Vocab Quiz 4

Question 1

Divided government

Answer 1

one party controls the White House and the other controls one or bath houses of Congress

Question 2

Division vote

Answer 2

members of Congress physically stand or raise their hand to indicate their vote on an issue

Question 3

Domino theory

Answer 3

if one nation falls to communism, others would follow

Question 4

Double-tracking

Answer 4

allows the Senate to continue its work on multiple issues while the filibuster is going on

Question 5

Dual federalism

Answer 5

defined division of powers between federal and state governments

Question 6

Due-process clause

Answer 6

protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty and property as listed in the 5th and 14th amendments

Question 7

Earned income credit

Answer 7

families with children whose total income falls below a certain level receive money from the government

Question 8

Economic planning

Answer 8

the government develops strategies to guide and regulate a country’s economy

Question 9

Elite

Answer 9

a group that possesses a disproportionate share of some valued resource (money, power, etc.)

Question 10

Entitlement

Answer 10

cannot be denied to the eligible by the government

Question 11

Entrepreneurial politics

Answer 11

policies that benefit the society as a whole or a large part of society which costs a smaller part of the society

Question 12

Environmental impact statement

Answer 12

a report (by federal law) that shows the environmental effect of a certain project

Question 13

Equality of opportunity

Answer 13

a view that it is wrong to discriminate against or give preference to certain groups

Question 14

Equal time rule

Answer 14

if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate for office, they must be willing to sell equal time to opposing candidates (rule by FCC)

Question 15

Establishment clause

Answer 15

Congress shall make no law “respecting an establishment of religion”

Question 16

Exclusionary rule

Answer 16

evidence gathered illegally cannot be used in the Court

Question 17

Ex post facto law

Answer 17

the retroactive application of criminal laws or the imposition of punishment for actions that were legal at the time they were committed

Question 18

External efficacy

Answer 18

the government will respond to one’s demands

Question 19

Faction

Answer 19

a group of people who seek to influence public policy for their own interests contrary to the public good

Question 20

Fairness doctrine

Answer 20

a formal rule of the FCC that required broadcasters to give equal time to both sides of a controversial issue

Question 21

Feature stories

Answer 21

deeper level media on a specific topic that is not routinely covered

Question 22

Federalism

Answer 22

authority is shared between central and local governments

Question 23

Federalist papers

Answer 23

85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay that persuaded people to adopt the new Constitution

Question 24

Federalists

Answer 24

supporters of a stronger central government that were in favor of the Constitution

Question 25

Federal-question cases

Answer 25

cases concerning the Constitution or federal law

Question 26

Federal regime

Answer 26

local governments can make final decisions over some governmental activities

Question 27

Federal system

Answer 27

system in which some matters have national supremacy while others have state/local supremacy

Question 28

Fee shifting

Answer 28

allows plaintiff to collect legal costs from the defendant if the defendant loses

Question 29

Filibuster

Answer 29

"talking a bill to death" - in the Senate