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1
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Aristocracy

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Few, legitimate

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2
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Not in great compromise

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Automatically admit Canada

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3
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Gibson v Ogden

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Interstate commerce

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4
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Presidents party friends gain power?

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Coattail!

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5
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Is natural born citizen defined?

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Nope.

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6
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Government by many

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Democracy

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7
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Why did Britain tax the colonies?

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They needed moneys after The French and Indian war.

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8
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Congress’ vehicle to expand power

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The commerce clause

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9
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Primary goal of those in congress

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Get re elected.

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10
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Presidential directive

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Executive order

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11
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Ratting your buddy out for your own gain?

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The prisoners dilemma

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12
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Shays rebellion

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Uprising of farmers
Weak aoc
Block foreclosures
Inability to pay debt.

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13
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Freedom in spending money for states?

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Block grants

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14
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Already holds office

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The encumbant

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15
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Impeachment process

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House charges, senate convicts

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16
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Free rider problem

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Slackers more prevalent in large groups

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17
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Strong national government

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Federalist a

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18
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States have to change, but no money given.

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Unfounded mandates

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19
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Franking privileges

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Use postal service for free

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20
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Has a president ever been impeached?

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Nope

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21
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Exploitation of resources

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Tragedy of the commons

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22
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Virginia plan

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Unicameral legislature

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23
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Name a disadvantage of federalism

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Inconsistent policies

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24
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Special projects added?

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Pork barrel spending

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25
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Ratified in 1951?

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22nd amendment

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26
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Collective action costs?

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Transaction

Conformity

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27
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Great compromise?

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2 chamber legislature

Equal rep in one, population rep in the other.

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28
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What guarantees unmentioned powers?

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The tenth amendment

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29
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Conveys the wants of the party

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Party whips

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30
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Ratified the 1976 line of succession

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25th

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31
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All citizens participate

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Direct democracy

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32
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10 amendments?

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The bill of rights

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33
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House term limit

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Two years

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34
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Presiding officer of the senate

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President pro tempore

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35
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How many justices?

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9

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36
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Most frequent use of of amending

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Proposal by 2/3rd of both houses, 3/4 of star legislatures.

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37
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Federalism?

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Shared governments

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38
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How many congressional districts?

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It’s actually unset

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39
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Permanent committees specialized?

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Standing committees

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40
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Marbury v Madison

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Judicial review

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41
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All members of senate

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Selected by state legislatures

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42
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McCulloch v Maryland

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Nat government has more powers

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43
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Moving districts around to benefit yourself

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Gerrymandering.

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44
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What kind of committee deals with sensitive topics in the House of Representatives?

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Ad hoc committees

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45
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What is standing

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Having stake in he outcome of the case

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46
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Not defiency under the AOC?

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They’re all deficiencies.

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47
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Policy merge across all levels of government?

A

Marble cake!

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48
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West burry v sanders?

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Population

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49
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Cloture requires what voting fraction?

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3/5ths of the senate

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50
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Justice appointment process?

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Prez nominates

Senate approves

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51
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First primaries?

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Front loading

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52
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Who do we pay attention to during primaries?

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The firs states with primaries?

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53
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Significant lasting shift in the pattern of support for political parties

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Realignment

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54
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Characteristics of the political machine?

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Food, immigration, loyal, corrupt

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55
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Really awesome delegates at primaries?

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Super delegates.

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56
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Agencies, congress, and interest groups?

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Iron triangles

57
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Inferences from public opinion polls

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Salience

58
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What is not a reason for the decrease of political parties?

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Increased immigration

59
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Examples of media influence?

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Agenda setting, framing, priming

60
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What’s a less stable relationship?

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Issue network

61
Q

Publicly funded decrease influence of corporate money

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True

62
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Registered independents at primaries

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Semi closed

63
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Grassroots lobbying?

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Citizens lobbying congress through interest groups

64
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Media coverage?

A

Conflict
Negative
Scandal
President

65
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Are financial benefits selective?

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Nope

66
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What type of journalism results from media flocking?

A

Pack journalism

67
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Tactic used by interest groups

A

Everything

68
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Public action committees!

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Specialized organization that raise funds and donate to candidates

69
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Difference of opinions between male and female?

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The gender gap

70
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What happens when the people are journalists?

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Citizen journalism

71
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Party identification

A

A Factor in who they will vote for.

72
Q

How many members of the electoral college?

A

538

73
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How to recruit members?

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Selective benefits

74
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Questions that can’t be answered with a binary response.

A

Open ended questions.

75
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Journalism with sensational headlines?

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Yellow journalism

76
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Does the US churn out the most voters?

A

Nope!

77
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Who runs the elections?

A

State governers.

78
Q

Adding legislation to the ballot?

A

Initiative

79
Q

People that benefit from collective action, but don’t contribute.

A

Free riders

80
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12th amendment

A

Describes voting process?

81
Q

Incumbency advantage?

A

People in office have the upper hand.

82
Q

Unregulated money from parties

A

Soft money

83
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Institution, part of the exec branch, that’s part of the exec branch but not under prez control.

A

Independent reg. commissions

84
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Spoils system?

A

The winning party dispensing jobs!

85
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Doing what the boss wants

A

The principal agent problem

86
Q

After something goes wrong

A

Fire alarm

87
Q

Attempt to influence the courts?

A

Amicus curea

88
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Median voter theory

A

Candidates moving to the center

89
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Buckley v Valero

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Mandatory spending limits unconstitutional

90
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Who is least likely to vote?

A

The young

91
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What is not an advantage to the political party system?

A

Limiting the issues. One has nothing to do with the other.

92
Q

Acquiring political attitudes

A

Socialization

93
Q

Who is the Chief Justice?

A

John Roberts

94
Q

Exclusionary rule?

A

State can’t use illegally obtained evidence

95
Q

Burning flag made constitutional

A

TX v Johnson

96
Q

Schools unsegregated

A

Brown v board of edu

97
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Plessy v fergeson

A

Maintain separate but equal facilities

98
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Griswol v Connecticut

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Privacy in marital bed

99
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Baron v Baltimore

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Bill of rights doesn’t apply to states

100
Q

Not testify against oneself

A

5th amendment

101
Q

Segregation by law?

A

De Jure.

102
Q

Slowly incorporating BOR to states.

A

Selective incorporation

103
Q

Civil rights?

A

Protections provided by government

104
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Civil liberties

A

Protections from government

105
Q

Shenck v. US

A

Limitations to freedom of speech

106
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Where does it say that there is a right to privacy?

A

No where.

107
Q

Establishment clause?

A

Can’t favor one religion

108
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What reversed plessy v ferguson?

A

Brown v. Board of education

109
Q

Jim Crow laws?

A

Required segregation in public

110
Q

Right to speedy trial?

A

6th amendment

111
Q

Affirmative action?

A

Laws and policies for disadvantage

112
Q

How did they keep the blacks from voting?

A

Absentee voting

113
Q

Why did blacks move north?

A

Obtain electoral power

114
Q

Griswald

A

Privacy rights

115
Q

Is the government designed to be easy to change?

A

No

116
Q

Prayer in school against what?

A

Establishment of religion

117
Q

Right of assembly?

A

Provided in 1st

118
Q

If you have disabilities?

A

ADA

119
Q

Banned use of white primaries?

A

Smith v alright

120
Q

Minor tweaks in systems

A

Incrementalism

121
Q

Right against forced confessions?

A

Miranda

122
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Mapp v Ohio

A

Exclusionary rules

123
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Prior restraint?

A

Press can do whatever, just can’t guarantee what happens after.

124
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How did Virginia get around desegregation?

A

Made schools private

125
Q

What applied the BOR to the states?

A

The 14th amendment

126
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Gideon v. Wainwright

A

Legal counsel to indignant defendants

127
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Guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure

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4th amendment

128
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Banned segregation

A

Civil rights act of 1964

129
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Racial quotas ruled unconstitutional

A

Bache for UC

130
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Title VII

A

Include gender

131
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Freedom of the press

A

Near v.minnesota

132
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Gitlow v. New York

A

Free speech

133
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Cruel and unusual punishment?

A

8th amendment

134
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Dred Scott

A

Slaves are property

135
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Gay sex

A

Lawrence v. Texas

136
Q

Equal rights amendment designed for?

A

Women

137
Q

Protection against double jeopardy

A

5th amendment

138
Q

What did they take from the freedom riders?

A

Mattresses!!!!!!!!

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