Mr. McBride Government Cultural Literacy 1. absolute monarchy 2. acquittal 3. affirmative action 4. alderman 5. ACLU 6. american dream 7. amicus curiae 8. anarchism 9. anti-semitism 10. antitrust legislation 11. apartheid 12. appeasement 13. appropriation 14. arbitration 15. aristocracy 16. autocracy 17. bicameral legislature 18. bilateralism 19. bioterrorism 20. block grant 21. blue laws 22. branches of government 23. broad construction 24. cabinet 25. capital hill 26. capital punishment 27. capitalism 28. caucus 29. chauvinism 30. checks and balances 31. civil disobedience 32. civil liberties 33. civil rights 34. clear and present danger 35. closed primary 36. cloture 37. coalition 38. coattail effect 39. colonialism 40. common law 41. communism 42. confederation 43. confirmation hearing 44. congress 45. congressional record 46. conscientious objector 47. conservatism 48. constitution 49. constitutional monarchy 50. containment, policy of 51. contempt of congress 52. contempt of court 53. counterinsurgency
54. coup d état 55. court of appeals 56. cruel and unusual punishment 57. de facto segregation 58. defendant 59. dollar diplomacy 60. domino theory 61. double jeopardy 62. draft 63. demagogue 64. democracy 65. despotism 66. deterrence 67. dictatorship 68. diplomatic immunity 69. disfranchisement 70. dissidents 71. due process of law 72. E pluribus unum 73. entitlements 74. equal protection of the laws 75. established church 76. ethnic cleansing 77. expatriation 78. ex post facto law 79. executive branch 80. extradition 81. faction 82. favorite son 83. federalism 84. fellow traveler 85. felony 86. fifth amendment 87. first amendment 88. foggy bottom 89. foreign relations 90. foreign service 91. franchise 92. freedom of assembly 93. freedom of association 94. freedom of religion 95. freedom of speech 96. freedom of the press 97. gender gap 98. genocide 99. gerrymander 100.global village 101.good neighbor policy 102.GOP 103.graft 104.grand jury 105. Guerrilla warfare 106.guilt by association 107.gunboat diplomacy 108.habeas corpus 109.hawks and doves 110.hearsay 111.homicide
112.house arrest 113.human rights 114.hung jury 115.incumbent 116.indictment 117.injunction 118.integration 119.interest groups 120.impeachment 121.imperialism 122.internationalism 123.intifada 124.Islamic fundamentalism 125.isolationism 126.jingoism 127.joint chiefs of staff 128.joint resolution 129.judicial activism 130.judicial branch 131.judicial restraint 132.judicial review 133.junta 134.jurisprudence 135.justice of the peace 136.kangaroo court 137.Kyoto protocol 138.lame duck 139.larceny 140.left-wing 141.legislative branch 142. line-item veto 143.liberal 144.lobby 145.logrolling 146.majority leader 147.mandate 148.a man s home is his castle 149.manslaughter 150.massive retaliation 151.Marxism 152.medal of honor 153.medicare 154.military industrial complex 155.minority leader 156.miranda decision 157.misdemeanor 158.most-favorite nation 159.monarchy 160.moratorium 161.multilateralism 162.narrow construction 163.nationalism 164.naturalization 165.natural rights 166.neocolonialism 167.nlp contender 168.nonproliferation treaty 169.nonviolent resistance
170.NATO 171.oligarchy 172.on the hill 173.open primary 174.pacifism 175.parliamentary system 176.patronage 177.plaintiff 178.platform 179.plea bargain 180.plutocracy 181.pocket veto 182.polarization 183.political action committee 184.political science 185.populism 186.pork barrel legislation 187.power elite 188.power of the purse 189.precedent 190.preemptive strike 191.pressure group 192.prime minister 193.privacy, right of 194.probate court 195.proletariat 196.propaganda 197.proportional representation 198.protectorate 199.public defender 200.quorum 201.radical 202.racism 203.ranking members 204.ratification 205.reactionary 206.realpolitik 207.red tape 208.referendum 209.refugees 210.republic 211.rider 212.right-wing 213.rugged individualism 214.satellite 215.sedition 216.separate but equal 217.separation of church and state 218.separation of powers 219.sexism 220.slush fund 221.smart weapon 222.smoke filled room 223.socialism 224.solidarity 225.sovereignty 226.speaker of the house 227.split ticket
228.stare decisis 229.statutory law 230.straw poll 231.subpoena 232.suffrage 233.suffragette 234.terrorism 235.theocracy 236.think tank 237.third world 238.totalitarianism 239.the ugly american 240.un-american 241.uncle sam 242.unilateralism 243.veto 244.victimless crime 245.ways and means committee 246.whip 247.welfare state 248.write in candidate 249.yankee 250.filibuster