressional acts is often referred to as the ____ _____.
Elastic Clause
_____ is the legal process of returning an alleged criminal to the state in which he is charged.
Extradition
Federal _____-___-____ represent a major portion of the federal budget as well as a key force in implementing national policies on the local level.
Grants-in-aid
_____ _____ is when a citizen votes for candidates of both parties for different offices
Ticket Splitting
_____ ____ are formed around a particular political issue or agenda
Interest Groups
The _____ _____ _____ represents one of our two major political parties and is currently choosing between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for their nominee.
Democratic National Convention
A _____ _____ is a state-run election for the purpose of selecting the party nominee.
nominating primary
A _____ is a small meeting of a party’s top leaders and legislators in Congress.
caucus
A _____ is generally known as one whose political view seeks to change the political economic, and social status quo to encourage the development and well-being of the individual.
Liberal
The political party’s major purpose is to _____ or name candidate for public office.
nominate
Democrats and Republicans dominate what is known in America as the _____ _____ _____.
Two-Party System
The _____ was first used by the Anti-Mason Party in 1831 and is an assembly of party representatives.
Convention
The _____ _____ _____ represents one of our two major political parties and is currently choosing between six candidates, including Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, for their nominee.
Republican National Convention
Expenses by a person or group that desires to help elect or defeat a candidate; made without the candidate’s knowledge or support
Independent expenditures
Campaign money raised apart from federal regulations and given to local, state, and national party organizations or PACs to be used for voting-related activities
Soft money
To vote (to officially enroll for the purpose of voting)
Register
Paid advertisements used by state and local candidates
Spots
“Wide open” primary in which every voter receives a ballot listing all party candidates for nomination and selects one candidate for each office.
Blanket Primary
A primary in which participants must be registered as members of one party and may vote only for the candidates from that party.
Closed Primary
Preliminary election held to select candidates and/or delegates to the party’s convention.
Direct Primary
Current office holder
Incumbent
Occurs when one desirous of running for a particular office announces his intention of running or has someone else make the announcement
Independent Announcement
The election used to fill elective offices; at the national level it is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
General Election
_____ is simply using various techniques to select and manipulate info so as to persuade or influence people effectively.
Propaganda
Radio and television stations are licensed and regulated by the _____ _____ _____.
Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
_____ is published false statements that injure one’s reputation
Libel
_____ _____ means that the government cannot review and censor info before it is presented to the public.
Prior Restraint
_____ _____ _____ work on behalf of candidates deemed favorable to its goals.
Political Action Committee (PAC)
Compromise at the Constitutional Convention led to the creation of a _____ or two-house congress.
bicameral
After each census, state legislatures actually redraw the congressional district lines to reflect population shifts, and the procedure is called _____.
reapportionment
Each district is a _____ _____ district, having one representative elected from a given region.
single-member
When members of different parties join together in support of or in opposition to a bill because of some common interest, they form a _____.
coalition
The Majority and _____ _____ are in charge of communications between party members iIn the House or Senate
minority whips
The president is in charge of _____ _____, which are military operations that are unknown to the public.
covert operations
The president uses his annual _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ to establish a legislative agenda.
state of the Union speech
The _____ _____ veto allows the president to veto party of a bill without venting the entire bill.
line-item
_____, or bringing charges against the president or major federal officials, can be carried out only by a majority vote in the House of Representatives.
Impeachment
The _____ _____ _____ is an agency with the Executive office which serves the president in management, intelligence, and economic matters.
National Security Council
