Constitutional Underpinnings and Political Behavior

1. Jeopardy! Mayra Alvizo Period 2 Begin

2. Unit 1 Constitutional Underpinnings Unit 2 Political Behavior, Beliefs and Political Parties Unit 3 Elections, Campaings Interests, Groups and Media Unit 4 Legislative Branch Mixed Vocab. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

3. - $100 What is the first method to process the amending of the constitution? C1-$100 First Method the amendment is proposed by Congress by a 2/3 vote in both houses. Then ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures.

4. - $200 Who were the Federalist and their supporters? Who are the Antifederalist and their supporters? C1-$200 • Federalist were ones who supported a strong national government . The supporters of the Federalists were Property owners, creditors and merchants. • Antifederalist were ones who opposed a strong central government. The supporters of the Antifederalist were small farmers, frontiersmen, debtors and shopkeepers.

5. - $300 Name the leaders of the Federalist and what type of advantages did the Federalist have. Name the leaders of the Antifederalist. C1-$300 • Leaders of Federalist: Hamilton, Madison, Washington and Jay. • Some advantages the Federalist had were that they were better represented in state legislature , controlled the press, began ratification procedures before Antifederalists could get organized and agreed to a Bill of Rights after ratification of the constitution. • Leaders of Antifederalist: Henry, Mason and Gerry

6. - $400 Due to the difficulties of formally changing the Constitution what informal ways were developed? Give examples of those informal developments. C1-$400 • Acts of Congress, Ex: Judiciary Act of 1789 • Judicial rulings, Ex: Plessy V. Ferguson • Presidential Actions, Ex: Executive privilege • Customs and traditions, Ex: Cabinet, parties, presidential nominating

7. - $500 What was the case Marbury V. Madison about? C1-$500 This case was in 1819 dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress chartered corporation, and more generally with the distribution of power between state and federal governments. 

8. - $100 What is the most common form of political participation in the US? C2-$100 • Voting in presidential elections

9. - $200 Which question is asked if an individual is engaging in retrospective voting? C2-$200 • What have you done for me lately

10. - $300 What are some clues the could lead us to know how a voter will vote? C2-$300 • Age • Issue • Party identification • Gender • Labor union status

11. - $400 What are some examples of linkage institutions? C2-$400 Political Parties, Interest groups and media.

12. - $500 What are 5 important elements in the American view of the political system? C2-$500 • Liberty • Equality • Democracy • Civic Duty • Individual responsibilities

13. - $100 Does the media influence public opinion? Why? C3-$100 Yes, because sometimes television personalizes candidates and elections. Also because those who see the media could influence others based on what those people say.

14. - $200 What are the four functions of Lobbyist? C3-$200 • Influence government • Provide information to the government • Testify on hearings • Help write legislation

15. - $300 Describe the term trial balloon? C3-$300 An idea or a plan advanced tentatively to test public reaction.

16. - $400 Why are advocacy adds used for? C3-$400 They are used to avoid some campaign spending limits.

17. - $500 What four factors help rise of the interest groups? • Consist of broad economic development creates new interests and redefine old ones. • Government policy it self-helps create interest groups. • Political organizations don’t emerge automatically even when government policy permits them. • More activities government undertake, the more organized groups there will be that are interested in those activities. C3-$500

18. - $100 What are the types of primary elections? C4-$100 Open, Closed and Blanket.

19. - $200 What are some factors that affect the outcomes of congressional elections? C3-200 Incumbency and lack of competitiveness due to “permanent congress”

20. - $300 What are some advantages of incumbents? C3-$300 Franking Privilege Campaign staff in place “Safe Seats”

21. - $400 What are the effects of Gerrymandering? C3-$400 The safe seats leads to difficulties for challengers There is no change on what party takes power the one in charge is the one that will be in charge.

22. - $500 How many members does the house and the senate have? C3-$500 House: 100 Senate: 435

23. - $100 Who is our Congress person? C4-$100 Loretta Sanchez

24. - $200 What some powers of congress? 1. lay and collect taxes 2. To borrow money from credit of USA 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nation 4. To establish a uniform of naturalization 5. To declare war  C4-$200

25. - $300 What is the difference between the Elite and Pluralist theory? C4-$300 Elite is theory of the state of which a small member of the of population control the country despite the results of the election. Pluralist is the theory which every member of the country participate in making decisions in the government.

26. - $400 What was Baker v. Carr? C4-$400 This ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population

27. - $500 What are complaints from both liberals and conservatives about the news coverage? C4-$500 Conservatives claim that reporters are too liberal and Liberals claim that publishers are conservative

28. - $100 What is Gender gap? C4-$100 The difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly in the greater tendency of the latter to vote for Democratic presidential candidates.

29. - $200 This party is aka minor parties, created due to dissatisfaction with the two major parties especially concerned with specific issues and political trends. Not very competitive in elections but can ensure that major political parties and media pay attention to their concerns and address problems they identify. Examples; Socialist, Green, Libertarian C4-$200 Third party

30. - $300 What is Gerrymandering? C4-$300 Drawing of district boundaries (cracking and packing) so as to favor one’s own chances of future elections.

31. - $400 What is a Sound bite? C4-$400 It is a short, pithy comment that is likely to attract media attention, e.g., Ronald Reagan saying, “A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job, and recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his job.”

32. - $500 What is a Quorum? C4-$500 minimum number of members needed for the House or Senate to meet.