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1 Court Cases Federalism Parties, Politics, Campaigns & Elections Amendments & Interest Groups Legislative Branch 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

2 This Supreme Court case established the concept of judicial review

3 Marbury v. Madison

4 This Supreme Court case greatly strengthened the powers of Congress in using the Elastic Clause

5 McCulloch v. Maryland

6 This Supreme Court case provided precedent in the ability of Congress to regulate interstate commerce

7 Gibbons v. Ogden

8 This Supreme Court case established the principle of oneman, one-vote *One-man, one-vote concept means that every district has nearly the same number of citizens in it to provide equal representation in the legislative process

9 Baker v. Carr

10 This Supreme Court case established the principle of oneperson, one-vote for U.S. congressional districts

11 Wesberry v. Sanders *Reynolds v. Sims did the same for state legislative districts

12 Shared powers, such as taxation and making laws, between the state and federal government are known as powers

13 concurrent

14 A(n) is when the federal government establishes a regulation to be enacted by the states without providing funding to enforce it.

15 unfunded mandate

16 grants allow states to spend federal money with very few strings attached while with grants states must meet certain demographic criteria or conditions in order to receive funding

17 Block, categorical *Grant-in-aid is a term for a governmental entity providing money for a particular purpose

18 ensures that legal documents and proceedings in one state are valid in another

19 Article IV or full faith and credit clause

20 In federalism funding is provided by the federal government while state governments administer the project

21 cooperative

22 A election determines which candidate will represent his/her party in the election against a person from an opposing political party.

23 primary, general

24 A occurs when there is a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues.

25 critical election

26 Name recognition, franking privilege, and constituent service are all factors which help congressmen get reelected. This phenomena is known as.

27 incumbent advantage

28 When people only cast votes for the prominent races and skip lesser known contests farther down the ballot or when voters are asked to go to the ballot box multiple times in a given year is known as.

29 voter fatigue

30 After the party nominating convention a presidential candidate has the option of continuing to raise money for his/her campaign without government assistance or accept to fund the rest of his/her campaign.

31 public financing

32 The activities of an interest group to influence or persuade a government official (usually a congressman) to support the group s agenda

33 Lobbying

34 List the five protections under the First Amendment

35 Speech, religion, press, assembly, petitioning the government

36 This amendment protects against illegal search and seizure

37 Fourth Amendment

38 Which amendment establishes the concept of federalism

39 Tenth Amendment

40 Which amendment created separate ballots for members of the Electoral College when voting for President and Vice President

41 Twelfth Amendment

42 is a member of majority party and is considered leader of the House of Representatives

43 Speaker of the House

44 Once selected by seniority but now just as likely by party loyalty, these individuals probably have more power than any individual congressman in determining the fate of a bill.

45 Committee chairperson

46 This committee provides funding for governmental agencies and programs

47 Appropriations Committee

48 This House committee deals with all tax related issues

49 Ways and Means Committee

50 When the House Rules Committee declares that amendments (riders, pork, etc.) are not permitted on a piece of legislation once the bill reaches the floor, the debate process is known as.

51 closed rule debate