WRA GLOSSARY FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS DETAILED ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION PREPARATION SET
●● Advise and Consent
Answer: Power of the Senate regarding presidential appointments
●● Affirmative Action
Answer: Programs for minorities supported by government as a means
of providing equality under the law
●● Affordable Care Act 2012
Answer: In 2012, President Obama signed into law his signature
initiative, the Affordable Care Act. The law was passed only by
Democratic votes; the Republicans who opposed it referred to it as
"Obamacare". The law provides that all Americans will have access to
affordable health insurance options
●● Agenda Setting
Answer: Policy goals typically set by political parties
●● All Politics is Local
,Answer: Phrase coined by former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill and
refers to how the behavior of congressmen and women on the local level
was the determining factor of the way voters perceived their
representatives
●● Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
Answer: Act that required employers, schools, and public buildings to
reasonably accommodate the physical needs of handicapped individuals
by providing such things as ramps and elevators with appropriate
facilities
●● Amicus Curaie
Answer: "Friend of the court"; briefs that may be sent to support the
position of one side or the other
●● Anti-Federalists
Answer: Led by Thomas Jefferson, one of the first political parties
urging the rejection of the Constitution. Its members were farmers and
represented the interest of the common people
●● Appellate Jurisidction
Answer: Courts that have the right to review cases from lower courts on
appeal. The highest federal court, the Supreme Court, is the final court
of appeal
,●● Apportionment
Answer: The determination of legislative district boundaries as a result
of population changes measured every 10 years by the census
●● Appropriation bill
Answer: Congressional legislation that has spending as a basic
characteristic. There are 13 appropriation bills that make up the federal
budget
●● Arms Control
Answer: Agreements reached by countries with the aim of reducing the
proliferation of military weapons such as the Antiballistic Missle Treaty,
the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, etc
●● Arraignment
Answer: Court hearing where a person accused of a crime is formally
charged
●● Articles of Confederation
Answer: The first adopted written constitution of the newly independent
United States. Because of its weakness, the period of time became
known as the critical period
●● Baker v. Carr
, Answer: Case that established the principle of one man, one vote. This
decision created guidelines for drawing up congressional districts and
guaranteed a more equitable system of representation to the citizens of
each state
●● Balanced Budget
Answer: Public policy that advocates that the federal budget spend as
much money as it receives. Attempt made to pass a constitutional
amendment mandating this policy failed
●● Battleground states
Answer: Also called "swing states", refers to those states in a
presidential election that are closely contested
●● Bicameral
Answer: A two-house legislature
●● Bill of attainder
Answer: The constitutional prohibition of the legislature determining a
judicial outcome without a trial
●● Bill of Rights
Answer: Adopted in 1791 by the states two years after the ratification of
the Constitution, it established the basis of civil liberties for Americans
QUESTIONS DETAILED ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION PREPARATION SET
●● Advise and Consent
Answer: Power of the Senate regarding presidential appointments
●● Affirmative Action
Answer: Programs for minorities supported by government as a means
of providing equality under the law
●● Affordable Care Act 2012
Answer: In 2012, President Obama signed into law his signature
initiative, the Affordable Care Act. The law was passed only by
Democratic votes; the Republicans who opposed it referred to it as
"Obamacare". The law provides that all Americans will have access to
affordable health insurance options
●● Agenda Setting
Answer: Policy goals typically set by political parties
●● All Politics is Local
,Answer: Phrase coined by former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill and
refers to how the behavior of congressmen and women on the local level
was the determining factor of the way voters perceived their
representatives
●● Americans with Disabilities Act (1991)
Answer: Act that required employers, schools, and public buildings to
reasonably accommodate the physical needs of handicapped individuals
by providing such things as ramps and elevators with appropriate
facilities
●● Amicus Curaie
Answer: "Friend of the court"; briefs that may be sent to support the
position of one side or the other
●● Anti-Federalists
Answer: Led by Thomas Jefferson, one of the first political parties
urging the rejection of the Constitution. Its members were farmers and
represented the interest of the common people
●● Appellate Jurisidction
Answer: Courts that have the right to review cases from lower courts on
appeal. The highest federal court, the Supreme Court, is the final court
of appeal
,●● Apportionment
Answer: The determination of legislative district boundaries as a result
of population changes measured every 10 years by the census
●● Appropriation bill
Answer: Congressional legislation that has spending as a basic
characteristic. There are 13 appropriation bills that make up the federal
budget
●● Arms Control
Answer: Agreements reached by countries with the aim of reducing the
proliferation of military weapons such as the Antiballistic Missle Treaty,
the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, etc
●● Arraignment
Answer: Court hearing where a person accused of a crime is formally
charged
●● Articles of Confederation
Answer: The first adopted written constitution of the newly independent
United States. Because of its weakness, the period of time became
known as the critical period
●● Baker v. Carr
, Answer: Case that established the principle of one man, one vote. This
decision created guidelines for drawing up congressional districts and
guaranteed a more equitable system of representation to the citizens of
each state
●● Balanced Budget
Answer: Public policy that advocates that the federal budget spend as
much money as it receives. Attempt made to pass a constitutional
amendment mandating this policy failed
●● Battleground states
Answer: Also called "swing states", refers to those states in a
presidential election that are closely contested
●● Bicameral
Answer: A two-house legislature
●● Bill of attainder
Answer: The constitutional prohibition of the legislature determining a
judicial outcome without a trial
●● Bill of Rights
Answer: Adopted in 1791 by the states two years after the ratification of
the Constitution, it established the basis of civil liberties for Americans
