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Midterm Ch. 1-7. HELLO LOSERS Flashcards

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What’s Direct Democracy?

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people decide

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Quota System

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limit # immigrants from Northern European Countries into U.S.

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Essential Documents of our Democracy?

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body politic has limited rights

Declaration of Independence & Constitution

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Economic Freedom

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Capitalism

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Existence of Slavery shows…

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U.S. not perfect democracy

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Interest in Government

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DOESNT increase

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Women’s Suffrage & Progressives

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Progressives thought women would support their reform movement

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U.S. Census Count

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race & ethnicity #s have changed

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Purpose of U.S. House of Representatives

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ensure Majority Rule

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Articles of Confederation gave power to who?

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States

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What did the Declaration of Independence give us?

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Unalienable Rights (liberty)

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Can Prez regulate commerce between states?

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NO

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Who supported the Constitution with strong national governments?

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Federalists (white males)

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What did British officials do in America?

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Raised Taxes, fighting more wars with the French & Indians

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Who didn’t have independence from the states?

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1787 Members of Congress

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True or False:

States don’t have to give full faith on laws from other states

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FALSE

they actually do

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What kind of people were excluded from the Constitution?

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Women & African Americans

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What regulates morals?

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Police Power

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Name the case of defense of marriage act that said states get to decide on marriage laws

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Windsor vs. United States

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Who was the Supreme Court Justice of McCulloch vs. Maryland 1819?

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John Marshall

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what was the Southern Manifesto?

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southern states can outlaw racial integration into public places. they can have segregation

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What did the McCulloch vs. Maryland case show?

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increased national powers.

National Powers Supersede State Powers

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Concurrent Powers

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power to regulate commercial activity with both state and federal laws

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Unitary national government said what?

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Federal/National government sets educational policies.

Congress doesn’t set educational standards, state does.

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What’s true about American Federalism?

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Longevity of U.S. government b/c of DIVISIVE POLICY DECISIONS made through American History made by the states

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1990s U.S. Supreme Court

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limited power of federal/national government over state government

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Preemption

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federal officials force state officials to implement more stringent WATER POLLUTION regulations.

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Why was the Bill of Rights written?

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ANTIFEDERALISTS wanted ratification.

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Supreme Court granted what to women?

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female right to privacy: birth control

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Jobs of Congress:

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regulate interstate commerce

prevent discrimination in employment

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Plessi vs. Ferguson

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said racially segregated schools can never be equals –> FALSE

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Equal Rights Amendment

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38 states must ratify.

ratified in 2/3 vote state

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West Virginia endorsed what?

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free exercise of religion even when it’s not popular

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Under the 1st Amendment, what did advertisements limit?

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free speech protection

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legalized abortion has been…

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upheld & narrowed

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Strict Scrutiny =

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Racial Classifications

judicial review can say a law is unconstitutional

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Bakke Case 1978

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Quotas & Separate Admission Standards are unconstitutional

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political ideology =

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cohesive set of beliefs

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Who support abortion rights?

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Liberals

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Literary Digest Telephone poll Roosevelt over Landon

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selection bias, not truly a random sample

republicans had phone

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Why is there measurement error in polls?

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poorly worded questions

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what makes your interest in policy/government/public affairs go up?

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more $ –> more education –> more likely to vote –> more interest

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who support school prayer?

who support free religion?

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Conservatives: school prayer
Liberals: free religion

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Does religion have an impact on how you think socially/politically?

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yes!

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who look to their leaders for political cues?

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partisans

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do more women than men vote for democrats?

are men more likely to join political parties/organizations than women?

What is not true?

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yes

no

men are more likely to join political parties than women

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True or False: Presidents rarely affect the public

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false

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B (I don’t get this)

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TV

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News service, not national public radio

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Associated Press

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Where do newspaper get their international news?

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Wire Services (AP)

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What allows you to get divergent views of news?

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competition in the media

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are newspaper sales going up?

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no

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What makes the News biased?

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audience appeal.

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What is the Fairness Doctrine?

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If you present one view, you must give time for an opposing viewpoint.

Must show both sides of an issue

don’t have this doctrine now

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what is happening to national news?

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they’re becoming homogenized.

conglomerates of news are becoming bigger.

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what is false about the Telecommunications Act of 1996?

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The act required broadcasters to air programs on controversial issues to give time for opposing views.

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  1. True or False: Harry Truman established the FCC in 1949 (Federal Communication Commission)
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false.

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Which political party has paid more time to build up their party since 1960 (Eisenhower)?

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Republicans

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What were the first two parties?

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Federalists & Jefferson-Republican Party

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What party led the Reconstruction of the South?

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Republicans

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What were the two major parties of the 1880s & 1890s ?

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Whigs & Democrats

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Richard Nixon is the Southern strategy. What is the Southern strategy?

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South switched from Democrats to Republicans. Nixon appealed to the dissatisfied white voters in the South.

his strategy worked

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What do 3rd parties represent?

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Social & economic interests that are dismissed by the 2 main parties

63
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What is true about political participation?

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African Americans & Latinos are less likely to participate in politics than Whites are

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Voter ID Laws say what?

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1/3 of the states require an ID to vote

democrats: disproportionality affects minority voters and the less affluent voters

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According to the text, what will happen if state level registration laws are eliminated?

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voter participation by younger people will increase

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True or False: Only members of the majority party can elect the house leadership

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False.

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  1. True or false: Distrust motivates people to participate in politics through voting
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False

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  1. what is not a reason for declining levels of trust?
    or TRUE OR FALSE

An increase in political knowledge in how the political system works

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false!

69
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  1. to be a good citizen you must posses what?
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political knowledge

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  1. It’s important for Americans to have political knowledge so they will have their own interest in assessing political choices
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better democracy

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  1. when did native Americans become citizens?
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1924

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  1. in America we have the judero Christian ethic…. what percent of the population identifies of either being Protestant or Catholic? (Christian or Jewish)
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from 1900-1968: 95%

by 2012: 75%

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  1. American Values do what?
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conflict

74
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  1. who orchestrated the Boston Tea Party?
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Samuel Adams

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Boston Tea Party was

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not the Boston Massacre

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  1. what’s false about the Articles of Confederation?
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members of congress had significant independence from their states

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  1. What do the Articles of Confederation do?
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limit power of central governments power in the states

78
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  1. small states wanted equality so they:
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Philadelphia convention threatened to form alliances with foreign nations

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  1. presidential veto is an example of what?
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it’s a checks & balances to divide power

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  1. what’s the term length of a federal judge?
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for life

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  1. how did framers check excessive democracy?
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staggered terms

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  1. true or false: framers attempted to start a government that led to inclusion of whites
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FALSE

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  1. who wrote the federalist papers?
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John jay

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  1. powers of government should be limited by?
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adding a bill of rights; protecting the individual; confining powers

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  1. charter banks have what kind of powers
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concurrent: federal and local

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  1. what’s a unitary system in terms of education?
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local government sets education policies

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  1. what are the full faith and credit clause
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states must honor the public acts and judicial decisions that take place in another state

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  1. what amendment limits some powers of the national government supreme over the local gov but do have some limited power
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right to not incriminate yourself

5th amendment

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  1. can you be tried for the same case twice?
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no, double jepordy

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  1. A: 5th ammendment
A

:)

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  1. what is it when a state grants a city the ability to govern its local affairs
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home rule

93
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  1. What was the unemployment rate during the great depression (start of WW II)
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25%

94
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  1. how did the U.S. Supreme court view child labor?
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they thought it was a local situation, not up to them. Supreme court did not support congress

95
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  1. What clause in the constitution that deals with business/commerce?
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commerce clause

article 1 section 8 clause 3

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  1. difference between dual federalism, cooperative federalism, devolution, marble cake federalism
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Answer: possibly cooperative federalism? idk

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  1. what is devolution?
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new federalism

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  1. successful american federalism = ?
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states/local government making local decisions for their own population…longevity

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  1. one federalist, A. Hamilton felt that the national government should what?
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have specific powers… not want a bill of rights

100
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  1. difference between habius corpus, exposo facto, and bill of detainer
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expo facto: after commit a crime, you can’t convict them of a crime

101
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  1. government sponsors displays of religious symbols
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McCreery vs. ACLU case, Perry Case

102
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  1. define strict scrutiny
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used in discrimination cases and civil rights that places the burden of proof on the government rather than on the challengers to show that the aw in question is constitutional

103
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  1. can governments take your private property?
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yes; with just compensation, fair market value

104
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  1. what was the case that said the exclusionary rule has to applied to all levels of government
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mapp vs. ohio

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  1. what amendment says u can’t incriminate yourself?
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5th amendment

106
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  1. abortion = females right to privacy
A

.

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  1. what does the process of the bill of rights do?
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checks and balances… limits power

108
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  1. civil rights act of 1875 attempted to
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protect african americans from discrimination and public accommodation such as hotels and theaters

109
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  1. late 19th century realized what
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equal protection clause…. scope of the supreme court

110
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  1. what year did M. Luther King give his speech?
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1963

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  1. What is equal rights?
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rights for all

112
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  1. desegregation of northern schools
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defacto segregation; segregated housing and acts of private discrimination and acts of purposeful segregated housing

113
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  1. fair housing act of 1968
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had little effect on equal rights

114
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  1. why did the equal rights amendment fail?
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because it was not ratified by the neccessary 48 states

115
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  1. George Herbert Walker Bush signed what disability act?
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American Disabilities Act of 1990 have to have ramps, can’t discriminate

116
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  1. Term political scientists the Democrats and Republicans
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viable; last 40 years, difference is greater than ever been

117
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  1. more interested in politics… high levels of knowledge equals what?
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more likely to vote, ability to evaluate new information

118
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  1. social desirability effect
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sometimes you’ll do something because you think the people want to hear

119
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  1. what’s push polling?
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phrasing something differently to get a specific/desired response

120
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  1. Public opinion
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selection bias

121
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  1. research shows what when you’re more educated
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you’ll be more involved in politics

122
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  1. true or false: individuals customize the political information which they receive thru their choice of news outlets
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true

123
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  1. what agency regulates the broadcast media?
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Federal Communications Comission (except Sirus XM)

124
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  1. why was the Communications Decency Act struck down?
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because it violated 1st amendment to free speech… only allowed certain stations/people to write a political act

125
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  1. How many people in America own a TV
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56%

126
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  1. what is the ultimate reason for political parties?
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winning elections

127
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  1. who has the power to regulate elections?
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state government; secretary of state within the state

128
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  1. What was the downfall of the Coalition?
A

Richard Nixons’ Election

129
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  1. lower voting age
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more likely to have young people vote

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