Midterm Review

-Proposed amendment to the Constitution that banned gender discrimination

-Law passed by southern states that enforced segregation

-Counted each slave as three-fifths a person when calculating the representation in the House of Representatives

-Courts authority to declare laws void, that violate the Constitution

-Final election that selects an officeholder

-Narrows the number of the parties candidates and determines who will run in the general election

-Proposed law or state constitutional amendment placed on the ballot in response to a citizen petition

-General rights to equal treatment under the law.

• Process of providing funding for governmental programs - How to spend budget

• Making an issue so visible that important political leader take it seriously • Determine the subject of conflicts

• Constitutional division of power into separate branches - Gives each institution the power to block the actions of the others

-Freedom of speech, press, religion, and to protest

-Bans unreasonable searches and seizures

-Govt cant deprive citizens of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

• Prevents federal government from imposing excessive bail and fines • Prevents cruel and unusual punishment

• A representative will try to do as much for there constituents and spend funds to gain advantage • A member of the appropriations committee that spends money towards state or district

-ppl being represented by person in ofgice

-A government which all citizens share power

-S.C. first used judicial review to declare a state law unconstitutional

-Programs designed to enhance opportunities for race or gender based groups

• Gatekeeping - Agenda Setting

-People vote for a representative that best represent their interests

-Citizens vote for initiatives

-Power of committee chair to set agendas and determine whether a bill dies or moves on