Index

Page numbers point to where each topic receives its main instructional treatment. A term also discussed briefly elsewhere, such as in a review chapter or the Chapter 42 retrieval tables, is indexed here only to its primary chapter.

FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS

Core principles from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations (1776), 125. Articles of Confederation, 15. Brutus No. 1, 24. Declaration of Independence, 11. Emancipation Proclamation, 112. Federalist No. 10, 24. Federalist No. 39, 24. Federalist No. 51, 24. Federalist No. 70, 57. Federalist No. 78, 69. Gettysburg Address, 11. Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 112. U.S. Constitution, 19.

REQUIRED SUPREME COURT CASES

Baker v. Carr, 116. Brown v. Board of Education, 116. Citizens United v. FEC, 163. Engel v. Vitale, 97. Gideon v. Wainwright, 94. Marbury v. Madison, 69. McCulloch v. Maryland, 32. McDonald v. Chicago, 104. New York Times Co. v. United States, 100. Schenck v. United States, 100. Shaw v. Reno, 116. Tinker v. Des Moines, 100. United States v. Lopez, 32. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 97.

CONCEPTS AND MECHANISMS

Absentee and early voting, 147. Advice and consent, 45. Agenda setting, 167. Amicus brief, 155. Appropriations, 80. BCRA (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act), 163. Bicameralism, 45. Block grants, 28. Bureaucratic discretion, 76. Campaign finance, 163. Caucus, 159. Checks and balances, 19. Civil liberties, 94. Civil rights, 94. Cloture, 49. Cohort effects, 129. Collective-action problem, 155. Commerce Clause, 32. Concurrent powers, 28. Conditional grants, 32. Conference committee, 49. Delegate versus trustee representation, 53. Discharge petition, 49. Divided government, 53. Divided versus energetic government, 24, 57. Due process, procedural, 108. Due process, substantive, 108. Electoral College, 159. Executive agreements, 57. Executive orders, 84. Federal Open Market Committee, 137. Fiscal versus monetary policy, 137. Fragmentation (media), 170. Framing, 167. Free Exercise Clause, 97. Free riders, 155. Gerrymandering, 116. Going public, 66. Horse-race coverage, 167. Impeachment, 62. Incitement doctrine, current standard, 100. Incorporation, selective, 94. Independent expenditures versus contributions, 163. Interest groups versus parties, 151, 155. Iron triangle and issue network, 76. Judicial activism and judicial restraint, 72. Judicial review, 69. Linkage institutions, 151. Lobbying, 155. Majority-minority district, 116. Mandates (federal), 28. Necessary and Proper Clause, 32. Notice-and-comment rulemaking, 76. Oversight, congressional, 80. Party adaptation and realignment, 151. Pluralism, 24. Political efficacy, 147. Political socialization, 129. Polling methodology and margin of sampling error, 133. Precedent and stare decisis, 72. Prior restraint, 100. Prospective and retrospective voting, 147. Ratification debate, 24. Rational-choice and straight-ticket voting, 147. Reapportionment versus redistricting, 159. Reserved powers, 32. Rulemaking, 76. Selective benefits (selective incentives), 155. Selective exposure, 170. Self-scoring record (practice exams), 205. Separation of powers, 19. Single-member districts and winner-take-all, 151, 159. Social movements, 112. Super PAC, 163. Supremacy Clause, 32. Veto, 57. Voter-identification requirements, 147. Voter turnout, 147. Watchdog function, 167.

SKILLS AND EXAM PREPARATION

Applied civics project, 193. Argument Essay task, 189. Concept Application task, 179. Digital exam pacing, 201. Quantitative Analysis task, 182. Retrieval, whole-course, 196. SCOTUS Comparison task, 186.