Senator Joe McCarthy became a powerful policy entrepreneur by claiming that Soviet agents had infiltrated the U.S. government
Communists had inflated the government
Review de Tocqueville and religion
de Tocqueville was amazed at how religious Americans were in comparison to his fellow Europeans.
Americans will tolerate economic inequality and political inequality
Americans are more willing to tolerate economic inequality than
political inequality.
They believe in maintaining “equality of
opportunity” in the economy but not “equality of results.”
Most important source of political values?
the family
The explanation for congressional voting behavior that assumes members vote to please their constituents is
Representational model
An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill.
Review Filibuster
Who creates leg. Courts
Congress
Which immigrant group is concerned with bilingual education?
Hispanics
Review enumerated powers
Powers given to the national government alone
The same political party controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.
unified government
What economic class do most Americans consider themselves to belong?
Middle Class
An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a case for review.
writ of certiorari
Plan that proposed allocating equal seats to each state
New Jersey Plan
Settled in the most democratic search
all evidence in court can be used and let to court decide the punishment
flag burning constitutional
Flag burning is legal due to the protection the First Amendment offers to “symbolic speech”
Federal government can regulate to include
anything in economic activity
When congress is creating a bill, people are polling on what you think about it, what is does congress focus on
The language used
How do presidents rely on power of persuasion?
Presidents rely on persuasion by using it to bargain and persuade others that what they want is in their best interest,
Earliest immigration group to alter the scope of civil rights in USA
Irish Catholics
According to text, block grants have only enjoyed marginal success
federal government increased the number of strings attached
How many legislative courts
13 courts of appeal in the federal judicial system
Review Brown vs Board of Education
Segregation in schools and segregation is unconstitutional.
Which principle deals with culture and what Americans hold us accountable
Individual responsibility
Sovereignty
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Real work of congress done
in the committees
This rebellion happened in 1786
Shays rebellion
Who did the Framers say would be the best judge of people’s interests?
Elected officials
Bully Pulpit
The president’s use of prestige and visibility to guide or mobilize the American public