Political Science Final

Question 1

Mayflower Compact

Answer 1

The first agreement in the americas by colonists to submit to or create some form of government.

Question 2

Presidential Primary

Answer 2

Political party decides their canidate

Question 3

General election

Answer 3

Canidates run for positions

Question 4

Rule of 4

Answer 4

4 of 9 justices must agree to hear your case for it to be heard. Know that the US supreme court reveiws all death penalty cases.

Question 5

Economic Policy

Answer 5

Created by John Maynard Keynes- changed spending and tax rates to manage the economy and help the US government debt

Question 6

Know about supreme court rulings

Answer 6

All lower courts (district courts and appellate courts) must follow supreme court rulings: mandatory authority. District courts must follow rulings of appellate courts to wich they are assigned.

Question 7

Establishment clause

Answer 7

The federal or state governments can’t establish religions.

Question 8

Paradox of congress

Answer 8

Citezens hate congress, but love their congressperson.

Question 9

EPA

Answer 9

Environmental protection agency

Question 10

Interregatory

Answer 10

written questions to get information from a wittness

Question 11

Labor force

Answer 11

People working, plus the number of people not working, but looking for jobs

Question 12

Democratic Rebublic (CR)

Answer 12

Indirect democracy (elect represenatives) plus a constitution that protects minorities and individual rights.

Question 13

Exclusionary Rule

Answer 13

Evidence siezed in violation of the 4th amendment can’t be used in court.

Question 14

War powers resolution/act

Answer 14

States condition in wich the president can move troops to an area without congressional permission

Question 15

Unit rule

Answer 15

If a political party gets more votes in a state, it gets all eclectoral votes from that state, exeptions are maine and nebraska.

Question 16

Natural rights

Answer 16

Rights are inherent, life, liberty, and pursuit of happieness. By John Locke

Question 17

Concurrent powers

Answer 17

Powers shared by the state and federal governments

Question 18

Affirm a decision

Answer 18

A higher courts agrees with the decision of a lower court

Question 19

US court of appeals. (CR)

Answer 19

Each district court reports to an appellate court. You get an automatic appeal tothe court of appeals. All Districts Courts in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi report to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in New Orleans. District courts are bound by the decisions of the Appellatecourt to which it reports; decisions of other Appellate courts (the ones a district court doesn’t report to)are considered persuasive authority - they can use it for guidance but they are not bound

Question 20

Inherent powers

Answer 20

powers needed for that nation growth and prosperity (implied)