Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government

Question 1

Institutions of Government

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Question 2

Article I

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Question 3

Bicameral

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Question 4

Constituency

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Question 5

Coalition-building

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Question 6

Revenue

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Question 7

Congressional committee

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Question 8

Standing committee

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Question 9

Select committee

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Question 10

Conference committee

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Question 11

Joint committee

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Question 12

Speaker of the House

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Question 13

President of the Senate

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Question 14

President Pro Tempore

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Question 15

Majority Leader

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Question 16

Minority Leader

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Question 17

Majority Whip

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Question 18

Minority Whip

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Question 19

Committee chairperson

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Question 20

Filibuster

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Question 21

Cloture

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Question 22

Quorum

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Question 23

Hold

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Question 24

Unanimous consent

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Question 25

Rules Committee

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Question 26

Committee of the Whole

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Question 27

Discharge petition

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Question 28

Treaty ratification

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Question 29

Discretionary spending

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Question 30

Mandatory spending

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Question 31

Entitlements

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Question 32

Social Security

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Question 33

Medicare

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Question 34

Medicaid

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Question 35

Budget deficit

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Question 36

Pork barrel legislation

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Question 37

Earmarks

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Question 38

Riders

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Question 39

Omnibus bill

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Question 40

Logrolling

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Question 41

Franking privilege

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Question 42

Partisanship

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Question 43

Divided government

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Question 44

Ideological division

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Question 45

Gridlock

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Question 46

Gerrymandering

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Question 47

Packing

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Question 48

Cracking

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Question 49

Reapportionment

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Question 50

Census

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Question 51

Redistricting

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Question 52

Safe seat

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Question 53

Marginal seat

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Question 54

Baker v. Carr (1961)

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Question 55

“One person, one vote”

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Question 56

Racial gerrymandering

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Question 57

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

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Question 58

Article II

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Question 59

“Lame-duck” president

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Question 60

“Trustee” role

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Question 61

“Delegate” role

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Question 62

“Partisan” role

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Question 63

“Politico” role

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Question 64

Policy agenda

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Question 65

Formal presidential powers

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Question 66

Informal presidential powers

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Question 67

Veto

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Question 68

Congressional override

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Question 69

Pocket veto

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Question 70

Commander-in-Chief

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Question 71

Executive agreement

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Question 72

Executive order

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Question 73

Executive privilege

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Question 74

Signing statements

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Question 75

The Cabinet

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Question 76

Ambassadors

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Question 77

White House Staff

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Question 78

“Advice and Consent” power

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Question 79

“Good Behavior” clause

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Question 80

Article III

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Question 81

Federalist #70

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Question 82

“Lame duck” period

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Question 83

Twentieth Amendment

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Question 84

Twenty-Second Amendment

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Question 85

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

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Question 86

State of the Union address

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Question 87

Honeymoon period

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Question 88

Bully pulpit

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Question 89

Judicial review

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Question 90

Federalist #78

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Question 91

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Question 92

Precedent

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Question 93

Stare decisis

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Question 94

Judicial activism

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Question 95

Judicial restraint

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Question 96

Strict constructionism

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Question 97

Loose constructionism

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Question 98

Jurisdiction

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Question 99

Original jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction
• Concurrent jurisdiction
• Federal bureaucracy
• Departments
• Agencies
• Commissions
• Government corporations
• Regulations
• “Iron triangles”
• Issue networks
• Patronage
• Spoils system
• Political machine
• Civil service system
• Merit system
• Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)
• Hatch Act (1939)
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Discretionary authority
• Rule-making
• Red tape
• Bureaucratic implementation
• Department of State
• Department of the Treasury
• Department of Defense
• Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Department of Education
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• AMTRAK
• U.S. Postal Service
• NASA
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• White House Chief of Staff
• White House Press Secretary
• White House Office
• Congressional oversight
• Committee hearings
• Power of the purse
• Congressional appropriation
• Congressional authorization
• Compliance monitoring
• War Powers Act (1973)
• Imperial presidency

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