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1
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A system where governmental power is divided into two or more levels

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Federalism

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2
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Specifically Granted

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Enumerated Powers

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Greatly enlarges the scope of national power.

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Elastic Clause

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A legal process of returning an alleged criminal to the state in which he is charged.

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Extradition

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Government programs initiated by FDR

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New Deal

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When the federal government allocates some of its tax revenues to the states.

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Revenue Sharing

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Combing several grants under a large umbrella

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Block Grants

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Governed by the demographics of a given area

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Formula Grants

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Given to state and local governments for a specific purpose and with certain guidelines.

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Categorical Grants

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Represent a major portion of the federal budget.

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Grants-in-Aid

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Grants permitting greater discretion in how much aid is given to the task at hand.

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Project Grants

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12
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National and state government are sovereign within their own spheres

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Dual Federalism

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13
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Organized to gain power by winning elections

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Political Parties

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Usually organized around a particular issue.

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Minor Parties

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Strong devotion to a political party.

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Partisanship

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A spirit of two-party cooperation.

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Bipartisanship

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A temporary alliance of several groups.

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Coalition

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In large cities, political districts are divided into these.

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Wards

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Formed around a particular issue or agenda.

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Interest Groups

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20
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Those who have no party affiliation

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Independent Voters

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Smallest units of election districts and party administration

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Precincts

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Voting for candidates of both parties for different offices.

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Ticket Splitting

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The system of government most dictatorships has.

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One-Party System

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The practice of giving jobs to friends and supporters.

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Spoils System

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Is simply using various techniques to select and manipulate info so as to persuade or influence people effectively.

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Propaganda

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Socially offensive speech

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Obscenity

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Degrees of legal protection and hand confidentiality for the media

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Shield Laws

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A public service network created by the American cable television industry.

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C-Span

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Concerned with a particular issue such as abortion or gun control.

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Single Interest Groups

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The attempt to influence public officials in support of a special group.

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Lobbying

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The largest labor union in the USA

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ALF-CIO

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Voters who participate in elections, and are included in a poll.

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Representative Sample

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Voters who have a pragmatic, “whatever works” approach to politics rather than any firm ideology.

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Moderates

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Those views held by private persons which government’s find it prudent to heed.

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Public Opinion

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Reflects the relative importance of the issues - some at the top, others at the bottom.

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Agenda

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Friend of the court.

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Amicus Curiae

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Socially offensive communication

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Obscenity

38
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Gives the media and private individuals broad powers to investigate files of the federal bureaucracy.

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FOIA

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Influence government officials about some political issue or groups of issues.

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Interest Groups

40
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When the president does not sign the bill during the 10 day period when congress is not in session and it dies.

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Pocket Veto

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Preventing or delaying the passage of a bill.

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Filibuster

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Composed of members of the house and the senate, served as the advisory board.

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Joint Committees

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Free postage

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Franking Privileges

44
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The party with the most members in the house or senate can decide who fills this role.

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Majority Leader

45
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A largely honorary position given to the most senior members of the Senate’s majority leader.

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President Pro Tempore

46
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One of the only congressional appointments actually named in the Constitution.

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Speaker of the House

47
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Permanent and generally more powerful than other similar groups.

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Standing Committees

48
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Ad hoc (temporary) groups.

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Conference Committees

49
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Presidential directives having the force of law.

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Executive Order

50
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Bringing charges against the president or major federal officials

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Impeachment

51
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Terms of office.

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Tenure

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The yearly speech given to the nation by the president.

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State of the Union:

53
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When the president opposes the bill passed by congress and refuses it to be passed by law.

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Veto

54
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One of two agencies who serve the president in three distinct areas.

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Office of Mangement and Budget

55
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Responsible to the president for the departments that they head.

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Cabinet Secretaries

56
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Includes the president’s press secretary, counsel, and physician.

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White House Office

57
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A president is considered to be this when he has lost an election or cannot stand for reelection and yet must serve out the remainder of his term.

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Lame Duck

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