Government Flashcards
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System of public rule of authority
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Government
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Love and devotion to ones country
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Patriotism
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Command for the man to reflect the glories of the Maker across creation, back to his fellow man, and finally back to God
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Creation mandate
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Conformity to the standard of God’s character
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Righteousness
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God gave humans certain qualities that reflects his own qualities; reason, moral capacity, spirituality, sociability, and emotions
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Image of God
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The result of the marring of Gods image; saying the humans are depraved
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Human depravity
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This punishment has been the defining right of human government
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Death penalty
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Not biased; fair and just
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Impartiality
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The act of obedience
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Submission
10
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The Father, Son and Holy Ghost
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The trinity
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The absence of government
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Anarchy
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Three branches of the government
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Executive, legislative, and judicial
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Document that marked the beginning of a democratic government in England
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English bill of rights
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Highest court in the United States
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Supreme Court
15
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Heart of the American government
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Constitution
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Under this government system the national government has little or no power
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Confederacy
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Governmental system allows for public participation
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Popular government
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The first people who practiced democracy
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Greeks
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Powers given to the national government by the Constitution that defines the limits of its authority
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Delegated powers
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Why were the founding fathers fearful of democracy
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It would lead to tyranny
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Chef executive officer of the United States
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The president
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Five principles of a democratic government
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Majority rule Equality Liberty Necessity of compromise Individual worth
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Term that means government by the people
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Democracy
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The official head of a parliamentary government
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Prime minister
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The system used to elect the US president; each state has a number of electors equal to that state's representation in Congress
Electoral college
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A form of monarchy in which the government usually is run by a democratically elected parliament and the monarch is merely a ceremonial head of state; candidate whose partying the legislature appoints the prime minister
Parliamentary system
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Condition in which a state has no functioning national government
Anarchy
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The lower house of Congress; representation is based on state population
House of Representatives
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Upper house in Congress; representation is equal for each state
Senate
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Is every European country a member of the European Union?
No
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The New England town meetings are an example of what type of government
Direct democracy
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Which Roman emperor issued the Edict of Milan in 313, effectively ending official persecution of Christians
Constantine
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What term means a society in which many different religious groups, all holding different views of right and wrong, live together
Pluralism
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During the Byzantine Empire, what was the emperor's role in relation to the church
Defending the orthodoxy
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What controversy ended by the Diet of Worms
Lay investors
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Who or what said "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
US constitution
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Which view holds that Old Testament law holds true today
Theonomy
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Who or what stated "only a virtuous people are capable of freedom"
Benjamin Franklin
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Which view advocates the idea that government is formed by the consent of the governed
Social contract
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Arguments over fundamental issues of truth that are at stake are part of what is called the ....
Culture wars
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Which philosophy says that religion is a personal, not public, matter
Secularism
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Who or what stated "our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people"
John Adams
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Throughout the Middle Ages, churchmen and political rulers rarely agreed whose authority was supreme. For which two entities did they fight to have control
Church and Government
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What shattered the notion of a single unfied church and resulted in many churches
Reformation
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How does natural law allow people of different religions to live together peacefully in society
Everybody has a conscience and common core values. Most people have an understanding of what is morally right.
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How does secularism view selection of church and state
Daily public life is outside the church's jurisdiction, they mainly don't want the church to be involved in public matters such as school or court or government.
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For what two main reasons did people oppose the ratification of the constitution
Not enough power for states
| No bill of rights
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What two factors allowed colonial self government to grow during the colonial period
British neglect
| 3000 miles difference between America and Great Britain
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Whom did the second continental congress appoint to lead the continental army
George Washington
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A leading Anti-Federalist
George Mason
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Father of the Constitution
James Madison
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Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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Primary author if the Federalist papers
Alexander Hamilton
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Originator of social contract theory of government
John Locke
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Uncompromising compromiser
Roger Sherman
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Which was the last state to ratify the articles of confederation
Maryland
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Whose writings in second treatise on Civil government greatly influenced the founding fathers
John Locke
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What year was the first legislative assembly organized in the New World
1619
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What king ascended to the throne of England in 1760
George III
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A trade dispute between Virginia and Maryland, as well as Shay's Rebellion, highlighted the weakness of what document
Articles of Confederation
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In what city did the constitutional convention meet
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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What are the pseudonyms of writers who opposed the constitution
Brutus
Cato
Sydney
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What law did the 1765 stamp act violate
Petition of rights
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Who led an uprising among farmers in Massachusetts who feared prison sentences for indebtedness
Daniel Shays
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Explain the Virginia and New Jersey plan
The Virginia plan advocated a bicameral congress and was based more upon population. The New Jersey plan advocated a unicameral congress; which is made up of only one house. The New Jersey plan contains the one state, one bite idea. The Virginia plan was liked more by larger states whereas the New Jersey plan was liked by smaller states.
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Under the great compromise, the slave population would count for how much of the population
3/5
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this amendment abolished slavery
13
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this amendment gave eighteen year olds thr right to vote
26
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This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition
1
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This amendment limits the president to two terms or no more than ten years in office
22
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This amendment provides the clearest constitutional statement of the principle of federalism
10
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This amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
8
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This amendment guarantees the right to bear arms
2
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This amendment gave women the right to vote
19
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Defaming a person in writing
Libel
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The first ten amendments
Bill of rights
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Drawing district lines to benefit one group or party over another
Gerrymandering
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An official who is still in office but who was not reelected
Lame duck
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Supreme Court case expanded the third and fourth amendments to imply a right to privacy as one of American citizens' fundamental rights
Griswold v Connecticut
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President broke the two-term precedent set by George Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
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Article of the constitution makes provision for amending this document
Article V
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Only amendment to the constitution to be ratifies by state conventions
21
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Supreme Court case established the right of judicial review
Marbury v Madison
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The idea that the people are the ultimate source if their governments power
Popular sovereignty
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Of the thousands of amendments that have been proposed, how many have actually been ratified
27
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This document is the oldest constitution still in use in the world
United States constitution
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Where in the constitution are the powers of the state's made apparent
10
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What term means a system in which the national and state levels are sovereign within their own spheres
Dual federalism
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What term means federal programs that supply money for specific purposes within state and local governments
Categorical grants
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Which amendment established a federal income tax
16
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What form of government is based on limiting government by distributing and dividing power among several government levels and organizations
Federalism
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What is the source of implied powers
Enumerated powers
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Which Supreme Court case determined that states may not raise revenue at the expense of the federal government
McCulloch v Maryland
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What is the source of local government
State government
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Since 1913, what has provided a continuous source if money for the national government
Income tax
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Who said "I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group: 'We the people'"
Ronald Reagan
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Who said "[I]n America the legislature of each state is supreme; nothing can impede its authority"
Alexis de Tocqueville
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"[S]uch a power is nit expressly given by the Constitution, and believing ... It can not be deduced from any part of it ... I have no option but to [veto the bill]"
James Madison
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"The federal and state governments are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with different powers and designed for different purposes"
James Madison
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Identify and explain two problems related to federalism
Increasing national debt- Giving federal aid to the states contributes to the increase
Competition among states for funds- When it comes to receiving federal aid, not all states are equal. Some states receive more federal funds than their residents pay in federal taxes, whereas other states receive less.
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Who said "All politics is local"
Tip O'neill
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Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
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Any registered voter may vote in the primary of any one party
Open primary
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
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The candidate with the most votes, regardless of the percentage of votes casts, is the winner
Winner-take-all
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Richard Daley
Chicago
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Candidates political party affiliations are not identified in the ballot
Top-two-method
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E.H. Crump
Memphis
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Only voters registered with a particular party may participate in that party's primary
Closed primary
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Huey Long
Louisiana
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Constitutional amendment states that all powers are not specifically delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states belong to the states
10
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Type of election voters for a particular party cast votes to determine which of two or more candidates of that party will face the candidates of the opposing party
Primary election
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Tom Pendergast
Missouri
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Form of government the constitution guarantees for each state
Republican
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"Boss" Tweed
New York City
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Only state that has a unicameral legislature
Nebraska
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Form of tax makes up the largest percentage (30 percent) of state tax revenue across all 50 states
Property tax
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A governing system whereby a city and its surrounding county are administered by the same governing body
Unified government
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The lowest divisions of political organization
Precincts
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Process allows voters to remove an elected official form office by holding a special election
Recall
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Process allows voters to repeal changes to their states constitution, charters, or laws passed by the legislature
Referendum
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The legal process of returning an alleged criminal to the state in which he was charged
Extradition
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Title given to a state's chief officer of its executive branch
Governor
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Constitutional clause ensures that each state recognizes the validity of the other states sovereignty
Full faith and credit clause
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First female member of the House of Representatives
Jeanette Rankin
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The most populous branch of congress, membership based on population; origin of all revenue bills
House of Representatives
127
First speaker if the house
Frederick Muhlenburg
128
When members of different parties unite to support or defeat a particular piece of legislation
Coalition
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Branch of congress has equal membership for each state
Senate
130
First female speaker of the house
Nancy Pelosi
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A seemingly unnecessary trip by a member of congress
Junket
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Longest serving speaker of the house
Henry clay
133
This amendment provided for the direct election of senators
17
134
Type of committee has members from both houses and serves primarily as an advisory board to other committees
Joint committee
135
Most powerful speaker of the house
Joe Cannon
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Type of committee is created for a specific purpose, generally to investigate a specific problem or issue
Select committee
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The most powerful position of leadership in the house
Speaker of the house
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Type of committee is temporary, has members from both houses, and works out a compromise agreement on a bill that has emerged from both houses in different forms
Conference committee
139
Longest serving republican speaker if the house
Dennis Hastert
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Who determines he leadership in congress
Majority party
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The most powerful position of leadership in the senate
Majority leader
142
The redrawing of congressional district lines to reflect population shifts
Reapportionment
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Serves as president of the senate
Vice President
144
Permanent committee is generally more powerful than the other types of committees
Standing committee
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The redrawing of district lines to benefit one political party at the expense of another
Gerrymandering
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Speaker who orchestrated the contract with America
Newt Gingrich
