goverment terms

A general pardon offered to a group of individuals for an offense against the government, such as draft evasion during the Vietnam War

• caucus

• amnesty

• affiermative

a policy that requires public and private organizations to take positive steps to overcome the effects of past discrimination against women and minorities, especially in employment and education

• legal action

• affirmative action

• congress action

A proposed law to authorize spending money

• appropriation bill

• bill of rights

• bank bill

A large state with an electorate split relatively evenly between Democrats and Republicans, so named because candidates spend a disproportionate amount of time and campaigning there

• battleground state

• alaska

• florida

A law that establishes guilt and punishes people without a trial

• bill of congress

• bill of rights

• bill of attainder

The collective term for the first 10 amendments to the US constitution establishing the fundamental rights of individual citizens.

• bill of rights

• bill of congress

• bill of attainder

A meeting of party leaders or like-minded individuals to select the candidates they will support in an election

• conference committee

• coattail effect

• caucus

A temporary joint committee created when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill.

• cottail effect

• conference committee

• caucus

A temporary joint committee created when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill.

• federalsism

• extradition

• ex post facto law

The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned (extradited) to the state in which the crime was committed.

• extradition

• federalism

• libel