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Test Bank for Gateways to democracy midterm Enhanced 5th Edition by John G. Geer
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Test Bank for Gateways to democracymidterm Enhanced 5th Edition by John
G. Geer
Public Opinion - ANSAggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs about certain issues or officials.
Political Trust - ANSExtent to which people believe the government acts in their best interests.
Approval Rating - ANSJob performance evaluation for the president that is generated by public
opinion polls and typically reported as a %.
Best-Known Poll - ANSGallop Poll
Civil Rights - ANSSet of rights centered around the concept of equal treatment that government
is obliged to protect.
Civil Rights Act - ANSProhibits discrimination in employment, education, and places of public
accommodation. (1964)
separate-but-equal doctrine - ANSSupreme Court doctrine that upheld segregation as long as
there were equivalent facilities for blacks.
Brown v. Board of Education - ANS1954 Supreme Court decision striking down against
segregated schools.
equal protection clause - ANSPrevents states from denying any person the equal protection of
the laws. (14th amendment)
habeas corpus - ANSright of individuals who have been arrested and jailed to go before a judge
who determines whether their imprisonment is legal.
ex post facto - ANSany law that makes something illegal after the fact
symbolic speech - ANSActions, such as burning the flag, that convey a political message
without spoken words.
federalism - ANSSystem of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between
national and state governments.
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