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Constitutional Underpinnings
Interest Groups/ Political Parties/ Media
Political Behaviors Political Parties
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Key Terms- 100 What is Party Identification?
C1-100
A sense of affiliation that a person has with a
particular political party.
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Key Terms- 200What are lobbyists?
C1-200
People who influence congressman to support their
issue
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Key Terms- 300A coalition is what?
C1-300
The people who make up and support a certain
political party.

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Key Terms- 400What are block grants?
C1-400
Money granted by the federal government to the
states for a broad purpose rather than for a
narrow purpose.
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Key Terms- 500What are Mandates?
C1-500
Requirements imposed by the national governments
upon the states.
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Court Cases- 100This court case ordered state
legislative districts to be as near equal as
possible in population
C2-100
Baker v. Carr (1962)
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Court Cases- 200This court case in the 1st
amendment which protects campaign spending
C2-200
Buckley v. Valeo

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Court Cases- 300Use of 14th Amendments equal
protection clause to stop the Florida recount in
the election of 2000.
C2-300
Bush v. Gore (2000)
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Court Cases- 400This court case had no racial
gerrymandering race cant be the sole or
predominant factor in redrawing legislative
boundaries.
C2-400
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
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Court Cases- 500This court case ordered house
districts to be as near equal in population as
possible.
C2-500
Wesberry v. Sanders (1963)

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Constitutional Underpinnings- 100Congress has
exercised implied powers through the use of the?
C3-100
Elastic clause
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Constitutional Underpinnings- 200A consequence
of separation of powers and checks and balances
has been
C3-200
Fragmented policymaking processes

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Constitutional Underpinnings- 300How is the
membership of the House of Representatives
determined?
C3-300
Determined by the apportioned population of the
states.
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Constitutional Underpinnings- 400The term
winner take all refers to?
C3-400
A candidate winning all of a states electoral
votes.
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Constitutional Underpinnings- 500Under the
Articles of Confederation where did most
governmental power rest in?
C3-500
The states governments

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Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- 100What
are some reasons political parties work and make
sense?
C4-100
They create competition, choice and democracy
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Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- 200What
is a media event?
C3-200
An event purposely staged for the media and made
to look spontaneous.

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Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- 300What
do PACS do?
C3-300
They financially support candidates for office.
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Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- 400What
two key events brought about the Bipartisan
Campaign Reform Act of 2002?
C3-400
1996 financial scandal involving Clinton and the
200 Enron Scandal
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Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- 500What
creates PACS?
C3-500
The Federal Election Campaign Act
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Political Behaviors Political Parties-
100What is one effect of growing older?
C4-100
Political participation increases with age

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Political Behaviors Political Parties-
200What is the most common form of voting in
the United States?
C4-200
Voting in presidential elections
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Political Behaviors Political Parties-
300What is the best predictor for how a citizen
votes?
C4-300
Party Identification

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Political Behaviors Political Parties-
400What determines the party platform?
C4-400
national convention

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Political Behaviors Political Parties-
500What has happened in American elections
over the past 50 years?
C4-500
Suffrage has broadened, and the turnout has
decreased
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Miscellaneous- 100What drives media coverage?
C4-100
Technology and scandal
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Miscellaneous- 200Unlike interest groups,
political parties
C4-200
Are policy generalists
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Miscellaneous- 300What translates inputs from
the public into outputs from the policymakers?
C4-300
Linkage institutions
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Miscellaneous- 400What molds the values a
person develops
C4-400
Political socialization
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Miscellaneous- 500How is the membership of the
House of Representatives determined?
C4-500
by the apportioned population of the states