Final Exam Review sheet!

FINAL EXAM REVIEW FOR POL 100

Chapter 9 – Campaign, Elections, and the Media

Candidates
Presidential primaries
Caucus
Primary election
Opinion polls
Focus groups
Financing campaigns
Federal Election Campaign Act
PACs and Contributions
Soft money
Electoral College
Vote Fraud
Low voter turnout
Media
Functions of the media
Influence of television on elections

Chapter 10 – The Congress

Bicameralism
Lawmaking
Representation
Trustee vs delegate view
Service to constituents – casework
Ombudsperson
Oversight
Public Education
Resolving Conflict
Senate powers
House of Representatives Powers
Power of incumbency
Committee Structure
Standing committee
Select committee
Speaker of the House
Whips
Senate Majority Leader
Senate Minority Leader
Preparing the Budget
Spring Review
Fall Review
Appropriation
Chapter 11 – the President

Head of state
Chief executive
Power of appointment and removal
Power of reprieves/pardon
Commander-in-Chief
Chief Diplomat
Proposal of Treaties
Executive Agreements
Chief Legislator
Vetoing Legislation
Line-Item Veto
Statutory powers
Expressed Powers
Inherent powers
Emergency powers
Executive orders
Abuse of Power/Impeachment
Executive Office of the President

Chapter 12 – Bureaucracy

Public and private bureaucracies
Three models:
Weberian
Acquisitive
Monopolistic
Executive Branch:
Cabinet Departments
Independent Executive Agencies
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Deregulation vs regulation
Government corporations
Political appointees
Civil service
Spoils system
Civil service reform
Government in the Sunshine Act
Sunset laws
Privatization
Public-private partnership

Chapter 13 – The Courts
Common law tradition
Precedent
Stare decisis
Federal court system
Jurisdiction
Federal courts
Federal Question
Diversity of Citizenship
US District Courts
US Court of Appeals
US Supreme Court
FISA Court
Alien “Removal Courts”
Amicus Curiae
Procedural Rules
Majority opinion
Dissenting opinion
Judicial appointments
Policy-making
Judicial review
Judicial activism
Warren Court
Judicial restraint
Strict vs broad construction
Executive checks
Legislative checks
Political question

Chapter 14 – Domestic and Economic Policy
Policy-making process
Agenda – building
Policy formulation
Policy adoption
Policy implementation
Policy evaluation
Health care
Medicare
Medicaid
Uninsured
Welfare reforms
Welfare-to-work
Supplemental security income
Food stamps
Juvenile crime
Prison population
Incarceration rates
National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
Clean Air Act (1990)
Kyoto Protocol
Global warming debate
Fiscal policy
Keynesian economics
Deficit spending
Monetary policy
Federal reserve system
Loose monetary policy
Tight monetary policy
Free trade
Common markets
World Trade Organization

Chapter 15 – Foreign Policy

Iraq Study Group report
Foreign policy
Diplomacy
Economic aid
Technical assistance
Military intervention
National security policy
Morality/Idealism
American Exceptionalism
Political realism
Realpolitik
Presidential leadership
State Department
National Security Council
Intelligence Community
CIA
Executive Order (1976)
Attentive public
Military-industrial complex
Formative Years
“Entangling Alliances”
Monroe Doctrine
Isolationism
Internationalism
Cold War
Containment Policy
Superpower relations
Détente
Post-Cold War World

Essay Choices:

Here are five potential essay questions. Three of these questions will be choices on the exam. You will only have to choose ONE.

A. Political scientists have noticed that the strength of the executive branch has increased, while the ability of Congress and the courts to check this branch has been weakened. Discuss the various methods that the judicial and legislative arms can take to check the executive branch, and debate whether these are sufficient to check the growth of executive power.
B. What is the difference between judicial review and judicial activism? Explain both, and provide specific examples.
C. Outline and describe the most important functions of Congress. In which have they been most successful? In which have they been least successful? Try to provide concrete examples.
D. What is the role and influence of the news media in American politics? What is "setting the agenda"? What are the differences between print and broadcast news? Give an example of the effect of the news media on American politics.
E. Why is voter turnout so low in the United States? Cite three reasons from the textbook and explain.