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Alexander Hamilton
Federalist 1790-1820
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Voter turnout
the proportion of persons of voting age who actually vote in a given election
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What occurred after the Brown Decision?
- Civil rights act of 1964
- Voting rights Act 1965
- Birmingham demonstrationsjj
- I have a dream speech
- March on Washington
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Movement for women's rights was initially aligned with
the abolition movement
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Disadvantaged americans have generally gained their rights
through struggle against entrenched interests
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Ross Perot
Created a reform party called the reform party (a belief that partisam politics is a corrupting influence)
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Populist Party
Government ownership of railroads, a graduated income tax, low tariffs on imports and no gold standards
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Ralph Nader
2000 nominee Green Party - liberal positions on environment, labor, taxation and social walfare
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Minor party
Followers believe they are not being adequately represented by either 2 mojor parties
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Prospective voting
Chooses a candidate on the basis of what the candidate promises to do if elected
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Retrospective voting
Based on a judgement about past performance. The situation in which a voter supports the incumbent office holder or party when pleased or oppeses it when not
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Social movement
active & sustained efforts to achieve social & political change by groups of people who feel that gov has not been properly responsive to their concerns
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Public opinion poll
A devise for measuring public opinion whereby a relatively small # of individuals (the sample) are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of a whole community (the population)
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Sampling error
A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll. Mainly a function of sample size and is usually expressed in % terms
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Libertarians
Those who believe gov tries to do too many things that should be left to firms and markets and who oppose gov as an instrument for upholding traditional values
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Populist
Those who beleive gov should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs and who look to gov to uphold traditional values
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Ideology
A constistent pattern of opinion on particular issues that stems from a core belief or set of beliefs
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Conservatives
those who believe gov power shold be used to uphold traditional values
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Liberals
Those who believe it is not gov's role to buttress traditional values at the expense of unconventional or new values
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De facto discrimination
Discrimination that results from social, economic and cultural biases and conditions
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De Jure Discrimination
Discrimination that result from a law
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Political socialization
The process by which individuals acquire their political opinions
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Entitles all persons to equal access to bars resturants hotels etc
- also bars discrimination in hiring promoting or wages
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March on Washington
1963 I have a dream speech for jobs and freedom
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Ended racial barriers to vote ie: poll tax
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Factors affecting voter turnout
- Registration requirements
- Frequency of elections
- political party system
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Civil Rights
The right of every person to equal protection under the laws and equal access to societys opportunities and public facilities
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The accuracy of a poll is usually expressed in terms of
Sampling error
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A memeber of congress who wants to act on what the maority of his constituency thinks on a particular issue would be best advised to resond to
a poll based on a random sample of constituents
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Twenty-Six Amendment
Right to vote for 18 year olds
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Twenty-Forth Amendment
Poll tax removed as a voter qualification
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Nineteenth Amendment
1920 Right to vote for women
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