Glossary
abridgebrief
A reads the formal charge against the defendant and
abridge limit (p. 363)
absentee ballot one that allows a person to vote with-
out going to the polls on Election Day (p. 491)
absolute monarch a monarch that has complete and
unlimited power to rule his or her people (p. 19)
acreage allotment the program under which the gov-
ernment pays support prices for farmers crops
grown on an assigned number of acres (p. 586)
action alert a message from an interest group to its
members, calling upon them to respond immediately
by telephone, fax, or e-mail to a specific lawmaker,
group of lawmakers, or other official (p. 547)
administrative assistant member of a lawmakers per-
sonal staff who runs the lawmakers office, super-
vises the schedule, and gives advice (p. 147)
administrative law law that spells out the authority,
procedures, rules, and regulations to be followed by
government agencies (p. 425)
adversary system a judicial system in which opposing
lawyers present their strongest cases (p. 428)
advisory opinion a ruling on a law or action that has
not been challenged (p. 340)
affidavit a written statement to prove statements of fact
signed by a witness under oath (p. 435)
affirmative action government policies that award
jobs, government contracts, promotions, admission
to schools, and other benefits to minorities and
women in order to make up for past discriminations
(p. 412)
alien a person who lives in a country where he or she is
not a citizen (p. 387)
ambassador an official of the government who represents
the nation in diplomatic matters (p. 615)
amendment a change to the Constitution (p. 65)
amicus curiae (uhmee kuhs KYURee EYE) Latin for
friend of the court; a written brief from an individ-
ual or group claiming to have information useful to a
courts consideration of a case (p. 333)
amnesty a group pardon to individuals for an offense
against the government (pp. 254, 390)
anarchy political disorder (p. 57)
answer a formal response by a defendant to the charges
in a complaint (p. 433)
apartheid strict segregation of the races (p. 693)
appellate jurisdiction authority held by a court to hear
a case that is appealed from lower court (p. 306)
appropriation approval of government spending
(p. 191)
appropriations bill a proposed law to authorize spend-
ing money (pp. 160, 191)
844 GLOSSARY
arraignment the procedure during which the judge
the defendant pleads guilty or not guilty (p. 441)
arrest warrant an order signed by a judge naming
the individual to be arrested for a specific crime
(pp. 85, 438)
article one of seven main divisions of the body of the
Constitution (p. 64)
assessment the complicated process involved in calcu-
lating the value of property to be taxed (p. 674)
at-large as a whole; for example, statewide (p. 128)
audit check more closely (p. 556)
authorization bill a bill that sets up a federal program
and specifies how much money may be appropriat-
ed for the program (p. 191)
autocracy a system of government in which the power
to rule is in the hands of a single individual (p. 18)
B
backgrounders information given by top government
officials to reporters who can use it in a story, but
cannot reveal their source (p. 535)
balanced budget plan requiring that what the govern-
ment spends will not exceed its income (p. 77)
bankruptcy the legal proceedings to administer the
assets of a person or business that cannot pay its
debts (p. 161)
biased sample in polling, a group that does not accu-
rately represent the larger population (p. 520)
bicameral two-house legislative body (p. 641)
bicameral legislature a two-chamber legislature (p. 123)
bilateral treaty agreement between two nations (p. 629)
bill a proposed law (p. 135)
bill of attainder a law that establishes guilt and punish-
es people without a trial (p. 158)
bipartisan consisting of members of both major politi-
cal parties (p. 619)
bloc coalition that promotes a common interest (p. 344)
block grant a grant of money to a state or local govern-
ment for a general purpose (pp. 658, 675)
bond a contractual promise by a borrower to repay
a certain sum plus interest by a specified date
(p. 657)
borough a political division in Alaska, similar to a
county in other states (p. 664)
boss a powerful party leader (p. 465)
bourgeoisie capitalists who own the means of produc-
tion (p. 29)
brief a written statement setting forth the legal argu-
ments, relevant facts, and precedents supporting one
side of a case (p. 333)

broadcast spectrum the range of frequencies over
which electronic signals may be sent (p. 547)
bureaucracy government administrators (p. 115)
bureaucrat one who works for a department or agency
of the federal governmentcivil servant (p. 275)
C client group individuals and groups who work with
cabinet secretaries of the executive departments, the
vice president, and other top officials that help the
president make decisions and policy (p. 228)
calendar a schedule that lists the order in which bills
will be considered in Congress (p. 136)
campaign manager the person responsible for the over-
all strategy and planning of a campaign (p. 476)
canvass the vote count by the official body that tabulates
election returns and certifies the winner (p. 487)
canvassing board the official body that counts votes
and certifies the winner (p. 490)
capital the means of productionmoney, factories,
heavy machineryused to produce other products
and goods (p. 718)
capitalism an economic system providing free choice
and individual incentive for workers, investors, con-
sumers, and business enterprises (pp. 26, 718)
casework the work that a lawmaker does to help con-
stituents with problems (p. 200)
caseworker a member of a lawmakers personal staff
who handles requests for help from constituents
(pp. 148, 201)
caucus a private meeting of party leaders to choose
candidates for office (pp. 134, 464)
cede to yield (p. 50)
censure a vote of formal disapproval of a members
actions (p. 129)
census a population count (p. 124)
central clearance Office of Management and Budgets
review of all legislative proposals that executive
agencies prepare (p. 236)
centralized planning government control of the econo-
my (p. 724)
change of venue new trial location (p. 86)
checks and balances the system where each branch of
government exercises some control over the others
(p. 65)
civil case one usually involving a dispute between two
or more private individuals or organizations (p. 646)
civil law one relating to disputes among two or more
individuals or between individuals and the govern-
ment (pp. 103, 430)
civil rights movement the efforts to end segregation
(p. 410)
Glossary
broadcast spectrumcompensation
civil service system practice of government employment
based on competitive examinations and merit (p. 286)
civil society a complex network of voluntary associa-
tions, economic groups, religious organizations, and
many other kinds of groups that exist independent of
government (p. 24)
a government agency and are most affected by its
decisions (p. 295)
closed primary an election in which only members of
a political party can vote (p. 465)
closed rule rule that forbids members of Congress to
offer amendments to a bill from the floor (p. 190)
closed shop a place of employment where only union
members may be hired (p. 583)
cloture a procedure that allows each senator to speak
only 1 hour on a bill under debate (p. 140)
cluster sample a polling method that groups people by
geographical divisions (p. 521)
coalition government one formed by several parties
who combine forces to obtain a majority (p. 454)
collective bargaining the practice of negotiating labor
contracts (p. 581)
collective farm farm in which the land is owned by the
government but rented to a family (p. 728)
collective naturalization a process by which a group of
people become American citizens through an act of
Congress (p. 394)
collective security a system by which the participating
nations agree to take joint action against a nation
that attacks any one of them (p. 629)
command economy an economic system in which
the government controls the factors of production
(pp. 30, 717)
commission form a form of municipal government that
combines executive and legislative powers in an elect-
ed commission (p. 667)
committees of correspondence colonial committees
urging resistance to the British and keeping in touch
with one another as events unfolded (p. 44)
committee staff the people who work for House and
Senate committees (p. 147)
common law law made by judges in the process of
resolving individual cases (p. 426)
communism an economic system in which the central
government directs all major economic decisions
(pp. 30, 718)
comparative advantage economic principle that
each country should produce those goods it can
make more efficiently and trade for other goods
(p. 732)
compensation salary (p. 214)
GLOSSARY 845
 Glossary
complaintdemocratic socialism
complaint a legal document filed with the court that
has jurisdiction over the problem (p. 433)
concurrent jurisdiction authority shared by both
federal and state courts (p. 306)
concurrent powers powers that both the national
government and the states have (p. 97)
concurrent resolution a resolution that covers matters
requiring the action of the House and Senate but on
which a law is not needed (p. 182)
concurring opinion the Courts opinion expressing the
views of a justice(s) who agree with the majoritys
conclusions but for different reasons (p. 334)
confederacy a loose union of independent states (p. 12)
conferee member of a conference committee (p. 187)
conference committee a temporary joint committee
set up when the House and the Senate have passed
different versions of the same bill (p. 144)
conference report compromise bill presented by the con-
ference committee after changes are made (p. 187)
congressional override the power of Congress to pass
legislation over a presidents veto (p. 249)
conscription compulsory military service; also called
a draft (p. 625)
consensus an agreement about basic beliefs (p. 6)
conservation the care and protection of natural resources
including the land, lakes, rivers, and forests; oil, natur-
al gas, and other energy sources; and wildlife (p. 651)
conservative one who believes government should be
limited, except in supporting traditional values and
promoting freedom of opportunity (p. 517)
consolidated democracy a nation that has democratic
elections, political parties, constitutional govern-
ment, an independent judiciary, and usually a mar-
ket economy (p. 689)
constituent a person whom a member of Congress has
been elected to represent (p. 133)
constitution a plan that provides the rules for govern-
ment (p. 13)
constitutional commission a group of experts appoint-
ed to study a state constitution and recommend
changes (p. 639)
constitutional convention a gathering of citizens elect-
ed to consider changing or replacing a constitution
(p. 639)
constitutional court a court established by Congress
under the Constitution (p. 312)
constitutional government a government in which a
constitution has authority to place clearly recognized
limits on the powers of those who govern (p. 13)
constitutional law law that involves the interpretation
and application of the U.S. Constitution and state
constitutions (pp. 14, 424)
846 GLOSSARY
constitutional monarch a monarch that has shared
governmental powers with elected legislatures or
serves mainly as a ceremonial leader of a govern-
ment (p. 19)
consul a government official who heads a consulate in
a foreign nation (p. 623)
consulate office that promotes American business and
safeguards its travelers in a foreign country (p. 623)
containment the policy designed to keep the Soviet
Union from expanding its power (p. 610)
contempt willful obstruction of justice (p. 168)
contract a set of voluntary promises, enforceable by
the law, between two or more parties (p. 430)
copyright the exclusive right to publish and sell a liter-
ary, musical, or artistic work for a specified period
of time (p. 163)
corporate charter a document that gives a corporation
legal status (p. 648)
council-manager form a type of municipal government
in which legislative and executive powers are sepa-
rated (p. 668)
counsel an attorney (p. 401)
county the largest political subdivision of a state (p. 663)
county board the governing board of most counties
(p. 664)
covert secret (p. 265)
criminal case one in which the state brings charges
against a citizen for violating the law (p. 646)
criminal justice system system of state and federal courts,
police, and prisons that enforces criminal law (p. 437)
criminal law one that defines crimes and provides for
their punishment (p. 437)
cross-pressured voter one who is caught between
conflicting elements in his or her own life (p. 493)
customs duties taxes levied on goods imported into
the United Statestariffs or import duties (p. 557)
D
de facto existing in fact rather than legally (p. 265)
defamatory speech false speech that damages a persons
good name, character, or reputation (p. 369)
defendant the person against whom a civil or criminal
suit is brought in court (p. 433)
delegated powers powers the Constitution grants or
delegates to the national government (p. 95)
democracy government in which the people rule (p. 19)
democratic socialism an economic system in which
people have control over government through free
elections and multiparty systems, but the govern-
ment owns the basic means of production and
makes most economic decisions (p. 28)

denaturalization the loss of citizenship through fraud
or deception during the naturalization process
(p. 396)
dependent one who depends primarily on another
person for basic needs (p. 556)
deregulate to reduce regulations (p. 283)
dtente a relaxation of tensions between nations (p. 612)
developing nation a nation only beginning to develop
industrially (pp. 16, 722)
direct democracy a form of democracy in which the
people govern themselves by voting on issues (p. 20)
direct primary an election in which party members
select people to run in the general election (p. 465)
discount rate the interest rate the Federal Reserve
System charges member banks for loans (p. 569)
discovery process when both sides prepare for a trial by
gathering evidence to support their case (p. 433)
discrimination unfair treatment of individuals based
solely on their race, gender, ethnic group, age,
physical disability, or religion (p. 407)
dissenting opinion the opinion expressed by a minority
of justices in a Court case (p. 334)
divine right belief that certain people are either de-
scended from gods or chosen by gods to rule (p. 8)
double jeopardy retrial of a person who was acquitted
in a previous trial for the same crime (p. 404)
due process clause Fourteenth Amendment clause stat-
ing that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty,
or property without due process of law (p. 308)
due process of law principle in the Fifth Amendment
stating that the government must follow proper con-
stitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it
takes against individuals (pp. 86, 427)
E obtained evidence cannot be used in a federal
economics the study of human efforts to satisfy
seemingly unlimited wants through the use of
limited resources (p. 26)
elastic clause clause in Article I, Section 8 of the
Constitution that gives Congress the right to
make all laws necessary and proper to carry
out the powers expressed in the other clauses of
Article I (pp. 69, 96, 157)
elector member of a party chosen in each state to
formally elect the president and vice president
(p. 220)
electoral vote the official vote for president and vice
president by electors in each state (p. 220)
electronic mailing list an automated e-mail notifica-
tion that provides subscribers with current informa-
tion on a topic (p. 545)
Glossary
denaturalizationexpressed powers
electronic petition a message that asks the recipient to
sign his or her name electronically to a request
that will be sent to an official (p. 547)
embargo an agreement prohibiting trade (p. 44)
embassy an ambassadors official residence and offices
in a foreign country (pp. 276, 622)
eminent domain the power of the government to take
private property for public use (p. 86)
enabling act the first step in the state admission proce-
dure which enables the people of a territory to pre-
pare a constitution (p. 99)
enemy alien a citizen of a nation with which the United
States is at war (p. 387)
entitlement a required government expenditure that
continues from one year to the next (pp. 192, 562)
entrepreneur a person who takes a risk to produce
goods and services in search of profit (p. 718)
enumerated powers the expressed powers of Congress
that are itemized and numbered 1-18 in Article I,
Section 8 of the Constitution (pp. 69, 96, 157)
equity a system of rules by which disputes are resolved
on the grounds of fairness (p. 426)
establishment clause the First Amendment guarantee
that Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion (p. 358)
estate tax tax collected on the assets (property and
money) of a person who dies (p. 558)
evolutionary theory the theory that the state evolved
from the family (p. 8)
excise tax tax on the manufacture, transportation, sale,
or consumption of certain items such as gasoline,
liquor, or cigarettes (pp. 557, 656)
exclusion the right of Congress to refuse to seat an
elected member by a majority vote (p. 128)
exclusionary rule a law stating that any illegally
court (p. 399)
executive agreement an agreement made between the
president and a head of state (pp. 80, 257, 619)
executive order a rule issued by the president that has
the force of law (p. 253)
executive privilege the right of the president and other
high-ranking executive officers to refuse to testify
before Congress or a court (p. 266)
expatriation giving up ones citizenship by leaving to
live in a foreign country (p. 395)
ex post facto law a law that makes a crime of an act
that was legal when it was committed (p. 158)
expressed contract a contract in which the terms are
specifically stated, usually in writing (p. 430)
expressed powers powers directly stated in the Consti-
tution (pp. 68, 95, 157)
GLOSSARY 847
 Glossary
extraditeideological party
extradite to return a criminal or fugitive who flees
across state lines back to the original state (p. 103)
extradition the legal procedure through which a person
accused of a crime who has fled to another state is re-
turned to the state where the crime took place (p. 652)
extralegal not sanctioned by law (p. 56)
F publishing certain types of information about a
faction a group of people united to promote special
interests (p. 503)
factors of production resources that an economy needs
to produce goods and services (p. 717)
fairness doctrine rule requiring broadcasters to provide
opportunities for the expression of opposing views
on issues of public importance (p. 538)
federal bureaucracy departments and agencies of the
federal governmentmostly the executive branch
(p. 71)
federal grant a sum of money given to a state for a spe-
cific purpose (p. 657)
federalism a system in which power is divided between
the national and state governments (p. 65)
federal system a government that divides the powers of
government between the national government and
state or provincial governments (p. 12)
felony a major crime (pp. 399, 438)
filibuster a method of defeating a bill in the Senate
by stalling the legislative process and preventing a
vote (p. 140)
first reading when a bill introduced in Congress is given
a title and a number, printed, and distributed (p. 184)
fiscal policy a governments use of spending and
taxation to influence the economy (p. 567)
fiscal year a 12-month accounting period (p. 560)
force theory the theory that the state was born of
forcewhen all the people of an area were brought
under the authority of one person or group (p. 8)
foreign policy the strategies and goals that guide a
nations relations with other countries (p. 607)
forum medium for discussion (p. 249)
free enterprise the opportunity to control ones own
economic decisions (p. 23)
free enterprise system an economic system based on
private ownership of the means of productionthe
capitaland on individual economic freedom
(p. 718)
free exercise clause the First Amendment guarantee
that prohibits government from unduly interfering
with the free exercise of religion (p. 358)
free market economic system in which buyers and sell-
ers make free choices in the marketplace (p. 27)
848 GLOSSARY
front-runner the early leader in an election (p. 530)
fundamental right a basic right of the American system
or one that is indispensable in a just system (p. 407)
G
gag order an order by a judge barring the press from
pending court case (p. 373)
gentrification the phenomenon of new people moving
into a neighborhood, forcing out those who live
there, and changing the areas essential character
(p. 681)
gerrymander to draw a districts boundaries to gain an
advantage in elections (p. 126)
government the institution through which the state
maintains social order, provides public services,
and enforces binding decisions on citizens (p. 8)
government corporation a business that the federal
government runs (p. 280)
grandfather clause an exemption in a law for a certain
group based on previous conditions (p. 483)
grand jury group that hears charges against a suspect
and decides whether there is sufficient evidence to
bring the person to trial (pp. 312, 439)
gross national product (GNP) the sum of all goods
and services produced in a nation in a year
(pp. 568, 729)
H
hearing a session at which a committee listens to testi-
mony from people interested in the bill (p. 184)
hecklers veto public veto of free speech and assembly
rights of unpopular groups by claiming demonstra-
tions will result in violence (p. 379)
Holocaust the mass extermination of Jews and other
groups by the Nazis during World War II (p. 379)
horse-race coverage media approach of focusing on
winners and losers, and whos ahead, rather
than on issues or policy positions (p. 537)
house arrest a sentence which requires an offender to
stay at home except for certain functions the court
permits (p. 653)
human rights fundamental freedoms (p. 355, 710)
hung jury a jury that is unable to reach a decision
(p. 443)
I
ideological party a political party that focuses on over-
all change in society rather than on an issue (p. 455)

ideology a set of basic beliefs about life, culture, gov-
ernment, and society (pp. 454, 517)
illegal alien a person without legal permission to be in a
country (p. 387)
image mental picture (p. 476)
immunity freedom from prosecution for witnesses
whose testimony ties them to illegal acts (p. 169)
impeach to accuse a public official of misconduct in
office (p. 79)
impeachment a formal accusation of misconduct in
office against a public official (p. 164)
implied contract a contract in which the terms are not
expressly stated but can be inferred from the actions
of the people involved and the circumstances (p. 430)
implied powers powers that the government requires
to carry out the expressed constitutional powers
(pp. 96, 157)
impound refuse to spend (p. 337)
impoundment the presidents refusal to spend money
Congress has voted to fund a program (pp. 175, 253)
income tax the tax levied on individual and corporate
earnings (p. 108)
incorporation a process that extended the protections
of the Bill of Rights against the actions of state and
local governments (p. 356); the process of setting up
a legal community under state law (p. 666)
incrementalism the term used to explain that the total
budget changes little from year to year (p. 564)
incumbent elected official that is already in office
(p. 130)
independent a voter who does not support any particu-
lar party (p. 458)
indictment a formal charge by a grand jury (pp. 312, 440)
industrialized nation a nation with large industries and
advanced technology that provides a more comfort-
able way of life than developing nations (p. 16)
information a sworn statement by the prosecution
that there is sufficient evidence for a trial (p. 440)
infrastructure the basic facilities of a city, such as paved
streets and sidewalks, water pipes, sewers, bridges,
and public buildings (p. 680)
inherent powers powers that the national government
may exercise simply because it is a government
(p. 96)
initiative a method by which citizens propose a consti-
tutional amendment or a law (p. 639)
injunction an order that will stop a particular action
or enforce a rule or regulation (pp. 297, 433, 582)
inner cabinet members of the cabinet who wield
influence with the president because they head de-
partments that are concerned with national issues
(p. 232)
Glossary
ideologyjus sanguinis
interest group a group of people with common goals
who organize to influence government (p. 503)
intergovernmental organization (IGO) an inter-
national organization comprised of members of
national governments (p. 702)
intergovernmental revenue revenue distributed by one
level of government to another (p. 657)
interlocking directorate the same people serving on
the boards of directors of competing companies
(p. 579)
internationalism involvement in world affairs (p. 609)
interstate commerce trade among the states (pp. 55, 161)
interstate compact a written agreement between two or
more states (p. 105)
iron triangle a relationship formed among government
agencies, congressional committees, and client
groups who work together (p. 298)
isolationism the avoidance of involvement in world
affairs (p. 609)
item veto the power to turn down a particular item in a
bill without vetoing the entire bill (p. 645)
J
Jim Crow law law requiring racial segregation in such
places as schools, buses, and hotels (p. 408)
joint committee a committee of the House and the
Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports
its findings back to the House and the Senate (p. 143)
joint resolution a resolution passed by both houses of
Congress dealing with unusual or temporary matters,
such as correcting an error in an earlier law (p. 182)
judicial activism the philosophy that the Supreme
Court should play an active role in shaping
national policies by addressing social and political
issues (p. 81)
judicial circuit a region containing a United States
appellate court (p. 313)
judicial restraint the philosophy that the Supreme
Court should avoid taking the initiative on social
and political questions (p. 80)
judicial review the power of the Supreme Court to de-
clare laws and actions of local, state, or national gov-
ernments unconstitutional (pp. 66, 308, 336, 640)
jurisdiction the authority of a court to rule on certain
cases (pp. 64, 305)
jury a group of citizens who hear evidence during
a trial and give a verdict (p. 442)
jus sanguinis (YOOS SAHNgwuhnuhs) Latin phrase
meaning law of blood; the principle that grants
citizenship on the basis of the citizenship of ones
parents (p. 393)
GLOSSARY 849
 Glossary
jus solimoderate
jus soli (YOOS SOHLEE) Latin phrase meaning law
of the soil; the principle that grants citizenship to
nearly all people born in a country (p. 393)
K logrolling an agreement by two or more lawmakers to
kibbutzim collective agricultural communes (p. 725)
L
laissez-faire the philosophy that government should
keep its hands off the economy (pp. 27, 578)
lame duck an outgoing official serving out the remain-
der of a term, after retiring or being defeated for re-
election (p. 90)
land all natural resources such as soil, water, air, and
minerals (p. 717)
law set of rules and standards by which a society gov-
erns itself (p. 423)
leak the release of secret information by anonymous
government officials to the media (pp. 230, 529)
legislative assistant a member of a lawmakers personal
staff that makes certain that the lawmaker is well in-
formed about proposed legislation (p. 148)
legislative court a court created to help Congress exer-
cise its powers (p. 314)
legislative oversight a continuing review by Congress
of how effectively the executive branch carries out
the laws Congress passes (p. 169)
legislative veto the provisions Congress wrote into
some laws that allowed it to review and cancel ac-
tions of executive agencies (p. 171)
liaison officer a cabinet department employee who
helps promote good relations with Congress
(p. 296)
libel false written or published statements intended to
damage a persons reputation (pp. 84, 369, 536)
liberal one who believes the national government
should be active in promoting health, education,
justice, and equal opportunity (p. 517)
lieutenant governor the presiding officer of the upper
house in some state legislatures (p. 642)
life peer a person who has been awarded a title in
the House of Lords for outstanding achievement
(p. 690)
limited government a system in which the power of the
government is limited, not absolute (p. 36)
limited war a war in which the more powerful nation
or nations will not go beyond certain limits (p. 709)
line-item veto the power to veto only certain lines or
items in a bill (pp. 176, 255)
litigant a person engaged in a lawsuit (p. 307)
850 GLOSSARY
lobbying direct contact made by a lobbyist in order
to persuade government officials to support the poli-
cies their interest group favors (pp. 198, 508)
lobbyist interest group representative (pp. 198, 508)
support each others bills (p. 202)
M
majority leader the Speakers top assistant whose job is to
help plan the majority partys legislative program and
to steer important bills through the House (p. 134)
majority opinion the Courts decision expressing the
views of the majority of justices (p. 334)
mandate a formal order given by a higher authority
(pp. 245, 658)
mandatory sentencing a system of fixed, required terms
of imprisonment for certain types of crimes (p. 651)
market economy an economic system which allows
buyers and sellers acting in their individual interests
to control the factors of production (p. 717)
marketing quota a limit set among farmers to market
only an assigned portion of an overproduced crop
(p. 586)
market value the amount of money an owner may
expect to receive if property is sold (p. 674)
mass media means of communication, such as televi-
sion, newspapers, movies, books, and the Internet,
that influence large audiences (pp. 515, 527)
mass transit systems such as subways that are used to
transport a large number of people (pp. 602, 671)
mayor-council form a form of municipal government
in which executive power belongs to an elected
mayor, and legislative power to an elected council
(p. 666)
media event a visually interesting event designed to re-
inforce a politicians position on some issue (p. 529)
mediation a process in which each side is given the
opportunity to explain its side of the dispute and
must listen to the other side (p. 434)
metropolitan area a large city and its surrounding
suburbs (p. 671)
metropolitan government a type of government that
serves several different communities in the same
region (p. 682)
militia armed forces of citizens (p. 85)
misdemeanor a minor crime that is usually punished by
a fine or jail sentence of less than one year (p. 438)
mixed economy a system in which the government
regulates private enterprise (pp. 575, 721)
moderate one whose beliefs fall somewhere between
liberal and conservative views (p. 517)

monarchy autocracy in which a king, queen, or emper-
or exercises supreme powers of government (p. 19)
monetary policy a governments control of the supply of
money and credit to influence the economy (p. 567)
monopoly a business that controls so much of an in-
dustry that little or no competition exists (pp.
578, 719)
mortgage a loan taken out to pay for a house (p. 431)
mullah a specially trained Islamic religious leader (p. 700)
multilateral treaty international agreement signed by
several nations (p. 629)
municipality an urban unit of government chartered
by a state (p. 665)
Muslim a follower of the religion of Islam (p. 699)
mutual defense alliance an agreement between nations
to support each other in case of an attack (p. 627)
N oligarchy a system of government in which a small
nation group of people united by bonds of race, language,
custom, tradition, and, sometimes, religion (p. 6)
national budget the yearly financial plan for the na-
tional government (p. 175)
national committee representatives from the 50 state
party organizations who run a political party (p. 460)
national convention a gathering of local and state party
members chosen to nominate presidential and vice-
presidential candidates (p. 460)
national debt the total amount of money the govern-
ment owes at any given time (pp. 160, 559)
nationalist position a position that favors national
action in dealing with problems (p. 106)
nationalization the process by which a government
takes control of industry (p. 724)
national security protection of a nations borders and
territories against invasion or control by foreign
powers (p. 608)
national security adviser director of the National Secu-
rity Council staff (pp. 237, 616)
nation-state a country in which the territory of both
the nation and the state coincide (p. 6)
naturalization the legal process by which a person is
granted citizenship (p. 392)
necessary and proper clause Article I, Section 8, of
the Constitution, which gives Congress the power
to make all laws that are necessary and proper for
carrying out its duties (pp. 96, 157)
newly developed nation a nation that has had significant
or rapid industrial growth in recent years (p. 722)
news briefing a meeting during which a government
official makes an announcement or explains a poli-
cy, decision, or action (p. 528)
Glossary
monarchypartisan
news release a ready-made story government officials
prepare for members of the press (p. 528)
nominating convention an official public meeting of
a party to choose candidates for office (p. 464)
nongovernmental organization (NGO) an inter-
national organization comprised of individuals and
groups outside the scope of government (p. 702)
non-resident alien a person from a foreign country
who expects to stay in the United States for a short,
specified period of time (p. 387)
nuclear proliferation the spread of nuclear weapons
(p. 709)
O
office-group ballot one that lists the candidates togeth-
er by the office for which they are running (p. 489)
group holds power (p. 19)
oligopoly situation when only a few firms dominate a
particular industry (p. 579)
open-market operations the means the Federal Reserve
System uses to affect the economy by buying or sell-
ing government securities on the open market
(p. 570)
open primary an election in which all voters may
participate (p. 465)
open shop a place of employment where workers may
freely decide whether or not to join a union (p. 583)
opinion a written explanation of a Supreme Court de-
cision; also, in some states, a written interpretation
of a state constitution or state laws by the states at-
torney general (pp. 322, 331, 645)
ordinance a law (pp. 50, 425)
original jurisdiction the authority of a trial court to be
first to hear a case (p. 306)
P
pardon a release from legal punishment (p. 254)
parish a political division in Louisiana, similar to a
county in other states (p. 664)
parliamentary government form of government in
which executive and legislative functions both reside
in an elected assembly, or parliament (p. 689)
parochial school a school operated by a church or
religious group (p. 359)
parole means by which a prisoner is allowed to serve
the rest of a sentence in the community under the
supervision of a parole officer (p. 653)
partisan adhering to or supporting a particular party,
faction, cause, or person (p. 544)
GLOSSARY 851
 Glossary
party-column ballotprocurement
party-column ballot one that lists each partys candi-
dates in a column under the partys name (p. 489)
passport a document entitling a traveler to certain pro-
tections established by international treaty (p. 623)
patent the exclusive right of an inventor to manufac-
ture, use, and sell his or her invention for a specific
period of time (p. 163)
patronage the practice of granting favors to reward
party loyalty (pp. 256, 462)
peer group an individuals close friends, religious
group, clubs, or work groups (p. 515)
per curiam opinion (puhr KYUReeAHM) a brief
unsigned statement of a Supreme Court decision
(p. 333)
perjury lying under oath (p. 168)
personal property movable belongings such as clothes
and jewelry, as well as intangible items like stocks,
bonds, copyrights, and patents (pp. 431, 673)
personal staff the people who work directly for individ-
ual senators and representatives (p. 147)
petition an appeal (p. 77)
petit jury a trial jury, usually consisting of 6 or 12
people, that weighs the evidence presented at a trial
and renders a verdict (p. 313)
petty offense a minor crime, usually punished by a
ticket rather than being arrested (p. 437)
picket to patrol an establishment to convince workers
and the public not to enter it (p. 378)
plaintiff person who brings charges in court (p. 433)
plank a section of a political party platform (p. 469)
platform a statement of a political partys principles,
beliefs, and positions on vital issues (p. 469)
plea bargaining the process in which a defendant
pleads guilty to a lesser crime than the one with
which the defendant was originally charged
(p. 440)
plurality the largest number of votes in an election
(pp. 465, 644)
pocket veto when a president kills a bill passed during
the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply re-
fusing to act on it (p. 188)
political action committee (PAC) an organization
formed to collect money and provide financial sup-
port for political candidates (pp. 130, 477, 511)
political culture a set of shared values and beliefs about
a nation and its government (p. 516)
political efficacy an individuals feelings of his or her
effectiveness in politics (p. 516)
political party a group of individuals with broad com-
mon interests who organize to nominate candidates
for office, win elections, conduct government, and
determine public policy (pp. 23, 453)
852 GLOSSARY
political socialization process by which individuals
learn their political beliefs and attitudes through
personal background and life experiences (p. 515)
politics the effort to control or influence the conduct
and policies of government (p. 14)
polling place the location in a precinct where people
vote (p. 488)
poll tax money paid in order to vote (pp. 90, 483)
popular sovereignty rule by the people (p. 65)
pork-barrel legislation laws passed by Congress that
appropriate money for local federal projects (p. 202)
preamble a statement in a constitution that sets forth
the goals and purposes of government (p. 13)
precedent a model on which to base later decisions or
actions (pp. 338, 364, 426)
precinct a voting district (pp. 459, 488)
precinct captain a volunteer who organizes party work-
ers to distribute information about the party and its
candidates and to get the voters to the polls (p. 459)
presidential government a form of democratic govern-
ment in which a president heads the executive
branch (p. 691)
presidential succession the order in which officials fill
the office of president in case of a vacancy (p. 217)
president pro tempore the Senate member, elected by
the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate
in the absence of the vice president (p. 139)
press conference the news medias questioning of a
high-level government official (p. 535)
press secretary one of the presidents top assistants
who is in charge of media relations (p. 239)
presumed innocence the presumption that a person is
innocent until proven guilty (p. 428)
price supports the program under which Congress
buys farmers crops if the market price falls below
the support price (p. 586)
prime minister the leader of the executive branch of a
parliamentary government (p. 691)
prior restraint government censorship of information
before it is published or broadcast (pp. 84, 371, 536)
private bill a bill dealing with individual people or
places (p. 181)
private law a law that applies to a particular person
(p. 390)
probable cause a reasonable basis to believe a person
or premises is linked to a crime (p. 85)
procedural due process principle that prohibits
arbitrary enforcement of the law, and also provides
safeguards to ensure that constitutional and
statutory rights are protected by law enforcement
(p. 427)
procurement the purchasing of materials (p. 283)

profit the difference between the amount of money
used to operate a business and the amount of money
the business takes in (p. 720)
progressive tax tax based on a taxpayers ability to pay
(pp. 556, 657)
proletariat workers who produce the goods (p. 29)
propaganda the use of ideas, information, or rumors to
influence opinion (p. 495)
proportional representation a system in which several
officials are elected to represent the same area in
proportion to the votes each partys candidate re-
ceives (p. 457); used in presidential primaries to
elect delegates in proportion to their popular vote
(p. 467)
proportional tax tax that is assessed at the same rate for
everyone (p. 657)
public assistance government programs that distribute
money to poor people (p. 590)
public bill a bill dealing with general matters and ap-
plying to the entire nation (p. 181)
public housing government-subsidized housing for
low-income families (p. 600)
public-interest group a group that seeks policy goals
that it believes will benefit the nation (p. 506)
public opinion the ideas and attitudes a significant
number of Americans hold about issues (p. 514)
public policy the course of action a government takes
in response to some issue or problem (p. 112)
public utility an organization that supplies such neces-
sities as electricity, gas, or telephone service (p. 648)
public welfare government efforts to maintain basic
health and living conditions for those people who
have insufficient resources of their own (p. 654)
public works bill a bill in which Congress appropriates
money for local projects (p. 201)
pure speech the verbal expression of thought and opin-
ion before an audience that has chosen to listen
(p. 366)
Q
C serve against their deposits (p. 570)
quorum the minimum number of members who must
be present to permit a legislative body to take official
action (p. 137)
quota a limit on the quantity of a product that may be
imported (p. 733)
R individual loses out to an individual chosen because
racial discrimination treating members of a race differ-
ently simply because of race (p. 408)
Glossary
profitrevitalization
random sampling a polling technique in which every-
one in the universe has an equal chance of being
selected (p. 520)
ratify to approve (pp. 48, 76)
rational basis test used by a Court to determine
whether a state law is reasonably related to an
acceptable goal of the government (p. 406)
real property land and whatever is attached to or
growing on it (pp. 431, 673)
reapportionment the process of reassigning representa-
tion based on population, after every census (p. 124)
redistrict to set up new district lines after reapportion-
ment is complete (p. 125)
referendum a special election (p. 666)
refugee a person fleeing a country to escape persecution
or danger (p. 387)
regional security pact a mutual defense treaty among
nations of a region (p. 627)
register to enroll ones name with the appropriate local
government in order to participate in elections
(p. 487)
regressive tax tax in which people with lower incomes
pay a larger portion of their income (pp. 557, 657)
representative democracy a form of democracy in
which the people elect representatives and give them
the responsibility and power to make laws and con-
duct government (p. 20)
representative government a system of government
in which people elect delegates to make laws and
conduct government (p. 37)
representative sample a small group of people, typical
of the universe, that a pollster questions (p. 520)
reprieve the postponement of legal punishment (p. 254)
republic a government in which voters hold sovereign
power; elected representatives, responsible to the
people, exercise that power (p. 20)
reserved powers powers that belong strictly to the
states (p. 96)
reserve requirement the percentage of money member
banks must keep in Federal Reserve Banks as a re-
resident alien a person from a foreign nation who has
established permanent residence in the United States
(p. 387)
revenue the money a government collects from taxes or
other sources (p. 43)
revenue bill a law proposed to raise money (p. 158)
reverse discrimination situation where a qualified
of their race, ethnicity, or gender (p. 414)
revitalization investments in new facilities in an effort
to promote economic growth (p. 681)
GLOSSARY 853
 Glossary
ridersovereignty
rider a provision included in a bill on a subject other
than the one covered in the bill (p. 182)
riding the circuit traveling to hold court in a justices
assigned region of the country (p. 320)
roll-call vote a voting method used by the Senate in
which senators respond Aye or No as their separation of powers the division of power among the
names are called in alphabetical order (p. 187)
runoff primary a second primary election between the
two candidates who received the most votes in the
first primary (p. 465)
S shah a king (p. 701)
sample group surveyed in an opinion poll (p. 520)
sampling error a measurement of how much the sample
results may differ from the sample universe (p. 520)
sanction a measure such as withholding economic aid
to influence a foreign governments activities
(pp. 630, 693)
scarcity a condition that exists because society does not
have all the resources to produce all the goods and
services that everyone wants (p. 717)
school board a usually elected local body that governs a
school district (p. 673)
search warrant an order signed by a judge describing a
specific place to be searched for specific items (p. 85)
secular nonreligious (p. 360)
securities financial instruments, including bonds, notes,
and certificates, that are sold as a means of borrow-
ing money with a promise to repay the buyer with
interest after a specific time period (pp. 559, 581)
security classification system the provision that infor-
mation on government activities related to national
security and foreign policy may be kept secret (p. 416)
seditious speech speech urging resistance to lawful
authority or advocating the overthrow of the gov-
ernment (p. 367)
segregation separation of people from the larger social
group (p. 408)
select committee a temporary committee formed to
study one specific issue and report its findings to
the Senate or the House (p. 142)
self-incrimination testifying against oneself (p. 402)
senatorial courtesy a system in which the president
submits the name of a candidate for judicial ap-
pointment to the senators from the candidates
before formally submitting it for full Senate
approval (p. 317)
seniority system a system that gives the member of
the majority party with the longest uninterrupted
service on a particular committee the leadership of
that committee (p. 145)
854 GLOSSARY
sentence the punishment to be imposed on an offender
after a guilty verdict (p. 443)
separate but equal doctrine a policy which held that if
facilities for different races were equal, they could be
separate (pp. 309, 409)
legislative, executive, and judicial branches of gov-
ernment (pp. 40, 65)
sequester to keep isolated (p. 373)
session a period of time during which a legislature
meets to conduct business (p. 123)
shield law a law that gives reporters some means of pro-
tection against being forced to disclose confidential
information or sources in state courts (pp. 374, 537)
shock incarceration a prison program involving short-
er sentences in a highly structured environment
where offenders participate in work, community
service, education, and counseling (p. 653)
shock probation program designed to show young
offenders how terrible prison life is through brief
incarceration followed by supervised release
(p. 653)
simple resolution a statement adopted to cover matters
affecting only one house of Congress (p. 182)
single-issue party a political party that focuses on one
major social, economic, or moral issue (p. 455)
single-member district electoral district in which only
one candidate is elected to each office (p. 457)
slander false speech intended to damage a persons
reputation (pp. 84, 369)
social consensus when most people in a society accept
democratic values and agree about the purpose and
limits of government (p. 24)
social contract theory that by contract, people surrender
to the state the power needed to maintain order and
the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens (p. 8)
social insurance government programs designed to
help elderly, ill, and unemployed citizens (p. 590)
social insurance tax the money collected by the federal
government to pay for major social programs, such
as Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment
compensation programs (p. 556)
socialism an economic system in which the govern-
ment owns the basic means of production,
distributes the products and wages, and provides
social services such as health care and welfare
(pp. 28, 718)
soft money money raised by a political party for general
purposes, not designated for a candidate (p. 478)
sovereignty the supreme and absolute authority within
territorial boundaries (p. 7)

special district a unit of local government that deals
with a specific function, such as education, water
supply, or transportation (p. 665)
splinter party a political party that splits away from
a major party because of some disagreement
(p. 455)
spoils system the practice of victorious politicians
rewarding their followers with government jobs
(p. 285)
spot advertising the brief, frequent, positive descrip-
tions of a candidate or a candidates major themes
broadcast on television or radio (p. 531)
standing committee a permanent committee in Con-
gress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds
of issues (p. 142)
standing vote a voting method used by the House and
Senate in which members vote by standing and
being counted (p. 187)
stare decisis (STEHRee dihSYsuhs) a Latin term supremacy clause statement in Article VI of the Consti-
meaning let the decision stand; the principle that
once the Court rules on a case, its decision serves
as a precedent on which to base other decisions
(p. 338)
state a political community that occupies a definite
territory and has an organized government with the
power to make and enforce laws without approval
from any higher authority (p. 5)
state central committee committee usually composed
largely of representatives from the partys county
organizations (p. 460)
state farm farm owned by the government and run
like a factory, with farmworkers being paid wages
(p. 728)
state-sponsored terrorism terrorism that is secretly
supported by a government (p. 708)
states rights position a position that favors state and
local action in dealing with problems (p. 106)
statute a law written by a legislative branch (p. 425)
statutory law a law that is written down so that every-
one might know and understand it (p. 425)
straight party ticket one where a voter has selected
candidates of his or her party only (p. 493)
straw poll an unscientific attempt to measure public
opinion (p. 520)
strong-mayor system a type of mayor-council govern-
ment in which the mayor has strong executive
powers (p. 666)
subcommittee a group within a standing committee
that specializes in a subcategory of its standing com-
mittees responsibility (p. 142)
subpoena a legal order that a person appear or produce
requested documents (p. 168)
Glossary
special districttort
substantive due process certain rights of individuals in
the application of laws, some that are specified in the
Constitution (like free speech) and some that are not
specified (like the right of privacy in making person-
al decisions) (p. 427)
suburb a densely settled territory adjacent to a central
city (p. 672)
suffrage the right to vote (p. 481)
summons an official notice of a lawsuit that includes
the date, time, and place of the initial court appear-
ance (p. 433)
sunset law a law that requires periodic checks of govern-
ment agencies to see if they are still needed (p. 112)
sunshine law a law prohibiting public officials from
holding meetings not open to the public (p. 113)
supranational organization an organization whose
authority overrides the sovereignty of its individual
members (p. 704)
tution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed
by Congress, and treaties of the United States shall
be the supreme Law of the Land (pp. 64, 97)
suspect classification a classification made on the
basis of race or national origin that is subject to
strict judicial scrutiny (p. 407)
swing vote the deciding vote (p. 344)
symbolic speech the use of actions and symbols, in
addition to or instead of words, to express opinions
(p. 366)
T
tariff a tax placed on imports to increase their price in
the domestic market (p. 733)
tax the money that people and businesses pay to sup-
port the activities of the government (pp. 189, 555)
taxable income the total income of an individual minus
certain deductions and personal exemptions (p. 555)
tax credit allows taxpayers to reduce their income tax
liability (p. 559)
terrorism the use of violence by nongovernmental
groups against civilians to achieve a political goal
(p. 708)
theocracy a government dominated by religion (p. 453)
third party any political party other than one of the two
major parties (p. 455)
ticket the candidates for president and vice president
(p. 466)
ticket-splitting voting for candidates from different
parties for different offices (p. 489)
tort a wrongful act, other than breach of contract, for
which an injured party has the right to sue (p. 432)
GLOSSARY 855
 Glossary
totalitarian dictatorshipzoning
totalitarian dictatorship a form of autocratic govern-
ment where the ideas of leaders are glorified and the
government seeks to control all aspects of social and
economic life (p. 18)
town meeting a gathering of all the voters of a town
to express their opinions and participate in the law-
making process (p. 665)
township a unit of local government found in some
states, usually a subdivision of a county (p. 664)
trading bloc a group of nations that trade without
barriers such as tariffs (p. 734)
traditional economy economic system in which cus-
toms dictate the rules for economic activity (p. 717)
transcript a summary record (p. 417)
treaty a formal agreement between the governments of
two or more countries (pp. 80, 257, 615)
trial court the court in which a case is originally tried
(p. 306)
trust a form of business consolidation in which several
corporations combine their stock and allow a board
of trustees to operate as a giant enterprise (p. 578)
U programs (p. 723)
unanimous opinion a Court decision in which all
justices vote the same way (p. 334)
uncontrollable government expenditure required by
law or resulting from previous budgetary commit-
ments (pp. 192, 562)
unemployment compensation payments to workers
who lose their jobs (p. 649)
unemployment insurance programs in which the
federal and state governments cooperate to provide
help for people who are out of work (p. 592)
unfunded mandates programs ordered but not paid
for by federal legislation (p. 588)
unicameral a single-chamber legislature (pp. 48, 641)
union shop a place of employment where workers are
required to join a union soon after they have been
hired (pp. 583, 649)
unitary system a government that gives all key powers
to the national or central government (p. 12)
universe in polling, the group of people that are to be
studied (p. 520)
urban renewal programs under which cities apply
for federal aid to clear slum areas and rebuild
(pp. 599, 678)
856 GLOSSARY
V
verdict decision (p. 443)
veto rejection of a bill (pp. 66, 188)
victim compensation a program in many states
whereby the state government provides financial
aid to victims of certain crimes (p. 651)
visa a special document, required by certain countries,
that is issued by the government of the country that
a person wishes to enter (p. 623)
voice vote method in which House or Senate members
call out Aye or No and the Speaker determines
which side has the most voice votes (p. 187)
W
ward a large district comprised of several adjoining
precincts (p. 459)
weak-mayor system mayor-council government in
which the mayor has limited powers (p. 666)
welfare state a nation that has an economic system,
such as socialism, that provides many welfare
whip an assistant to the party floor leader in the
legislature (p. 135)
withholding the money an employer withholds from
workers wages as payment of anticipated income
tax (p. 556)
workers compensation payments people unable to
work as a result of job-related injury or ill health
receive (p. 649)
writ of certiorari (SUHRsheeuhRARee) an order
from the Supreme Court to a lower court to send up
the records on a case for review (p. 332)
writ of habeas corpus a court order to release a person
accused of a crime to court to determine whether he
or she has been legally detained (p. 158)
Z
zoning the means a local government uses to regulate
the way land and buildings may be used in order to
shape community development (p. 669)

Italicized page numbers refer to illus-
trations. The following abbreviations
are used in the index:
m=map, c=chart or graph,
p=photograph or picture,
ctn=cartoon, ptg=painting, q=quote
A rights for, 98, 99, p99, 113, 40810,
Aaron, Henry J., q592
Abington School District v. Schempp,
361
abridge, 363
absentee ballots, 491
absolute monarchy, 19;
in Saudi Arabia, 701
acceptance, 431
access, media rights of, 537
accused, rights of, 86, 398; cruel and
unusual punishment, 87, 405; double
jeopardy, 85, c86, 4045; guarantee of
counsel, 4012; searches and seizures,
398401, p399, p400; self-incrimina-
tion, 8586, 4024
Acevedo, Charles Steven, 400
acquisitions, U.S., c7
acreage allotment, 586
action alerts, 546547
Adams, Abigail, 151, p151
Adams, John, 71, 151, 155, q155, q219,
454; and Declaration of
Independence, 46; and judicial
review, 3078, p307; and nomination
of Marshall as chief justice, 305; as
vice president, 58, 69
Adams, John Quincy, 220, 224, 241; in
election of 1824, 164; as secretary of
state, 616
Adams, Samuel, 44
Adams, Sherman, 265
Adarand Constructors Inc. v. Pea, 414
Addams, Jane, 421, q421
Adderly v. Florida, 377
administrative assistant, 14748
administrative law, 425
Administrative Procedures Act (1946),
297
adversary system, 428
advertising: campaign, 476, 531; Feder-
al Communications Commission
regulation of, 538; financing TV, 531;
and free press, 375; propaganda in,
495496; protection against false,
580; spot, 531
affiliated PACs, 512
Aaron, Henry J.Annapolis Convention (1786)
Afghanistan, 163, 259; Taliban control
of, 7089; war in, 82
AFL-CIO, 505; Committee on Political
Education, 490
Africa: economic development in,
72526. See also South Africa
African Americans: and affirmative
action, 41214, p413; in the cabinet,
229; citizenship rights to, 98; civil
p407, p408; and Civil War amend-
ments, 8889, 98; and desegregation,
95, p95, 309, p309, 310, 34647; ef-
forts to end discrimination against,
26162; judicial appointments of,
317, 323; and separate but equal
doctrine, 309, 346; suffrage for,
48284; in World War II, 133.
See also civil rights movement
African National Congress (ANC),
69394
Afrikaner Nationalist Party (South
Africa), 694
Afroyim v. Rusk, 695
Agence France-Presse, 533
Agency for International Development
(AID), 629
Agnew, Spiro, resignation of, 217
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
(1933), 586
Agricultural Marketing Services, 586
agriculture: collective farms in, 728;
communes in, 725; federal govern-
ment role in, 58486; interest groups
in, 505; state farms in, 728; subsidies
for, 586; subsidies in, 734
Agriculture, U.S. Department of, 277,
283, 295; aid programs in, 586; cre-
ation of, 584; school lunch program
of, 586
Aid to Families with Dependent Chil-
dren (AFDC), 593, 594, 654
Aid to the Blind, 654
Aid to the Permanently and Totally
Disabled, 654
Air Force, Department of the, 625
Air Force One, 214
air pollution, policies on, 587, 651
Air Pollution Act (1955), 587
Air Quality Control Act (1967), 651
Alabama: apportionment in, 126; laws
in, 425; legislature in, 642; regional
government in, 673
Alaska: admission to Union, 100; envi-
ronment concerns in, 651; local gov-
ernment in, 664; purchase of, 153
Albany Plan of Union, 44
Index
Albright, Madeleine, 229, p229
alcohol, driving under the influence of,
p439
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,
Bureau of, 277
Aldrin, Edwin E., Jr, p294
Alexander, Jane, p191
Alien Registration Act (1940), 382
aliens, 382; classifying, 38788; enemy,
387; illegal, 38788; nonresident, 387;
resident, 387; rights of, 388. See also
immigrants
Allegheny County v. ACLU, 362
Allende, Salvador, 725
alliances, bilateral treaties of, 629
Allott, Gordon, p139
ambassadors, 615, 622
amendments, 76, c77, 8390, c88; de-
fined, 65; power of Congress in,
165; proposing, 7677, 79; ratifying,
7779; for state constitutions,
63940. See also specific amendments
American Association of Retired Per-
sons (AARP), 505
American Bar Association (ABA), 506;
and judicial appointments, 325
American Battle Monuments
Commission, 279
American College of Surgeons, 510
American Conservative Union, 490
American Farm Bureau Federation,
505
American Federation of Labor (AFL),
581
American Independent Party, 224, 457
American Library Association, U.S. v.,
54849
American Medical Association, 506
American Nazi Party, march of, in
Skokie, 37879
American Online (AOL), 538, 540,
p548
American Revolution, 699
American Samoa, representation in
Congress, 129
Americans for Free International
Trade, 512
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
(1990), 72, 337, 580
America Online, 532
AmeriCorps, 256, p256
amicus curiae brief, 333
amnesty, 390; granting of, 254
anarchy, 57
Anglican Church, 700
Ankara, 722
Annapolis Convention (1786), 52
INDEX 857
 Index
Anthony, Susan B.Bryan, William Jennings
Anthony, Susan B., p197
anticolonialism, 724
anthrax, 237, 595
Anti-Federalists, 5657
Anti-Masons, 466
antitrust legislation: Clayton Antitrust
Act (1914), 579, 581; enforcing, 579;
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890),
57879, 581
Anthony, Susan B., p498, q498
ANZUS Pact, 629
apartheid, 693, 705
Appalachian Regional Commission,
201
appeals courts: federal, 31314; state,
647
appellate jurisdiction, 3067, 321
appointments: of cabinet members,
22829; power of Congress to con-
firm, 619; presidential, 253, 28889;
to Supreme Court, 32326
Apprendi, Charles, 411
Apprendi v. New Jersey, 411
appropriation, 191
appropriations bills, 160, 19192
appropriations committees, 192
Arab-Israeli wars, 709
Arafat, Yasir, p615
arbitrator, 434
archives, 544
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 589
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, p266, 702,
p702
Aristotle, 5, 18, p31
Arizona: admission to Union, 100; elec-
tion of governor in, 64344; water
rights disputes in, 105
Arizona v. Fulminante, 404
Arkansas: local government in, 664;
prison conditions in, 105
Arkansas v. Sanders, 400
armed forces. See military
Armed Forces Radio and Television
Network, 531
Armed Liberty (Crawford), p134
Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, 294
Armstrong, Neil, 294
Army, Department of the, 625
arraignment, 441
arrest, 43839
arrest warrant, 85, 43839
Arthur, Chester A., succession to presi-
dency, 286
articles, 64
Articles of Confederation, 65; achieve-
ments of, 5051; government under,
48, c49; weaknesses of, 4950, 245, 577
858 INDEX
Asia: developing economies in, 734;
Japans leadership in, 734
Ashcroft, John, p144, 275, q418
Askins, Rene, 324, p324
assembly, freedom of, 84, 376; limits on
parades and demonstrations, 377; lim-
its on public, 377; and property rights,
378; protecting, 376, 381; public, and
disorder, 37880; on public property,
377
assessment, 674
Associated Press (AP), 52829, 533
association, freedom of, 382
Atlanta: housing problems in, 67879;
mass transit in, 681; suburbs of, 672
at-large, 128
atomic bomb, 279
attitudes, media impact on, 534
attorney general, 325; in state
government, 645
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 399
Australia: ANZUS Pact with, 629; fed-
eral system of government, 12
Australian ballot, 490
authoritarian governments, 696701
authorization bill, 191
autocracy, 18
B bosses, 465
backgrounders, 52829
bad tendency doctrine, 368
bail, 439
Baird, Zo, 230
Baker, Vernon, 133, p133
Baker v. Carr, 126, 341
Bakke, Allan, 41214, p413
balanced budget, 77, 563; amendment
for, 77
Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act (1985), 563
ballots, 224, 489; absentee, 491; Aus-
tralian, 490; security of, 481
Barrett, Bill, 15
Batista, Fulgencio, 698
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), 681
Bay of Pigs, 698
Beaver, Mary Ellen, 440, p440
Beer, Samuel H., q115
Bennett et al. v. Spear et al., 518
Bentsen, Lloyd, 223, 476
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 370
Betts v. Brady, 401, 402
biased sample, 520
bibliography, preparing, 713
bicameral legislature, 123, 641, 689
Bigelow v. Virginia, 375
bilateral treaties of alliances, 629
Bill of Rights: English, 3637; in state
constitutions, 638; in U.S. Constitu-
tion, 5658, 8387, 35557, 438, 638,
78990. See also specific amendments
bills of attainder, 158
Binder, Sarah, q193
Bin Laden, Osama, 70809
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
(BRCA), 216, 47879
bipartisan support, 619
birth, citizenship by, 393, p393
Bisnow, Mark, 148, q148
Black, Hugo, 290, 334, q359, q361, q402
Blackmun, Harry, 326
Blair, Tony, p690
block grants, 658, 675
Board of Education v. Allen, 360
Boerne, Texas, City of v. Flores, 36364
Bolton, John, 312
Bonaparte, Louis-Napoleon, 690
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 425
bonds, 559, 657, 675
books, 528
Bootstrap Institute, 611
Bork, Robert, 324
boroughs, 664
borrowing for revenue, 559
Bosnia, 628
Boston, laws in, 425
Boston Tea Party, 43
bourgeoisie, 29
Bowery at Night (Sontag), 670
brain trust, 231
Brandeis, Louis D., q318, 343, q382
Brandenburg, Clarence, 369
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 369
Branzburg v. Hayes, 537
Braswell v. United States, 4034
Breyer, Stephen, p322, 324, 347
briefs, 333
Brinton, Jason, 458, p458
broadcast media, 527; court coverage
by, 533; regulation of, 53641,
53738; Roosevelt's use of, 528
broadcasting, public, 531
broadcast licensing, 530
broadcast spectrum, 547
Brookhart, Smith, 153
Brougham, Henry, q575
Brown, Eddie, 103
Brown, Linda, p309
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
309, p309, 310, 319, 337, 34647,
40910
Bryan, William Jennings, 499, 473,
q473

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 299, q299
Buck, Tom, 656
Buckley v. Valeo, 512
Buddhism, 697
budget: balanced, 77; incremental, 564
Budget and Accounting Act (1921),
561, 564
Budget Impoundment and Control
Act (1974), 175
Bulgaria: application for EU member-
ship, 704, 734; and NATO member-
ship, 628; overthrow of communism
in, 692
Bull Moose Party, 457, p457
bureaucracy, 275; cabinet departments
as, 27679, c276; in Constitution, 275;
cutting size of federal, 283; defined,
115; Executive Office of the President
as, 23438; and federal budget, 561;
growth of, 71, 293; independent agen-
cies as, 27980; influence of client
groups on, 29798; influences on deci-
sions of, 29597; in influencing policy,
29193; and limitations on presiden-
tial power, 250; reasons for making
policy, 29395; regulatory commis-
sions in, 281, 283; size of, 275, ctn289,
294; technology in, 29394; White
House Office as, 23839; women in,
284
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services (BCIS), 277, 388, 393,
394
Burger, Warren E., q267, 326
Burns, James MacGregor, 173
Burr, Aaron, 164, 221
Burstyn v. Wilson, 375
Burton, Harold, 345
Bush, George H.W., p234, p312;
bureaucracy of, 236; cabinet of,
23132; communication skills of,
263; education policy under, 599; in
election of 1992, p70; and federal aid
policies, 109; foreign policy under,
612, 619, 621; isolation of, 265; judi-
cial appointments of, 348; national
defense, 567; nominations of, 532;
and Operation Desert Storm, 258,
p258, 618; and overthrow of Noriega,
258; and Persian Gulf War, 197; as
vice president, 213, p213; war powers
of, p157
Bush, George W., in 2004 presidential
campaign, 497, 531; budget of, 564;
cabinet of, p231; campaign, 216; and
Defense Department, 294; and De-
partment of Homeland Security, 237;
and education reform, 599; and the
Brzezinski, Zbigniewcheckbook journalism
environment, 589; and foreign policy,
616; governor of Texas, 641, p641;
and Kyoto Treaty, 712; and the
media, p248; and the military, p623;
president, p74, p212, p214, 222, 224,
225, m225, 237, 240, p240, q240, 241,
259, 475, c489, m494, 499, 564, 567,
p606, 613, p623, 630, 709; and war in
Iraq, q241, 613; and war against ter-
rorism, 248, q248, 61213, 707, 709;
Web site of, 240, 547
Bush v. Gore, 340, 342, 756
business: and antitrust legislation,
57879; deregulation of, 578; federal
promotion and protection of, 57576;
federal regulation of, 57679; interest
groups in, 505; and protection of con-
sumers from, 30910; state regulation
of, 64850
Business Roundtable, 505
business trusts, 30910
Business Week, 528
Butler, Pierce, 326
butterfly ballot, 498, p498
Byrd, Robert, 201
C
XYZ
cabinet, 228, 27679, c276; African
Americans in, 229; factors limiting,
232; function of, 692; Hispanics in,
229; in history, 231; influence of, 232;
modern, 231; nominations and con-
firmation, 230; role of, 23032; selec-
tion of, 22830; women in, 229
Cable News Network (CNN), p531,
544, p545
cable television, 535, 536, 538
Calendar of General Orders, 140
calendars, 136
California: anti-pollution laws in, 112;
criminal law in, 437; legislature in,
642; local government in, 664; recall
of governor, 644; water rights dis-
putes in, 105; welfare in, 654
California v. Acevedo, 400
California v. Greenwood, 399
campaigning online, 130
campaign manager, 476
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, 153
Camp David, 216
Campos, Gladiola, 381
Canada, federal government in, 12
candidates: identifying, 52930; nomi-
nation of, 46470, 53031; recruiting,
461
Cannon, Charlie, 26
Index
Cannon, Joseph G., 136
canvassing board, 490
capital, 718
capitalism, 26, 718, c719, 722; changing
face of, 72021; characteristics of,
71820; defined, 26; modified, 721;
origins of, 27
capital punishment, 87, m404;
constitutionality of, 405
Capitol, U.S., p69
card catalogs, 383
Cardozo, Benjamin, 325
Carnivore, 417
Carter, Jimmy, 77, 237, 261, 468; and
civil service reform, p288; communica-
tion skills of, 263; and Department of
Education, p279; and deregulation
movement, 283; in election of 1976,
521; in election of 1980, 49495; for-
eign policy under, 619; and granting of
amnesty to draft evaders, 254; and Iran
crisis, 259, 628; judicial appointments
of, 317, 347; and legislative vetoes,
176; life after presidency, 266, p266;
and ratification of Panama Canal
treaties, 619, ctn619; and use of exec-
utive order, 253
Carter, Rosalynn, 266
Carter Center, 266
Cary, John H., q585
casework, 200
caseworkers, 148, 201
Castro, Fidel, ctn698, 698699, 725
categorical-formula grants, 658, 675
Cato the Younger, p139
Cattlemens Action Legislative Fund
(CALF), 512
caucus, 134
caucuses, 464
Cavazos, Lauro F., 229
ceded, 50
Cedras, Raul, 702
censorship, 538
census, 124
Census, Bureau of the, 124, 277
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 595
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 257,
280, 294, 616
central issues, identifying, 31
centralized planning, 724
change of venue, 86
Channel One News, 514
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 370
Charles I (King of England), 36
Charles X (King of France), 690
Chase, Samuel, impeachment of, 322
checkbook journalism, 535
INDEX 859
 Index
checks and balancescommittee system
checks and balances, 6566, c66, ctn67,
172, 173, 174, p237, 341
Cheney, Dick, p153, 153, 219, 219, 509,
564
Cheney, Lynne, 509
Chiang Kai-shek, 696
Chicago, 672; municipal government
in, 666; political boss in, 519; voting
rights in, 484
Child Labor Act (1916), 336
Child Online Protection Act (1998),
548
Children's Internet Protection Act
(2002), 548
Chile: economic policies in, 724;
socialist democracy in, 725
Chiles, Lawton, p103
China, People's Republic of, 69698;
appeals for democracy in, 697, p697;
changing economy in, 72931; civil
liberties in, 69798; communism in,
2930, 697; constitution of, 13; for-
eign policy with, 607; as permanent
member of Security Council, 703; po-
litical history of, 69697; relations
with U.S., 698, 731; Tiananmen
Square in, 13, p18; and trade barriers,
733; workers in, p716, 730
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 389
Chisholm, Shirley, 153
Chisholm v. Georgia, 348
choice, freedom of, 720
Christian Democratic Union, 700
Christmas tree bills, 182, 190
Church, Frank, 19798
Churchill, Winston, 610
Church of England, 700
cities, 67172
citizen participation: and Internet,
54648
citizens: participation of, 23;
representation of, 36, p36;
responsibilities of, 39697; right to
know, 41617; right to privacy,
41718, p417
citizenship: by birth, 393, p393; and
Fourteenth Amendment, 39293; los-
ing, 39596; national, 39193; by nat-
uralization, 39394, p394;
qualifications for, 39394, p394; steps
to, 39495, p396
civic responsibility, 529
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), 283
civil cases, 646, 647; steps in,
43334
civil law, types of, 43032
civil liberties, p21, 339, 725; affirmative
action, 41214; in China, 69798;
860 INDEX
discrimination against women,
41416; protecting, 310
Civil Rights Act (1957), 140
Civil Rights Act (1964), 108, 162,
41516, 580
Civil Rights and Womens Equity in
Employment Act (1991), 416
Civil Rights Commission, 279
civil rights complaint, filing, p414
civil rights movement, 40810;
education in, 40910; under Eisen-
hower, 99; under Johnson, 98, p407;
under Kennedy, 99;
sit-ins in, p408, 410; under Truman,
26162. See also
African Americans
Civil Service Commission, 286
Civil Service Commission v. Letter Car-
riers, 290
civil service system, 28486; benefits
and problems, 287; getting
job with, 286; Hatch Act (1939),
28788, 290; origins, 28586; political
appointees, 28889
civil society, 24
Civil War, p71, 625; political parties be-
fore and after, 454
Civil War amendments, 8889, 98, 308
civil wars, 710
Clark, Tom, q162, 324, q338
Clark v. Community for Creative Non-
Violence, 365
classroom courtroom, 44447
Claybrook, Joan, 513
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), 579, 581
Clean Air Act (1963), 651
Clean Air Act (1990), 587, 651
Clean Air Amendments (1970), 587,
651
clear and present danger doctrine, 320,
368, 382
Cleveland, Grover, 238; and labor rela-
tions, 99
Cleveland, Ohio, voting in, 484
client groups, influences of, on
bureaucracy, 29798
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, p138, p529
Clinton, William Bill, p80, 261, p262,
277, 454, q594, p615; appointments
of, 230, 254, 539; and balancing of
budget, p562; cabinet of, 229, 23132;
and deregulation, 283; drug policy
under, 67980; education policy
under, 599; in election of 1996, 494;
and foreign policy, 612; and health
care reform, 102, 250; impeachment,
164, p164, 249; isolation of, 266; judi-
cial appointments of, 324, 347,
ctn347, 348; legislation signing by,
171; and line-item veto, 176, 255; and
the media, p248, p526, p528; and
party politics, 173; political cam-
paigns of, 530, 543; and reinventing
government, 10910, 283, p293; and
Congress, 257; support for NAFTA,
711, 734; land investments of, 168,
171; White House staff of, 239
Clinton v. City of New York, 188, 255
closed primary, 465
closed rule, 190
closed shops, 583
cluster sample, 521
Code of Hammurabi, 423
coercive force, 9
Cohen, Bernard, q534
Cold War, 294, 610, 630; end of, 607,
61113, 616, 698, 704; North At-
lantic Treaty Organization after, 628
collective bargaining, 581
collective farms, 728
collective naturalization, 39495
collective security, 629
colonies: conflict with Great Britain,
4244; government in, 3840;
legislatures in, 3940; political her-
itage of, 3538; taxing, 43; unity of,
44
Colorado: sunset laws in, 112; water
rights disputes in, 105
command economy, 717, 718, 720, 723;
communism as, 2930
commander in chief, president as, 615,
p623
Commerce, U.S. Department of, 277,
c278, 295, 297, 576
Commerce and Slave-Trade
Compromise, 55
commerce power, 108, 161
commission form of municipal
government, 667, c667
committee action on bills, 184
Committee for Public Education v.
Regan, 360
Committee for the Propagation of
Virtue and the Prevention of Vice,
701
committee hearings of bills, 184
Committee on Administrative
Management, 234, 238
Committee on Permanent Organiza-
tion, 469
Committee on Political Education
(COPE), 505
committees of correspondence, 44
committee system: in House of Repre-
sentatives, 133, 13637, 18384;

in state legislatures, 642
Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC), 586
Common Cause, 478, 506
common law, 426
Common Sense (Paine), 4546
Communications Act (1934), 547
Communications Decency Act (1996),
375, 548
communism, 718, c719; in China,
69698, 72931; class struggles
in, 29; collapse of Soviet, 72829; as
command economy, 2930;
in Cuba, 69899; defined, 29; over-
throw of, in Eastern Europe, 69293
Communist Manifesto, The (Marx), 29,
739, q739
Communist Party, 453; of the Russian
Federation, 731; in United States, 455
compacts, 98
comparative adviantage, 732
comparisons, making, 603
competition, 71920; in free-enterprise
economy, 27
complaint, filing, 433
Comprehensive Employment Training
Act (1974), 682
computer databases, 383
Concord, 42, 44
concurrent jurisdiction, 306
concurrent powers, 9798
concurrent resolutions, 182
concurring opinion, 334
Conestoga Wagon on the Pennsylvania
Turnpike (Birch), ptg601
confederacy, 12
conferees, 187
conference committee, 144; actions by,
187
confidentiality, 417
confirmation power of Senate, 164
Congress, U.S.: in amendment process,
7677, 165; and appropriation of
money, 19192; commerce power of,
108, 161; confirmation hearings of,
532; in Constitution, 6870, 7980,
15758; versus courts, 7475; debate
over communications policy in, 547;
e-mailing messages to, 121, 552; enu-
merated powers of, 69; and federal
budget, 56264; first home of, 69;
foreign policy powers of, 16263,
61719; helping constituents in,
200203; influence of, on bureaucra-
cy, 29697; influence of, over
Supreme Court, 34748; influence of
political action committees on, 513;
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)constitutional rights
influencing, 19498, ctn195; Internet
communication with, 546; investiga-
tions by, 16768, p168; investigations
by, and witness rights, 16869; lead-
ership of, p144, 15253, p152, p153;
legislative oversight activities of, 539;
limits on presidential power, 249;
media coverage of, 53233, p532;
meeting of first, 58; members of,
12930; money powers of, 16061;
override of veto, 188, 249; oversight
activities of, 532; perks for members
of, 123, p123; personal activities of
members of, 532; powers denied to,
158; versus president, 74; profile of
109th, c129; and ratification of
amendments, 7879; recording stu-
dios for, 533; and redistricting, 125;
reelection to, 130; relations with
president, 17276, 61920; sessions
of, 123; spending power of, 158, 160;
Statuary Hall in, 635; swings in con-
trol of, c127; symbols in, 152; taxing
power of, 1089, 158, 160, p554; and
term limits amendment, 112; terms
of, 123. See also House of Represen-
tatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Congressional Budget Act (1974), 562
Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
14950, 175, 562, 563, 658
congressional committees: assignment
to, 144; chairpersons role of, 145;
choosing members of, 14445; kinds
of, 14244; purposes of, 141; seniori-
ty system
of, 145; staff of, 147
Congressional Record, 188, 545, 550
Congressional Research Service (CRS),
149
congressional staff: committee, 14849;
growth of, 147, ctn147; influence of,
on Congress, 194; personal, 14748;
role of, 14647; support agencies,
14950; work of, 203
Connecticut, 39; economic develop-
ment in, 681; election of governor in,
643; local government in, 664; on
slavery issue, 55
Connecticut Compromise, 5455
conscription, 625
consensus, 6
Consent Calendar, 136
conservation: federal policy on, 586;
state efforts in, 651
conservative ideology, 495, 496, 517
consideration, 431
consolidated democracies, 689
Index
constituents: defined, 133; helping,
2003
Constitution, U.S., 3, 13; amending, 65,
c77; articles of, 64; Bill of Rights in,
56, 58, 8388, 35556, 638; bureau-
cracy in, 275; changes through cus-
tom and usage, 82; checks and
balances in, 6566, c66, ctn67; citi-
zenship in, 39193; commerce clause
of, 577, 578; concurrent powers in,
9798, c97; custom duties in, 558; de-
nied powers in, 97; division of federal
and state powers in, c97; division of
powers in, 95; elastic clause in, 69;
enacting clause of, 184; executive
branch in, 64, 68, 7071; expressed
powers in, 9596, c97; federal court
system in, 306; federalism in, 65; full
faith and credit clause in, 1034;
guarantees to states in, 9899; impact
of court decisions on, 8081; implied
powers in, 96, c97; informal changes
in, 7981; inherent powers in, 96,
c97; interpretation of, 15758;
judicial branch in, 64, 68, 7273; ju-
dicial review in, 6667; legislative
branch in, 64, 6870; limited govern-
ment in, 67; necessary and proper
clause in, 96, 157; popular sovereign-
ty in, 65; Preamble to, 1314, 63, q63;
presidential powers in, 24547; and
privacy, 417; privileges and immuni-
ties clause in, 104; ratifying, 5657,
m57; reserved powers in, 96, c97; sep-
aration of church and state in, 699;
separation of powers in, 65; shared
power and conflict in, 7375; strict
versus broad interpretation of, 69;
structure of, 6365; supremacy clause
in, 64, 96; taxes in, 555. See also spe-
cific amendments by number
constitutional commissions, 639
Constitutional Convention (1787), 20,
214; beginning of, 53; Commerce and
Slave-Trade Compromise in, 55;
Connecticut Compromise in, 5455;
delegates to, 53; New Jersey Plan in,
54; organization of, 5354; slavery
question in, 5556; Three-Fifths
Compromise in, 55; Virginia Plan in,
54
constitutional conventions, 639, 640
constitutional government, 13; in
Poland, 69293
constitutional law, 14, 424
constitutional monarchs, 19
constitutional rights, 35557
INDEX 861
 Index
constitutionsDemocratic Party
constitutions: defined, 13; and govern-
ment, 1314; in Japan, 690; in Mexi-
co, 694; in Poland, 693; state, 47. See
also Constitution, U.S.; state constitu-
tions
consul, 623
consulates, 623, 710
Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion (CPSC), 579, 580, p291
consumer protection: federal role in,
57982; state role in, 649
containment, 61011
contempt, 168
Continental Army, 48
Continental Congress: First, 44; Sec-
ond, 4445, 47, 48
Continental soldier, p48
Contract with America, 594
contracts, 43031; role of Congress in
winning, 2023; yellow-dog, 582
contras, 532
convention delegates, 466
Coolidge, Calvin, p464
copping plea, 441
copyright, 163
corporate charter, 648
corporate income tax, 556
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB), 531
corruption, and spoils system, 28586
Corzine, Jon S., 477
Council for a Livable World, 512
council-manager form of municipal
government, 668, c667
Council of Economic Advisers, 237,
256
Council of State Governments, 507
Council of the European Union, 705
counsel, guarantee of, 4012
county, 66364
county board, 664
Court of International Trade, 314
Court of Military Appeals, 315
Court of Veterans Appeals, 316
Court TV, 451
courts: versus Congress, 7475;
of District of Columbia, 31516; in-
fluence of, on bureaucracy, 297; mag-
istrate, 646; media coverage of, 533;
municipal, 646; teen, 665. See also
federal court judges; federal courts;
state court judges; state courts;
Supreme Court, U.S.; Supreme
Court, U.S., cases
Cox, James, 464
Cox v. Louisiana, 377
Cox v. New Hampshire, 377
cracking, 127
862 INDEX
cradle-to-grave benefits, 723
Cranston, Alan, p167
Crassus, Marcus Licinius, 669
Crawford, Thomas, p134
credentials committee at national con-
ventions, 469
credit information, sharing, 418
crime, 437; definition of, 398; and law
enforcement, c438; punishment for,
395; rights of accused, 8586; types
of, 43738
criminal cases, 646, 647; federal, 437;
steps in, 43843
criminal corrections, state, 65253
criminal justice, 437; spending on,
c652; state efforts in, 65153, c652
criminal law, 437; mandatory
sentencing in, 437
critical thinking: analyzing news media,
571; analyzing primary sources, 117;
analyzing secondary sources, 299;
demonstrating reasoned judgment,
676; distinguishing fact from opinion,
327; identifying central issues, 31; in-
terpreting information, 193; inter-
preting point of view, 631; making
comparisons, 603; making decisions,
737; making generalizations, 151; syn-
thesizing information, 480
Croatia: application for EU
membership, 704, 734
cross-pressured voter, 493
cruel and unusual punishment, 87, 405
C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs
Network), 527, 532, p532, 533
Cuba, 69899; under Castro, 69899,
725; future of, 699; jinoteros in, 696;
trade embargo against, 736
Cuban Democracy Act (1992), 706
Cultivation of Cotton (Volkov), ptg29
cultural activities, local government
role in, 671
customs duties, 55758
cybervolunteering, 547
Czechoslovakia, overthrow of
communism in, 692
Czech Republic, and NATO
membership, 628;
D Democratic Party, 454; and campaign
Dale, Thomas, p35
damages, 434
Dardick, Geeta, 72, p72
Dardick, Sam, 72, p72
Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 308
Das Kapital (Marx), 29
database, building, 349
Davie, William, q50
Davis, Arthur, 663
Davis, Gray, 644
Dayton peace accord, 395
Dean, Howard, 547
death penalty. See capital punishment
debates, 26871, 476, 546; Lincoln-
Douglas, 551, q551; of 1960, 476; of
1976, 476; of 1980, 49495; Nixon-
Kennedy, 528
Debs, Eugene V., 309
Debs v. United States, 309
decentralized justice, 65152
decisions: making, 737; in trial, 44243
Declaration of Independence, 33, q33,
355; citizenship in, 391;
parts of, 4647
Declaration of the Rights of Man, 61,
q61
defamatory speech, 36970
defendant, 433, 435
defense, secretary of, 616
Defense, U.S. Department of, 257, 277,
294, 295, 298, 595, 615, 616, 62325;
establishment of, 624; size of, 625;
winning contracts with, 2023
deficit spending, 568
de Gaulle, Charles, 691
DeJonge, Dirk, 376
DeJonge v. Oregon, 37677, 382
de Klerk, Frederik, 693
Delaware: constitution of, 640; local
government in, 664; on slavery issue,
55
delegated powers, 95
Dellums, Ronald, 202
democracy(ies), 1920, 38; characteris-
tics of, 2023; consolidated, 689;
criteria of, 2324; defined, 19; direct,
20; and economic systems, 2324;
emerging, 69294; as foreign policy
goal, 609; and public opinion, 522;
representative, 20; socialist, 725; in
South Africa, p689
Democracy in Action Workshops,
2047, 26871, 44447
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)
(Poland), 693
Democratic National Committee, 461
finance reform, 478; Caucus in, 136;
in House of Representatives, U.S.,
134; media coverage of convention,
p537; national committee for, 507;
1964 national convention for, 469;
1968 national convention for, 398,
p398, 666; 1996 national convention

for, 537; and political control of Con-
gress, 113, 454, c127; post-Civil War,
113; symbol of, 462
Democratic-Republican Party, 221,
285, 454
democratic socialism, 28, 33, 723
democratic society, media contribu-
tions to, 527
demonstrations, limits on, 377
denaturalization, 396
denied powers, 98
Dennis v. United States, 369, 382
deputy whips, 135
deregulation, 283, 578
desegregation: of businesses, 108, p108;
in education, 95, p95, 309, p309, 310,
34647, p346
Detroit, 672; 1967 riots in, 98; political
boss in, 519; voting rights in, 484
developing economies: in Asia, 734; in
the global economy, 73536
developing nations, 722, p726; compar-
ison of, c723; defined, 16; sustainable
development and, 71112
Deykes, Robin, 170, p170
Daz, Porfirio, 699
Dickerson v. United States, 331, 404
dictatorship, totalitarian, 18
Dincer, Alaatin, 722
Dingell, John, p112
direct benefit payments, 566
direct democracy, 20
direct popular vote, 220, 226
direct primary, 465
disabled voters, special assistance for,
491
disabled workers, 580
Discharge Calendar, 136
discrimination: proving intent in,
4078; reverse, 41213, p413; against
women, 41416, p415, p416. See also
civil rights movement
dissenting opinion, 334
District of Columbia: courts of,
31516; representation in Congress,
129. See also Washington, D.C.
districts, role of Congress in helping,
2013, p202
divine right theory, 8
divorce, 431
documentaries, 530
Doggett, Lloyd, p200
Dolbeare, Kenneth M., q313
Dole, Bob, p138; campaign finance re-
form and, 478; in election of 1996,
p269, p468, 494; Web site of, 543
domestic affairs in Constitution, 80
Domestic Policy Council, 238
Democratic-Republican Partyelection campaigns
domestic relation courts, 646
Dorr, Thomas, 637, p637
double jeopardy, 85, 4045
Douglas, Stephen, debate with Abra-
ham Lincoln, 551, q551
Douglas, William O., 323, 332, 344, 372
Douglass, Frederick, 392
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 308, 337, 392
driving under the influence, p439
drug abuse, 67980
Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), 277, p296, 679
due process of law, 89, 35657, 42728,
438; defined, 86; procedural, 42728,
p427; and regulatory power, 30810;
substantive, 427, p427
Dukakis, Michael, 223, 476, 495
Dulles, John Foster, 237, 617
Duma (Russia), 729
dumping, 734
Duncan, John J., Jr., 133, q133
Dunifer, Stephen, 536
Dunlap, John, p40
E Eighth Amendment, 87, 439
Earth Summit, 712
Eastern Europe, overthrow of
communism in, 69293
East Germany, overthrow of
communism in, 692
Eckford, Elizabeth Ann, 99, p99
e-commerce, taxing, 549
economic aid, 629
economic and monetary union (EMU),
733, 734
Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC), 704
economic answers, searching for,
72425
economic choices, making, 72224
economic development: in Africa,
p725, 725726; meeting challenges in,
681
Economic Opportunity, Office of, 238
economic organization, forms of, 718
Economic Report of the President,
23738
economics, 26; decision making in, 11
economic sanctions, 630
economic systems: comparison of,
c719; democracy and, 2324; factors
of production in, 71718, p718, 723;
role of, 26; types of, 2630. See also
specific system
economies, emerging, 72226
economy: changing, in China, 72931;
Index
command, 2930, 717, 718, 720, 723;
global, 73236; laissez-faire, 27, 578;
market, 717; mixed, 575; mixed-mar-
ket, 28; and taxes, 55859; traditional,
717; transformation of Russian,
72829
education: Clinton's proposals for, 106;
desegregation in, 95, p95, 309, p309,
310, 34647; federal programs for,
59799; local administration of, 669,
673; political parties role in, 461; state
role in, 653; in Turkey, 722. See also
schools
Education, U.S. Department of, 279,
297
Edwards, George C., III, q529
Edwards, John, p452, p467; in 2004
presidential campaign, 531
Edwards v. Aguillard, 362
e-government, 54546
E-government Act (2002), 546
Eighteenth Amendment, 78, 83, 89,
165
18-year-olds, voting rights for, 5, p5,
212, 484
Einseln, Aleksander, 391, p391
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 172, 215, 218,
219, 237, 259, p259; and civil rights,
99; and civil service, 284, q284; in
elections of 1952/1956, 495; foreign
policy under, 617; isolation of, 265;
judicial appointments of, 325; and
NASA, 294; and political campaigns,
529, 531
elastic clause, 69, 96
election(s): of 1800, 164, 221; of 1824,
164, 220, p220; of 1828, 496; of 1896,
499; of 1920, p464; of 1952, 495; of
1956, 495; of 1964, 493, 495; of 1968,
515; of 1976, 495, 521; of 1980, 493,
49495; of 1988, 476, 495; of 1992,
p70; of 1996, c477, 478, 494; of 2000,
c222, 224, p224, m225, 248, 497, 498,
499; of 2004, m225, c489, m494, 497;
decline in participation, 497; free, 22;
and the Hatch Act, 28788; political
action committees in, 513; of presi-
dent, 22026; primary, 465
election campaigns, 216, 460, p460,
47579; advertising in, 53738;
candidates image in, 476, 495;
financing, 47779, c477, 511, ctn511,
538; influencing, 51314; issues in,
49495; media coverage of, 53639;
organization of, 476; for the
president, 47576; strategy of, 476;
working in, 478
INDEX 863
 Index
election campaign spendingfederal courts
election campaign spending: ceiling
on, 463, 477, c477, 479, ctn479; as
form of speech, 475
Election Day, 475; setting, 498; video-
taping of polling places on, 481
election map, interpreting, 233, m233
Electoral College, 56, 163, 22021,
c222; casting of votes by, 47576; is-
sues, 22324; replacement of, 227;
today, 22123
electronic eavesdropping, 4001, p401
electronic mailing lists, 545
electronic petition, 547
electronic spreadsheet, 471
electronic voting, 54748
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (1965), 598
Eleventh Amendment, 8788, 348
Ellis Island, 353
e-mail, 520; agencies, 210; and
campaigning, 130, 476; and free
press, 375; and lawmakers, 196; sena-
tors, 552
Emancipation Proclamation, 231
embargo, 44
embassies, 62223, p622
embedded journalists, 541
emerging economies, 72226
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 516, q516
eminent domain, 86
emperor, 721
Employment Act (1946), 170, 256
enabling act, 99
Endangered Species Act (1973), 324
Endo, Mitsuye, 2122
Endo v. United States, 2122
Endres, Arlys, 197, p197
enemy alien, 387
energy: crisis in, 589; government poli-
cy on, 58889
Energy, U.S. Department of, 279, 589
Engel v. Vitale, 361
Engelbart, Christina, 611
Engelbart, Douglas, 611, p611
Engels, Friedrich, q29
English Bill of Rights, 3637
Enron Corporation, 581
entertainment value of news, 535
entitlements, 192, 562, 566
entrepreneurs, 718, 720, p720
enumerated powers, 69
environment: federal policies on,
58789; interest groups for, 506; pro-
tecting, 71112; state policies on,
65051
Environmental Action, Inc., 506
Environmental Policy, Office of, 238
Environmental Protection
864 INDEX
Agency (EPA), 238, 279, 298, 482,
587, p587, 588, 651; unfunded man-
dates of, 588
Epperson v. Arkansas, 362
Epstein, Laura, 15, p15
Equal Access Act (1984), 362
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (1974),
416
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
(1972), 416
equal justice under law, 427
equal protection, 4067
equal rights, struggle for, 40810
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 78,
p78, 340
equal time doctrine, 545
equity, 426
Ervin, Sam, 171
Escobedo v. Illinois, 403
Espionage Act (1917), 368, 369
Espy, Mike, 586
establishment clause, 35863
estate tax, 558
Estonia, and NATO membership, 628
ethnic warfare, 628; in former
Yugoslavia, 612
euro, 73435
eurocracy, 706
European Commission, 706
European Community (EC), 705
European Convention of Human
Rights, 710
European Court of Human Rights, 710
European Court of Justice, 706
European Economic Community
(EEC), 705; economic sanctions
against South Africa, 693
European Parliament (EP), 7056
European Union (EU), 702, 7046;
government of, 7056; human rights
and, 710; and Kyoto Treaty, 712; and
political developments, 705; and
trade, 73435
Evans, Donald, p231
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 700
Everson v. Board of Education, 359
evolution, teaching theory of, 362
evolutionary theory of government
origin, 8
excise taxes, 557, 656
exclusionary rule, relaxing, 399
executive activities, congressional limits
on, 170
executive agreements, 80, 619; power
to make, 257
executive branch: in Constitution, 68,
7071; in Mexico, 700; in state gov-
ernment, 64346. See also president
Executive Calendar, 140
Executive Office of President (EOP),
23435; agencies in, 23438, c282
executive orders, 253, 625
executive privilege, 68, 26667
expatriation, 395
ex post facto laws, 158
expressed powers: of Congress, 157; de-
fined, 6869, 9596
extradition, 103, 1045, 652
extralegal, 56
F
fact, distinguishing from opinion,
327
factions, 454, 503. See also political par-
ties
factors of production, 71718, p718,
723
Fainstein, Norman L., q678
Fainstein, Susan F., q678
Fair Housing Act (1965), 431
fairness doctrine, 538
fair trade, 73536
fair trials and free press, 37274
Falun Gong, 697
Falwell, Jerry, 370
Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (1974), 417
family in political socialization, 515
family law, 43132
Farm Service Agency, 586
farm subsidies, 586
Federal Aid Highway Act (1956), 601
federal aid to states, 10910, m110
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA), 170, 279, 601
Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), 146
federal budget: percentage of, for for-
eign aid, 727; preparing, c561, 56064
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
275, 277; Training Academy, 553
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), 314, 374; content regulation
by, 538; creation of, 537; fairness doc-
trine, 538; ownership regulation by,
538539; and radio piracy, 536; on
television advertising, 531
federal court judges: impeachment of,
322, 647; party affiliation of, 31617;
selection of, 31617, c316
federal courts, c306; of appeals, 31314;
changes in, 7273; Court of Interna-
tional Trade, 314; Court of Military
Appeals, 315; Court of Veterans
Appeals, 316; district, 31213; of Dis-

trict of Columbia, 31516; jurisdic-
tion of, 72, 3057; legislative, 31415;
limits on presidential power, 24950;
officers of, 313; powers of, 30510;
territorial, 315; United States Claims
Court, 315; United States Tax Court,
315
federal criminal case, 437
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
tion (FDIC), 280
federal district courts, 31213
Federal Election Campaign Act (1971),
477, 511
Federal Election Commission (FEC),
477, 479, 511, 547
federal government: agricultural policy
of, 58486; in consumer protection,
57982; education policy of, 59799;
energy policy of, 58889; growth of,
1079; impact of mass media on,
52734; powers of, c97; transporta-
tion programs of, 6002; types of
subsidies, 576
federal grants, 109, 116, 65758
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA), 279, 601, 602
Federal Housing Administration
(FHA), 599, 672
federalism, 87, 95; defined, 65;
developing, 10610; and differences
among states, 115; direction of,
11516; and political parties, 113;
and professional politicians, 115; and
public policy, 11213; and taxes, 549
Federalist, The, 15, 57, p58, 96, 454
Federalist Party, 454
Federalists, 5657, 106, 221, 454
federal mandates, 658
Federal Metal and Non-Metallic Safety
Board of Review, 295
Federal Power Commission, 297
Federal Radio Commission, 545
Federal Railroad Administration, 279,
601
Federal Register, 578
Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
(1946), 508
Federal Reserve System: Board of Gov-
ernors, 569; districts, m569; making
monetary policy, 566, 56970; orga-
nization of, 56869; seal of, p570
Federal Road Aid Act (1916), 601
federal system, 12, 65
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 295,
297, 314, 575, 579, 580
Federal Transit Administration, 279
Federation for a Democratic China
federal criminal caseFriedman, Milton
(FDC), 705
Feiner, Irving, 379
Feiner v. New York, 379
Feingold, Russell, p123, 478
felonies, 399, 438, 439
Ferraro, Geraldine, 216, 470, p470, 499,
p499
Fifteenth Amendment, 89, 482
Fifth Amendment, 8586, 169, 357,
4024, 442, 719; due process clause
of, 406
filibuster, 140, p139, p181
financing: campaign advertising, 537;
election campaigns, 47779, c477,
511, ctn511; local governments,
67375, c674; state government,
65658, c674
firearms, right to own, 8485
fire protection, local government role
in, 670
fireside chats, 528
First Amendment, 8384, q83, 343,
356; establishment clause, 35863;
freedom of assembly in, 84, 37682;
freedom of speech in, 84, 36670;
freedom of the press in, 84, 37175;
free exercise clause, 36364; free press
guarantees
in, 53637; interpreting, p364; pro-
tection of song lyrics under, 41; rights
under, 548
First Continental Congress, 44
first reading of bill, 184
fiscal policy, 56768, 721
Fishner, Steven M., 677
flag: display of, 96, p96; pledge of
allegiance to, 107, 359, 361; salute
cases, 36364
Fletcher v. Peck, 308
Flood, Curt, 166, p166
Flood v. Kuhn, 166
Florida: conservation in, 651; and elec-
tion of 2000, 498; legal assistance
program in, 440; local government
in, 664; sunset laws in, 113
Florida v. J.L., 399
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
279, 297, 580, 595
Food From the Hood, 720, p720
food stamps, 59293
force theory, 8
Ford, Gerald R., q67, 223, p254, q295,
462, 499, p499; cabinet of, 229; in
election of 1976, 521; and granting of
amnesty to draft evaders, 254; judicial
appointments of, 316; nomination of,
in 1976, 537; pardoning of Nixon by,
Index
254; political campaign of, 531;
succession to president, 217
Ford Foundation, 531
Foreign Affairs, Department of, 621
foreign affairs in Constitution, 80
Foreign Agricultural Service, 586
foreign aid: programs for, 62930; rea-
sons for U.S. increase in, 727
foreign exchange student, hosting, 730,
p730
foreign governments, recognition of,
25758
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(1978), 316, 401
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court, 316
foreign policy: in action, 62730; advis-
ers for, 61517; cabinet departments
for, 61516; congressional powers in,
16263, 61719; development of,
60913; goals of, 6079; influence of
public opinion on, 620; presidents
powers in, 61417
Foreign Service, 622
Foreign Service Officers, 622
Fort Sumter, shelling of, p247
Fourteenth Amendment, 8889, 3089,
321, 346, 35657, 411; and citizen-
ship, 39293
Fourth Amendment, 85, 343, 398401
Fox, Vicente, 694
France: as permanent member of
Security Council, 703; presidential
government in, 69192; unitary
system of government in, 12
Frank, Barney, 513
Frank, Barry, 82
Frankfurter, Felix, 345, q381
franking privilege, 128
Franklin, Benjamin, 20, 37, 40, 44, 53,
56, 555; and Declaration of
Independence, 46
freedom of choice, 720, p720
Freedom of Information Act (1966),
416
free enterprise, 23, 26, 27, 718; in Unit-
ed States, 28
free exercise clause, 36364
free market, 27
free market economies, 722, 726
Free Radio Berkeley, 536
Free Soil Party, 455
free trade: 735; as foreign policy goal,
608; importance of, 57576
French and Indian War, 42, 43
French Revolution (1789), 47, 699
Friedman, Milton, q729
INDEX 865
 Index
Friends of the EarthGuthrie, Oklahoma
Friends of the Earth, 506
Frisby v. Schultz, 367
front-runners, 53031
Fujitsu, p718
Fulbright, J. William, 528, q528
Fuller, Melville, 318, p318
full faith and credit clause, 103
Fulminante, Oreste, 404
Fulton, Robert, 161
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut,
39
fundamental rights, 407
Furman v. Georgia, 405
future challenges, meeting, 680
G and the media, p535; and reinventing
gag orders, 371; unconstitutional, 373
Gallup Poll, p521
Galveston, Texas, municipal
government in, 667
Gannett Co. v. Pasquale, 373
Gannett newspaper chain, 528
Gans, Curtis B., q173
Garfield, James A., 218; assassination
of, 286; and mail scandal, 284
Gates, Bill, 578
General Accounting Office (GAO),
150, 171
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT), 734, 735
generalizations, making, 151
General Services Administration
(GSA), 280
general trial courts, state, 64647
gentrification, 68182
George III (King of England), 42, 43,
44, 45, 47; crown of, p44
Georgia: apportionment in, 126; elec-
tion of governor in, 64344; taxes in,
656
Germany, education in, 722
Gerry, Elbridge, 12627
gerrymandering, 125, 126, 130
Gibbons, Thomas, 161
Gibbons v. Ogden, 111, 161, 308, p161
Gideon, Clarence Earl, 334, p334,
4012, p402
Gideon v. Wainwright, 334, 4012
gift taxes, 558
Gingrich, Newt, 130, 137, q188, 532,
594, q595
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 254, 319, p319,
p322, 323, p325, p344
Gitlow v. New York, 357, 368
Glenn, John, 153, p153
Glickman, Dan, 513
866 INDEX
global economy, 73236; trade in, c733
global issues, 707712
global pollution, 711
Glorious Revolution, 36
Goals 2000: Educate America Act
(1994), 599
Gobitis, Lillian, 363
Gobitis, William, 363
Golden Fleece Award, p189
Goldwater, Barry M., 216, 617; in elec-
tion of 1964, 493, 495
Gonzalez, Henry B., 577, q577
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 61213, 729
Gore, Al: and balancing of budget,
p562; in election of 2000, c222, 224;
government, 110, 283, p293; on
telecommunications, 546; as vice
president, 245, 283
government: under Articles of Confed-
eration, c49, 48; authoritarian,
696701; in colonies, 3840; com-
municating with officials in, 546;
comparison of, c20; comparison of
presidential and parliamentary, c692;
constitutional, 69293; and constitu-
tions, 1314; in daily life, p9; defined,
8; European Union, 705706; forma-
tion of, 1217; influence on econo-
my, 28; interest groups in, 507;
Islamic, 699701; parliamentary,
68991; and politics, 1415;
presidential, 69192; presidential
versus parliamentary, c693; princi-
ples of, 511; purposes of, 911; rep-
resentative, 37; separation between
religion and, 699700; spending by,
56667; totalitarian, 696; in twenti-
eth century, 1617; types of, 1824,
c20. See also federal government;
local government; state government
government broadcasting, 531
government corporations, 280
government leaders in political
socialization, 516
Government National Mortgage
Association, 279
Government Performance and Results
Act, 296
Government Printing Office (GPO),
150, 188, 545
government securities, 559
government systems: federal, 12;
unitary, 12
governor, 643; election of, 64344; roles
of, 64446; term of office and salary
for, 644
Graham, Henry, p95
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (1985),
563
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
(Moran), ptg162
grandfather clause, 48283
grand jury, 312, 43940
Grange, 505, 525, q525
Granger Cases, 309
Grant, Ulysses S., 259; and corruption,
286
grants, role of Congress in winning,
2023; to states and localities, 567
grants-in-aid, 658
Gray, Horace, 323
Grayned v. City of Rockford, 37778
Great Britain: conflict with colonies,
4244; democracy in, 689; democrat-
ic socialism in, 28; dissolving the gov-
ernment in, 692; government reforms
in, 689, p690; Parliament in, 36, 68,
123, 68990; as permanent member
of Security Council, 703; prime min-
ister in, 690, p690; unitary system of
government in, 12
Great Depression, 28, 107; farming
during, 585; impact of, 59091; polit-
ical parties in, 45455; and stock
market, 566, 581; and use of sales tax,
656. See also New Deal
Great Fundamentals, 39
Great Seal of the United States, p2, 3,
10, p10
Greece, education in, 722
Green, Theodore Francis, p152
greenhouse gas emissions, 712
Greenspan, Alan, 566, ctn566, p570
Gregg v. Georgia, 405
Gregory, Dick, 380
Gregory v. Chicago, 380
Grenada, use of military force in, 82,
163
Griswold v. Connecticut, 41617
Grodzins, Martin, 114, q114
gross national product (GNP), 568,
729, 734
Grutter v. Bollinger, 413
Guam, 163; representation in Congress,
129; territorial courts in, 315
guarantee of counsel, 4012
Guardian, The, p302
Guatemala, Wheels for Humanity in, 700
Guiteau, Charles, 286
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 248, 618
gun control debate, 356
Gurwitt, Rob, 672, q672
Guthrie, Oklahoma, 100

H Home Depot, 717
Habitat for Humanity, p266
Hague, Jane, 54546
Haiti: government in, 614; military
force in, 163, 612, 630; overthrow of
government in, 702
Halberstam, David, 528, q528, q534
Haldeman, H.R., 265
Hale, Jubal, 295
Hamilton, Alexander, p52, 57, q106;
and Electoral College, 220; as Federal-
ist, 106; as member of cabinet, 228,
p230, 259; probusiness policies of, 575
Hammurabi, 423, p423; code of, 449,
q449
Hancock, John, 46, 53, p53
Hand, Learned, 355, q355
Han Seung-soo, p617
Harding, Warren, 464
Harlan, John Marshall (1877-1911),
q409
Harrison, Benjamin, 224, 254
Harrison, Michael, 529
Harrison, William Henry, 259
Hatch, Carl, 287
Hawaii: admission to Union, 100; con-
servation in, 651
Hayes, Rutherford B., 224
Hazelwood School District v.
Kuhlmeier, 333, 355, 370
Health and Human Services, U.S. De-
partment of, 278, 292, 595
Health Care Financing Administra-
tion, 591
hearings, 184
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United
States, 162
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
(HIPC), 725
hecklers veto, 379
Help America Vote Act, 484
Henry, Patrick, p12, 44, 56, q57, q83
Herbst, Margaret, q705
Hickman, Harrison, 527
highways, 6012
Hills, Carla, 229
Hinckley, John, Jr., p218
Hirsch v. Atlanta, 378
Hispanics, in cabinet, 229
Hitler, Adolf, 19, 610, 630; treatment of
Jews by, 387, p387
Hobbes, Thomas, 8, p8
Hoffman, Julius, 398, p398
Holder, Richard, 17, q17
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., q318, 320,
p320, q336, p368, q368
Holocaust, the, 379
Homeland Security Council, 237
Homeland Security, Department of,
237, c282
Homeland Security, Office of, 237,
homelessness, 679
HOME program, 600
Homestead Act (1862), 585
Hoover, Herbert C., 238, 241, p241,
q498, q545; communication skills of,
263; judicial appointments of, 325;
leadership style of, 262
Hoover, J. Edgar, 253
horse-race coverage, 530
House, Edward, 265, 617
house arrest, 653
House Leadership Fund, the, 512
House of Burgesses, p37
House of Commons (Great Britain),
37, 689, 690
House of Councillors (Japan), 690, 691
House of Lords (Great Britain), 37,
689, 690
House of Representatives (Japan),
69091
House of Representatives, U.S., 123,
18990; appropriations committee
of, 192; calendar in, 136, 137; com-
mittees in, 133, 577; in Constitution,
68; in deciding presidential election,
224; floor leaders in, 13435; and im-
peachment, 164; lawmaking in,
13537; leadership of, 13435; Over-
sight Committee in, 146, p146; party
affiliation in, c129, 134; political divi-
sion of, c127; power over revenue
bills, 18990; qualifications of, 124;
quorum for, 137; representation and
apportionment for, 12425, m125;
revenue bills in, 158; Rules Commit-
tee in, 13637; rules for, 13233;
symbols in, 152; term of office of,
124; Ways and Means Committee in,
189. See also Congress, U.S.; Senate,
U.S.
housing: coping with shortages of,
67879; discrimination in, 678; feder-
al government policy toward, 599;
public, 538, 600, 678
Housing Act (1949), 599
Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act (1974), 600
Housing and Urban Development,
U.S. Department of, 19192, 279,
292, 599600
Houston, Texas, 671
Howenstein, G. Albert, q652
Index
Habitat for Humanityimpoundment
Hudson v. United States, 404
Hughes, Charles Evans, q74, 334, q334,
376, q377, q582
Hughes v. Superior Court, 381
Humane Society, 24
humanity, 609, p609
human rights, 355, 710711
Humphrey, Hubert H., 170, 219, 224
Hundt, Reed, 531, q531
Hungary, and NATO membership, 628;
overthrow of communism
in, 692
hung jury, 443
Hussein, Saddam, 612, 613, 707
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 370
Hutchinson, Anne, 358, p358
Hutchinson v. Proxmire, 128
I
Idaho, conservation in, 651; laws
in, 425
ideological party, 455
ideology, 495, 496, 517
Iglesias, Miquel Angel, 696, p696
I Have a Dream Foundation, 215
Ikeda, Yukihiko, 229, p229
illegal aliens, 38788; hiring of, 390
image of political candidate, 476, 495
immigrants: qualification for
citizenship, 39394. See also aliens
immigration, laws on, 623
Immigration Act (1924), 389
Immigration Act (1990), 390
Immigration and Naturalization Ser-
vice v. Chadha, 171
immigration policy, 388, c388; growth
of restrictions, 389; Immigration Act
(1990), 390; Immigration Reform Act
(1965), 389, p389; Immigration Re-
form and Control Act (1986), 390;
national origins quotas, 389
Immigration Reform Act (1965), 389,
p389
Immigration Reform and Control Act
(1986), 390
immunity, 169
impeachment, 249; charges in House of
Representatives, 164;
of Chase, 322; Clinton hearings, 164:
defined, 79, 164; of Johnson, 79, 164,
p194, 249; of judges, 322, 647; of
Nixon, 79, 249; trial in Senate, 164
implied powers, 96, 157
impoundment, 175; of funds by
Jefferson, 25354; of funds by Nixon,
253, 254, p252
INDEX 867
 Index
Inaugural AddressJapan
Inaugural Address, 226
inauguration, 226
income taxes: corporate, 556; defined,
108; individual, 55556; replacement
of, 565; state, 657. See also taxes
incorporation, 35657, 666
incremental budget making, 564
incumbents, 130, 513; reelection of, 130
independence days, comparing, c45
Independence Hall, 3
independent agencies, 27980
independent counsel, 171
independent voters, 49394, 495
India, federal system of government in,
12
Indian Affairs Department, of New
Mexico, 665
Indiana: economic development in,
681; local government in, 664
India-Pakistan wars, 709
individual income tax, 55556
individual initiative, 719
Indonesia, Muslims in, 699
industrial development bonds, 64950
Industrial Revolution, 432
industrialized nations, 16
infomercials, p461
information, 440; censorship of, 536;
entertainment versus, 535; informa-
tional, p542; Internet in gathering,
54446; interpreting, 193; and media
rights, 53740; sharing, 52829; syn-
thesizing, 480
infrastructure, 68081
inherent powers, 96
initial appearance, 439
initiative, 639
injunctions, 582
injunctive relief, 434
inner cabinet, 232
Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI) (Mexico), 454, 694
intellectual property, 733
intentional tort, 432
interdependence, 16, 613
interest groups, 114, 229, p229;
in agriculture, 505; in business, 505;
comparison with political parties,
504; contributing to, 506, 507; de-
fined, 503, 504; effect of, on public
policy, 50813; in environment, 506;
in government, 506; influence on
Congress, 198; and judicial appoint-
ments, 32526; in labor, 505; leader-
ship and membership in, 505; letter
writing by, 510; limitations on, 510;
in measuring public opinion, 519;
media campaigns of, 510; national,
868 INDEX
504; power of, 5034; professional,
506; public interest, 506; purpose of,
504; and shaping of public opinion,
51417; and state legislatures,
64243. See also lobbyists
intergovernmental organization
(IGO), 702, 704
intergovernmental revenue, 65758,
675
Interior, U.S. Department of the, 277
interlocking directorates, 579
intermediate appellate courts, 647
Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef-
ficiency Act (1991), 683
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 167,
277, 296, 297, 556, 565
international agreements, 712
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), 709
International Broadcasting Act (1994),
531
International Brotherhood of Team-
sters, 505
International Brotherhood of Team-
sters, Local 695 v. Vogt, 38182
International Civil Aviation Organiza-
tion, 704706
international conflict, types of, 70810
International Court of Justice, 704
International Criminal Court (ICC),
710711
International Criminal Police Organi-
zation (Interpol), 704
International criminal tribunals, 710
International Exchange (iX), 732
internationalism, 609, 610
International Monetary Fund, 704
international news, 533
International Red Cross, 702
International Sugar Council, 17
international trade, 73234; barriers to,
73334; with China, 698; fair, 735; fi-
nancing, 734; free, 608, 735; in the
global economy, c733; importance of
free, 57576; managed, 736; most-fa-
vored-nation (MFN) status in, 619;
protectionism and, 736; purpose of,
73233
Internet, 106, 536, 540; and campaign-
ing, 130, 476, 479; in China, 698; and
citizen participation, 54648; features
of, 54344; and free press, 375; and
government surveillance, 417; and in-
formation gathering, 54446; power
of, 527; and privacy issues, 417; pub-
lic policy challenges for, 54849; and
tracking legislation, 188
interstate commerce, 55, 161
Interstate Commerce Act (1887), 338,
578
Interstate Commerce Commission
(ICC), 283, 578
interstate compacts, 105
Interstate Highway System, 6012
interstate relations, 1035
interviews, p529; conducting, 542
Intolerable Acts, 43
investigations, 43839; congressional,
16769, p168
Iran: Muslims in, 699; nuclear weapons
development by, 710; revolution in,
701; sponsorship of terrorism by,
708; U.S. hostages in, 628, 701
Iran-contra affair, p169, p234; media
coverage of, 532
Iraq: economic sanctions against, 630;
military force in, 163; and Persian
Gulf War, 612; sponsorship of terror-
ism by, 708; and United Nations, 704
Iraq War, 82, 613, 630; media coverage
of, 541
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 17
iron curtain, 610
iron triangles, 29798, c297
Islam, 699; views of, 7001
Islamic governments, 699701
Islamic Republican Party, 453
isolationism, 609, 610
Israel, kibbutzim in, 725
issue advocacy advertising, 478
issue awareness, media role in, 53334
Istanbul, 722
Italy: government in, 453, p453; unitary
system of government in, 12
item veto, 645
J
Jackson, Andrew, 75, 231, 259, 466;
campaign advertising for, 531; in
election of 1824, 164, 220, p220, 466,
p466; in election of 1828, 496, 499;
judicial power of, 341, p341; and
spoils system, 285; and states rights,
308; struggle with Congress, 174
Jackson, Jesse, 216
Jackson, Robert, 323, q364
Jacksonville, Florida, 671
Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 363
James II (King of England), 8, 36
Jamestown, p35, 39, 42
Japan: constitution in, 690; National
Diet in, 69091; prime minister in,
69091; teenagers in, 689, p689; trade
barriers in, 733

Javits, Jacob, 618, q618
Jaworski, Leon, p68
Jay, John, 57; as chief justice, 73, 318,
481; as Federalist, 106
Jefferson, Thomas, q24, 37, 43, q46,
p55, q132, p136, p149, q152, p193,
q241, 285, q345, 454, 536, q536, q543;
as author of Declaration of Indepen-
dence, 46; and Barbary States, 258; in
election of 1800, 164, 221; and First
Amendment, 358, 359; foreign policy
under, 609; impoundment of funds
by, 25354; and judicial review,
3078, p307; and Louisiana Purchase,
247; on New England towns, 665; as
secretary of state, 228, p228, p230,
307, 616
Jeffords, James, 130
Jennings, Peter, p529
Jewish refugees, 387, p387
Jiang Zemin, 730
Jim Crow laws, 408
jinoteros, 696
job creation, trade and, 732
Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
program (JOBS), 59394
John (King of England), 3536
Johnson, Andrew, p164; impeachment
of, 164, p194, 249
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 152, p152,
q174, 219; in election of 1964, 493,
495; and election of 1968, 515, 620;
cabinet of, 229, 231; and civil rights
movement, 98, q241, p407; foreign
policy under, 612, 617, 618; Great So-
ciety program of, 119, q119, 598; iso-
lation of, 264; judicial appointments
of, 317; leadership style of, 262, p262;
legislation of, 255; and the media,
536; as vice-presidential candidate,
470; and Vietnam War, 19798, 248,
250, 259
Johnson, Paul, 413
Johnson Act (1924), 389
Johnson v. Transportation Agency,
Santa Clara County, California, 413
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 277, 625
joint committees, 14344
joint resolutions, 182
Jones, LeAlan, 530, p530
Jordan, Barbara, 82, p82, q82
Joyce, Diane, 413, p413
judges. See federal court judges; state
court judges; Supreme Court, U.S.,
justices
judgment, demonstrating reasoned, 676
judicial activism, 81
judicial circuits, 313, c314
judicial interpretation, 640
judicial proceedings, 104
judicial restraint, 8081
judicial review, 6667, 73, 8081, 307,
33637, ctn339, p307, p403, 640
judicial system: in Constitution, 68,
7273; media coverage of, 533; in
state government, 64647. See also
federal courts; Supreme Court, U.S.
Judiciary Act (1789), 73, 79, 308, 312
Jungle, The (Sinclair), 57980
jurisdiction, 72, 3056; appellate,
3067, 321; concurrent, 306; defined,
64; of federal courts, 72; original, 306,
307, 321; of Supreme Court, 321
jury, 442; decision of, 44243; grand,
312, 43940; hung, 443; petit, 313;
rights to trial by, 86; serving on, 315,
p315
jus sanguinis, 393
jus soli, 393
Justice, U.S. Department of, 277, 292;
Antitrust Division, 579
justice courts, 646
justice of the peace, 646, p646
Justinian Code, 425
juvenile courts, 646
K
Kamber, Victor, 577, q577
Kansas: local government in, 664;
womens rights in, 645
Kantor, Mickey, 736
Kasanoff, Larry, 141
Katz, Charles, 401
Katz v. United States, 401
Kayden, Xandra, q459
KaZaA, 544
Keating, Charles, p167
Kemmelmeyer, Frederick, p221
Kennan, George F., 607, 610, 633, q633
Kennedy, Anthony, p322
Kennedy, Edward, 46869
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, q152, 216,
217, 224, 232, 470; assassination of,
231, 323; and civil rights, 99; debate
of, with Nixon, p270, 528; Executive
Office staff of, 236; foreign policy
under, 617; judicial appointments of,
317; leadership style of, 263; and the
media, 536; and NASA, 294; political
campaign of, 52930; and public as-
sistance programs, 592
Kennedy, Joseph, 577
Kennedy, Robert, 277, p277
Kentucky: admission to Union, 99;
taxes in, 657
Index
Javits, Jacoblaw(s)
Kerry, John, p452, p467; in 2004 presi-
dential campaign, 497, 531
Kettl, Donald F., q116
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 701
kibbutzim, 725
Kilberg, Gillian, 680, p680
Kim II Sung, 699
Kim Jong II, 699
King, Martin Luther, Jr., p357, 410
King, Samuel, 637
Kiryas Joel v. Grumet, 361
Kissinger, Henry, 237, p237, 617
kitchen cabinet, 231
Knight, Dottie, p172
Knox, Henry, 51, p230
Koizumi, Junichiro, 694
Korea: government in, 20; and foreign
policy, p617. See also South Korea
Korean War, 82, 162, 294, 61112, 709
Korematsu v. United States, 21
Kosovo, 628
Kotohda, Junko, p689
Kovic, Ron, p367
Kuwait, 704; economy in, 722
Kyoto Protocol, 587, 712
L
labor, 718; interest groups in, 505
Labor, U.S. Department of, 277, 295, 582
Labor Statistics, Bureau of, 277
labor unions: government protection of,
581, 583; government regulation of,
583; and judicial appointments, 326
Lafayette, Marquis de, 71
Laffer, Arthur B., 576, q577
laissez-faire economy, 27, 578
lame ducks, 90
Lampkin, Bertina, p443
land, 71718
Landgraf, Heidi, 296, p296
land ordinances, 50
Landrum-Griffin Act (1959), 583
Lang, Eugene M., 215, p215
Lardy, Nicholas, 730
Latin America: nationalization in,
72425; Organization of American
States in, 629; Rio Pact in, 628
Latvia, and NATO membership, 628
Laughery, David, 512, p512
Lau v. Nichols, 338
law(s): administrative, 425; common, 426;
constitutional, 424; due process of,
42728; early systems of, 42324; equal
justice under, 427; family, 43132; mar-
tial, 425; property, 431; registering, 188;
secular, 700; shield, 537; statutory, 425
INDEX 869
 Index
law clerks for Supreme Courtmarketing quotas
law clerks for Supreme Court, 323
Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration, 292
lawmaking: in House of Representa-
tives, 13537; involvement of bureau-
cracy in, 292
Lawrence v. Texas, 417
lawyer: choosing, 426; hiring, 433
League of Nations, 26364
League of Women Voters, 490, 546
leaks, 263, 529
Lebanon, use of military force in, 163
Lee, Richard Henry, 44, 48
Lee v. Weisman, 361
legislation: agricultural, 584585; in
House of Representatives, 135137;
Internet tracking of, 545; passage of
state, 642643
legislative activities of Congress, 532
legislative assistants, 148
legislative bills: appropriations, 19192;
committee action on, 184; committee
hearings on, 184; debating and
amending of, 186; defined, 13536;
final steps in passing, 18588; floor
action on, 18485; how a bill be-
comes law, c185; initiating, 182, p182;
introduction of, 182, 18384; passage
of, 187; presidential action on, 187;
private, 181; public, 18182; report-
ing, 186; role of lobbyists in drafting,
509; role of president in passing,
25455; scheduling, 13536; state,
64243; taxing and spending, 18992;
types of, 18182; vetoing, 188; voting
on, 18687, p186
legislative oversight, 16971; limits on,
170
Legislative Reorganization Act (1946),
147, 169
Legislative Reorganization Act (1970),
145
legislative veto, 171, 176
legislatures: bicameral, 123, 641, 689;
colonial, 3940; comparing, c135; in
Constitution, 6870; contacting
members of, 101; in France, 692; in
Japan, 691; in Mexico, 699; in state
government, 64143, 645; unicamer-
al, 48. See also Congress, U.S.
legitimacy, 9
Lemon test, 360
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 360
Lenin, Vladimir, 729
Leo, John, 508
Lerner, Barbara, 598, q599
Letourneau, Mary Kay, 535
870 INDEX
letter writing, in expressing public
opinion, 520
Levitt, David, 113, p113
Levitt v. Committee for Public Educa-
tion, 360
Lewis, Bernard, 699, 709
Lexington, 44, p42
libel, 84, 369, 53637
liberal ideology, 495, 496, 517
Libertarian Party, 455, 517
liberty, individual, 21
Liberty Party, 455
Library of Congress, 149, p149
library resources, using, 383
Libya, sponsorship of terrorism by, 708
license plates, Confederate flags on,
366, p366
licenses, 648; broadcast, 530; state fees
for, 657
Lieberman, Joseph, p468
lieutenant governor, 642, 645
limited government, 36, 67
limited war, 709
Lincoln, Abraham, q10, 19, p71, 216;
Civil War and, p71, 231, 24748, 264,
425; debate with Stephen Douglas,
551, q551; inaugural speech of, 226;
judicial appointments of, 317; on
purpose of government, 10; struggle
with Congress, 174
Lineberry, Robert L., q529
Line Item Veto Act, 176, 188, 255
line-up, 439
Li Peng, 705
Lippmann, Walter, 198
literacy test, 483
Lithuania, and NATO membership, 628
Livingston, Robert, 161
Lloyd Corporation v. Tanner, 378
lobbying: amicus curiae briefs as form
of, 333; defined, 198, 508
Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995), 508,
513
lobbyists, 297; defined, 198; identifying,
5089; work of, 5089. See also inter-
est groups
local government: financing, 67375,
c674; in Mexico, 701; regional
arrangements, 673; services of,
66971; structure of, 66368; types
of, 66368
Locke, John, 8, p8, 910, q9, q38, 46;
ideas of, 3738
Lodge, Henry Cabot, q140
logrolling, 202
Los Angeles, 672; housing problems in,
678
loss, 720
lotteries, state, 657
Loucks, William, q718
Louisiana: election of governor in,
64344; legislature in, 642; local gov-
ernment in, 664
Louisiana Purchase, 247
Louis Philippe (King of France), 690
Lowden, Frank, p464
Lurton, Horace H., q101, 323
Lusk, R.D., q585
Lynch, John, 170
Lynch v. Donnelly, 362
M
Maastricht Treaty (1993), 705
mace, 152, p152
Madison, James, q15, 43, p52, 76, p76,
q83, 96; and Bill of Rights, 58, 356; on
factions, 503; as father of the Consti-
tution, 53; as Federalist, 454; as secre-
tary of state, 616; and Virginia Plan,
54
magazines, 527
magistrate courts, 646
Magna Carta, 3536, 93, q93
magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) trains,
602
Mahe, Eddie, Jr., q459
Maine, admission to Union, 99
majority leaders, 13435, 13940
majority opinion, 334
majority rule, 21
majority whip, 135
Malaysia, economy in, 734
Malcolm X, 385, q385
Mall of America, p376
managed trade, 736
Management and Budget, Office of
(OMB), 150, 23637, 292, 561, 563
mandates, 658; federal, 109, 658; un-
funded, 588, 658
mandatory sentencing, 651
Mandela, Nelson, 693
Manhattan Project, 279
Manual of Parliamentary Practice (Jef-
ferson), p136
Mao Zedong, 69697
Mapp v. Ohio, 399
Marbury, William, 3078
Marbury v. Madison, 67, 73, 249,
3078, p307, 337
Marcus, Bernie, 717
market economy, 717
marketing quotas, 586

market value, 674
markup session, 184
Marshall, John, 73, q76, q83, q158, 305,
p305, 318, p318, 341, 638
Marshall, Thurgood, p310, 317, 323,
329, q329
Marshall Plan, 610, 727
Mars Pathfinder, p280
Martin, Casey, 33738, p337
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory,
426
Marx, Karl, 2930, p30, q30, 739, q739
Mary II (Queen of England), 8, 36
Maryland: courts in, 647; legislature in,
642
Mason, George, 43, p43
Massachusetts: colonial government in,
39, 43, 44; militia in, 51; ratification
of Constitution by, 53; on slavery
issue, 55; state legislature in, 641; wel-
fare in, 654
mass media: content control on, 538,
540; coverage of Congress by, p532,
53233; coverage of courts, 533; de-
fined, 527; First Amendment protec-
tion of, 53637; in gauging public
opinion, 520; global access to, c539;
impact on government, 52734; in-
terest group use of, 510; and mergers,
p538, 540; and national security,
54041; ownership of, 53839; in po-
litical socialization, 515; and presi-
dent, 52729; and presidential
campaigns, 52930; presidential use
of, p248, 24849, 263; protection of
sources, 374, 537; regulation of,
53641; setting of public agenda by,
53334; types of, 527; in the United
States, c544; war coverage by, 534,
541, p541
mass transit: federal programs in, 602;
improving to solve traffic congestion,
683; local government role in, 671;
meeting challenges in, 681
material scarcity, 11
Matsch, Richard P., p371
Mayflower (ship), 39
Mayflower Compact, 39, q39
mayor-council form of municipal gov-
ernment, 66667, c667
Mbeki, Thabo, 699
McCaffrey, Barry R., q680
McCain, John, 478, q498
McCain-Feingold bill, 478
McCarthyism, 171
McClellan, Scott, p238
McCollum v. Board of Education, 361
McCulloch, James, 158
market valueNapoleon Crossing the Great St. Bernard
McCulloch v. Maryland, 69, 102, 107,
308
McGovern, George, 216, 462
McKinley, William, 238, 499
McReynolds, James, 343, p343
McVeigh, Timothy, p98, p371
Meat Inspection Act (1906), 28, 580
media. See mass media
media events, 529
media outlets, growth in, 535
mediation, 434
Medicaid, 278, 593, 654
Medicare, 278, 292, 592
meet-the-candidates nights, 546
mergers: mass media and, p538, 540; of
stock markets, 732
Merit System Protection Board, 286
metropolitan communities, 67172
metropolitan government, 682
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 671
Mexico: democracy in, 692; federal sys-
tem of government in, 12; political
parties in, 694
Michael, Mark, 26
Michigan: local government in, 664;
state police in, 98; welfare in, 654
Microsoft, 578
military, c624; civilian control of, 624;
desegregation of, p253; president as
commander-in-chief of, 25859, 615,
p623; spending, 567; use of, 626,
63031; volunteer, 616, 625; women
in, p416, 625
military rule, 425
militia, 85
Miller v. California, 375
Milligan, Ex parte, 337
Mills, Wilbur, 190
Minersville School District v. Gobitis,
363
Mines, Bureau of, 277
minimum wage laws, 160
minority leaders, 135, 139
minority whips, 135
Mint, Bureau of the, 277
Minute Men, p42
Miranda, Ernesto, 403, p403
Miranda v. Arizona, 83, 331, 337,
4034, p403
misdemeanor, 438
Mississippi: election of governor in,
64344; legislature in, 642; term lim-
its in, 644
Missouri, local government in, 664
Missouri Compromise, 337
Missouri Plan, 647
mixed economy, 575, 721
Mitchell v. Helms, 360
Index
mixed-market economy, 28
moderates, 517
modified capitalism, 721
Mohammed, death of, 700
Molinari, Susan, 200
monarchy, 19; absolute, 19
Mondale, Walter F., 470
monetary policy, 567, 568, 56970, 721
money: appropriation of, 19192; life
of, 721; power of Congress, 618
monopoly, 578, 719
Monroe, James, q609; as secretary of
state, 61516
Monroe Doctrine, 609
Montesquieu, baron de, p63
Moran, Thomas, ptg162
Morrill Act (1862), 585, 598
Morris, Gouverneur, 53
Morse, Eric, 530
mortgage, 431
Moscow, homeless in, 726
Mosely-Braun, Carol, 153
most-favored-nation (MFN) status,
619
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD), p439, 503
motion pictures, and free press, 375;
ratings, 141
motor voter law, 488, 492
Mount Vernon, 52
Moyers, Bill, q83, 239
Mueller v. Allen, 360
Muhlenberg, Fredrick A., 69
mullahs, 700
multimedia activities, 3, 177, 211, 303,
353, 449, 451, 635, 687
multinational corporations, 1617, 732
multiparty systems, 454
municipal courts, 646
municipal government, forms of,
66668
municipality, 665
Murphy, Frank, q22, q370
Murray v. Curlett, 361
Music Television (MTV), Rock the
Vote, 223, p223
Muslim fundamentalists, 7001
Muslims, 699. See also Islam
Mussolini, Benito, 19, 610
mutual defense alliances, 62729
N
Nader, Ralph, 506, 513, 580, 605, q605;
in election of 2000, m225
Napoleon Crossing the Great St.
Bernard, ptg19
INDEX 871
 Index
Napoleon Inon-tariff barriers
Napoleon I, 690
Napoleonic Code, 425
Napoleon III, 690
Nast, Thomas, 462, 499
nation, 56; defined. See also state
National Abortion Rights Action
League PAC, 512
National Action Party (PAN) (Mexico),
694
National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration (NASA), 199, 279, p280
National Archives, p74, 82, p82
National Assembly: in France, 692; in
South Africa, 69394
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), 317, 326, 409
National Association of Counties, 507
National Association of Manufacturers
(NAM), 505
national budget, 175
national citizenship, 39193
National Commission on Excellence in
Education, 598
national committee, 460
National Conference of State
Legislators, 5067
national debt, 559; interest on, 562
national defense, 56667
National Diet (Japan), 69091
National Drug Control Policy, Office
of, 236
National Economic Council, 238
National Emergencies Act (1976), 175
National Environmental Policy Act
(1969), 651
National Farmers Union (NFU), 505
National Governors Association, 101,
106, 110, 5067
National Guard, 645
National Highway System, 602
National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration, 601
National Industrial Recovery Act
(1935), 348
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 277
Nationalist Party (China), 696
nationalists, 106; states rightists versus,
1067
nationalization, 357; in Latin America,
72425
National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB), 297, 58283
National League of Cities, 507
National Organization for Women
(NOW), 326
national origins system, 389
872 INDEX
National Park Service, 277, p285
National Party Congress, 703
National Peoples Congress, 704
National Performance Review, 110
National Public Radio (NPR), 530, 544
National Recovery Administration
(NRA), 74, c75
National Republicans, 454
National Review, 528
National Rifle Association, 24, 510, 544
National Right to Life PAC, 512
National Road, 600
National Science and Technology Poli-
cy, 238
national security, as foreign policy goal,
608, p608; and mass media, 54041;
providing, 10
National Security Act (1947), 616
national security adviser, 616
National Security Archive, p312
National Security Council (NSC), 169,
219, 2367, 257, 616, 620
National Security Establishment, 624
National Voter Registration Act
(1995), 488, c488, 492
National Wildlife Federation, 506
nation-state, 6
Native Americans, citizenship for,
39495; and tribal government, 665
naturalization: citizenship by, 39394,
p394; collective, 39495
Navy, Department of the, 625
NBC, 544
Near v. Minnesota, 371
Nebraska: local government in, 664;
state legislature in, 641
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart,
373
necessary and proper clause, 96, 107,
157
negligence, 432
Neighborhood Legal Assistance
Program, 440
Newark, voting rights in, 484
New Deal program, 107, 249, 256, 582,
58586, 59091. See also Great De-
pression
New Federalism, 109
New Hampshire, 57; constitution of,
640; legislature in, 642; ratification of
Constitution by, 56; state legislature
in, 641; term limits in, 644
New Jersey: executive branch in, 644;
governor of, 482; local government
in, 664; and use of
interstate compacts, 105
New Jersey Plan, 54
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 400
newly developed nations, 722
Newman, Lloyd, 530, p530, p538
New National Party, 699
New Orleans, housing problems in,
67879
New Republic, 528
news: entertainment value of, 535; pro-
tection of sources, 374, 537
news briefings, 528
news media, analyzing, 571
newspapers, 527, 543
news releases, 528
New York (state), 57; courts in, 64647;
ratification of Constitution by, 58;
term limits in, 644; use of interstate
compacts, 105; welfare in, 654
New York City: political boss in, 519;
terrorist attack on, 248; voting rights
in, 484
New York Times, 533, 541, 544
New York Times Co. v. United States,
369, 372, p372, 541
New Zealand, ANZUS Pact with, 629
Nicaragua, contra affair and, 532
Nineteenth Amendment, 89, 414
Ninth Amendment, 87
Nixon, Richard M., 164, 218, 224, 237,
p237, 241, p241, q241, 457; cabinet of,
231; debate of, with Kennedy, p270,
528; and executive privilege, 267; for-
eign policy under, 617; and housing
assistance, 600; impeachment, 164;
impoundment of funds by, 252, p252,
254; isolation of, 265; judicial appoint-
ments of, 324, 347; leadership style of,
p264; and nuclear powers, 259; par-
doning of, 254; and price and wage
controls, 256; resignation of, 67, 217;
suspension of draft by, 625; veto of
War Powers Act by, 249; and Vietnam
War, 259, 620; visit to China, p299,
698; and Watergate scandal, p68, 171;
White House staff of, 239
Nixon, Sydney, 476
Nix v. Williams, 400
No Child Left Behind Act, 599
nolo contendere, 441
nominating conventions, 46465
nominating process, 46470, 53031
nonconnected PACS, 51213
nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs), 702
nonpartisan voters guides, 546
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),
70910
nonresident aliens, 387
nonstate international groups, 17
non-tariff barriers, 733

nonvoters, profiles of, 49697
Noriega, Manuel, 258
Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932), 582
North, Oliver, 169, p169
North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), 16, 219,
575576, 613, 735
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), 62728, 711; post-Cold
War, 628
North Carolina: congressional districts
in, m126; executive branch in, 645;
ratification of amendments in, 5
North Dakota: state legislature in, 641;
voting rights in, 497
Northern Mariana Islands, territorial
courts in, 315
North Korea: development of nuclear
weapons by, 699, 70910; relations
with U.S., 699
Northwest Ordinance (1787), 50
notes, taking, 91
nuclear weapons: development of, 699,
70910; threat of, 70910
O original jurisdiction, 306, 307, 321
obscenity: free press and, 375; laws on,
540
Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration (OSHA), 298
OConnor, Sandra Day, 317, p318,
q318, p322, 323, 326, p344, q362
offer, 43031
office-group ballot, 489
Office of Electronic Government, 546
Office of National Drug Control
Policy, 67980
off the record meetings, 529
Ogden, Aaron, 161
Ohio: local government in, 665;
ratification of amendments in, 5
oil industry, 722; global importance of,
708
Oklahoma: admission to union, 1001;
ratification of amendments in, 5;
taxes in, 657
Old Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance (OASDI), 591
Old Age Assistance, 654
Old Treaty Seal, p2
oligarchy, 19, c20
oligopoly, 579, 719
Olmstead v. United States, 339, 401
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act (1968), 401
Omnibus Education Act (1972), 416
ONeill, Thomas P. Tip, 134 parliamentary procedure, p136
one-party systems, 45354
one person, one vote rule, 22, 126,
642
online computer services, 535
open housing, p431
Open Housing Act (1968), 678
open-market operations, 570
open primary, 465
open shops, 583
Operation Desert Storm, 258, p258,
618
Operation Green Ice, 296
Operation Restore Hope, p618
opinions, 331, 333, 645; distinguishing
from fact, 327
Oregon: conservation efforts in, 651;
laws in, 425; regional government in,
673; state legislature in, 641
Oregon v. Elstad, 403
Oregon v. Mitchell, 485
Oregon v. Smith, 363
Organization for Security and
Cooperation, 729
Organization of American States
(OAS), 629
Our America: Life and Death on the
South Side of Chicago, 530, p530
outlining, 419
Owens, R., 133, q133
P Pentagon Papers case, 372, p372
packing, 127
Packwood, Robert, 16768
Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, 701
Paine, Thomas, 4546, q45
Pakistan, Muslims in, 699
Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO), 17
Panama, use of military force in, 163
Panama Canal treaties, 619; ratification
of, 619, p619
parades, limits on, 377
paragraph, writing, 117
pardon, 254
parishes, 664
Park Communications, 528
Parker, Barrington, p312
Parliament, 36, 68, 123, 68990
parliamentary government, 68991;
comparison of, with presidential gov-
ernment, c692; dissolving govern-
ment, 691, 692; function of the
cabinet in, 691; in Great Britain,
68990; in Japan, 69091
Index
nonvotersPhiladelphia
parliamentary systems, 688
parochial schools, state aid to, 36061
parole, 653
Parrish, Elsie, 58182
Partido Revolucionario Institucional
(PRI), 699, 701
party-column ballot, 489
party county chairperson, 459
party national chairperson, 460
party state chairperson, 460
passports, 623; applying for, 50
Patent and Trademark Office, 277
patents, 163
Paterson, William, 54
Patrick, Deval, 481
patronage, 46162
Patrons of Husbandry, 505
Paul, Alice, p415
Payton v. New York, 399
peace as foreign policy goal, 608
Peace Corps, 294
peacekeeping, role of UN in, 704
peer groups, in political socialization,
515
Pendleton Act (1883), 286
Pennsylvania: Fair Labor Law in
(1978), 440; local government in,
664; police force in, 652; public edu-
cation in, 24; on slavery issue, 55; tax
policy in, 158
Pentagon, 543; terrorist attack on,
61213, 707, 708
per curiam, 333
perestroika, 73031
Pericles, 19
periodical guides, 383
perjury, 168
Perkins, Frances, 229
Perot, Ross, p461, 479, 49394
Persian Gulf War, 82, p359, 612, 619,
704; media coverage of, p541; mili-
tary force in, 163
personal liberties, foundations of, c64
personal property, 431, 673
personal staff, 147
Personnel Management, Office of, 286
Peterson, Peter G., q592
Petition of Right, 36
petitions, 77, 101, 46566, 54647;
signing, 84, p369
petit jury, 313
petty offenses, 43738
Pew Research Center for the People
and the Press, 519
Philadelphia: housing problems in,
67879; political boss in, 519
INDEX 873
 Index
Philadelphia v. State of New Jerseyprivate bills
Philadelphia v. State of New Jersey, 111
picketing, protection for, 381
pigeonholing, 184
Pilgrim, 39
Pinochet, Augusto, 725
Pitt, William, p124
plaintiffs, 433, 435
platform committee, at national con-
ventions, 469
plea bargaining, 44041
pleas, 439, 441
Pledge of Allegiance, 359
Plessy, Homer, 346
Plessy v. Ferguson, 309, 346, 4089
plum book, 288
plurality, 465, 644
pocket veto, 188
Poland: constitutional government in,
69293; and NATO membership,
628; overthrow of communism in,
69293; Solidarity in, 693
Police Department of Chicago v.
Mosley, 378
police protection: local government
role in, 670; state, 652
Politburo, 697
political action committees (PACs),
130, 51113, ctn511; in election cam-
paigns, 47879, 51315; laws govern-
ing, 511; strategies for influence, 198,
51315, ctn511
political appointees, 28889
political campaigns. See election cam-
paigns, election campaign spending
political cartoons, interpreting, 260,
551
political efficacy, 516
political participation, 114
political parties, in China, 705; See also
specific parties
political parties, 453; affiliation of
federal judges, 31617; comparison
with interest groups, 504; defined, 23,
453; federalism and, 113; functions
of, 46062; in Germany, 700; growth
of American, c456, 45455; in House
of Representatives, U.S., 134; impact
of, 221; influence on Congress,
19697; in measuring public opinion,
519; media coverage of, 531; mem-
bership of, 45859; in Mexico, 694;
minor, 455, 457; multiparty systems,
454; one-party systems, 45354; orga-
nization of, 45859, 460, 519; in
Poland, 693; president as leader of,
25657; in South Africa, 69394;
third, 455, 457; two-party systems,
874 INDEX
454; voter loyalty to, 49394. See also
specific parties
political socialization, 51516; media
role in, 534
political sovereignty, 7
political Web sites, 544
politics: defined, 14; and government,
1415; importance of, 15
Polk, James K., 238
Polk, Sarah, 238
poll taxes, 90, 483
pollution: air, 587, 651; state efforts in
controlling, 11213, 651; water,
58788, 651
Poole, George, 290
popular sovereignty, 65
population, 6; managing decline in,
677; mobility of, 6
pork-barrel legislation, 2012
Portland, Oregon, regional government
in, 673
Port of New York Authority, 105
Post Office Department, 280
Powell, Adam Clayton, 131
Powell, Colin, 216, p541, p548
Powell, Lewis F., Jr., q251, 327, p327,
q327, 344, q527
Powell v. McCormack, 129, 131
powers, separation of, 40
preamble, 13
Preamble, the, 63, q63
precedent, 364, 426
precinct, 459
precinct captain, 459
preemption, 109, 613
preferred position doctrine, 36869
preliminary hearing, 43940
premier in France, 692
president: and use of executive privilege,
26667. See also by name
president: action on bills, 187; appoint-
ment power of, ctn347; budget of,
56062, p562; changes in Constitu-
tion and, 80; changes in office of, 71,
p71; as chief diplomat, 25758; as
chief executive, 25354; as comman-
der in chief, 25859, 615, p623; con-
gressional power in selecting, 16364;
constitutional powers of, 70, 24547;
curbing emergency powers of, 175;
duties of, 21314; as economic plan-
ner, 256; election campaign for, c477,
47576; election of, 22026; of the prison population, state, m442
European Commission, 706; Execu-
tive Office of, 234; executive privilege
and, 26667; financing election cam- Privacy Protection Act (1980), 537
paign for, 47779; foreign policy pow-
ers in, 61417; in France, 691; as head
of state, 252; inauguration of, 226; in-
fluence of, over Supreme Court, 347;
influence on Congress, 19798; infor-
mal sources of power for, 24749; ju-
dicial appointments of, 32324;
leadership styles of, 26167; as legisla-
tor, 7374, 25455; limits on power
of, 24950; mass media and, 52729;
in Mexico, 694; nominating process
for, 53031; as party leader, 25657;
in Poland, 693; powers of, c246; quali-
fications of, 21517; relations with
Congress, 74, 17276, 61920;
relations with media, p248, 24849,
263; in South Africa, 69394; specific
powers of, 71; succession of, 80, p216,
21718; versus Supreme Court, U.S.,
75; term and salary of, 21415; and
use of executive privilege, 26667. See
also by name
presidential campaigns, and mass
media, 52930
presidential disability, 218
presidential government, 69192;
comparison of, with parliamentary
government, c692; in France, 69192
presidential nominations, 46668
presidential preference poll, 467
presidential primaries, 46668, 53031
presidential succession, 80
Presidential Succession Act (1947),
21718
president pro tempore, 139, 218
Presidents Council on Sustainable De-
velopment, 735, q735
press, freedom of, 84, 53637; and free
trials, 37274; and gag orders, 371,
373; and mass communication,
37475; and prior restraint, 37172;
and protection of new sources, 374
press conferences, 263, 528
pretrial discovery, 433
price supports, 586
primary elections, 465, 46668
primary sources, analyzing, 117
prime minister: in Great Britain, 690,
p690; in Japan, 69091
Printing and Engraving, Bureau of,
277
print media, 527; regulation of, 53641
prior restraint, 84, 371, 536
privacy: citizens right to, 41718, p417;
right to, 85
private bills, 181

Private Calendar, 136
private law, 390
private ownership, 719
privileges and immunities clause, 104
Privy Council, 40
probable cause, 85
probate courts, 646
procedural due process, 42728, p427
production, factors of, 71718, p718
product safety, government role in,
58081
professional associations, 506
Professional Golfers Association (PGA)
v. Martin, 337, p337
profit, 720, p720
Progressive Party, 45557
progressive taxes, 556, 558, 657
Project 1992, 710
proletariat, 29
propaganda, 49596
property: personal, 431; private owner-
ship of, 719; real, 431
property law, 431
property rights, and assembly, 378
property tax, 657, 67374
proportional representation, 467
proportional tax, 657
protectionism, 736
protective tariffs, 557, 575
Proxmire, William, 189
public acts, 1034
public agenda, 544; setting of, by the
media, 533534
public assembly and disorder, 37880
public assistance, 59091, 59295
public bills, 18182
public broadcasting, 531
Public Broadcasting Act (1967), 531
Public Broadcasting System (PBS), 531
Public Citizen, Inc., 506, 513
public education, 24
public health: government promotion
of, 59495; state role in, 65354
Public Health Service, 279, 595
public housing, 600, 678; violence in,
538
public-interest groups, 506
public life, religion in, 359
public opinion, 2; and democracy, 522;
influence of, on foreign policy, 620;
interpreting polls, 523; limitations on
presidential power, 250; measuring,
51922; shaping, 51417
public opinion polls, 517, 519, 52022;
on ideology, 517; interpreting results,
522, 523; by mail, 521; by phone, 521;
questions in, 521
public policy, bureaucracy in
Private CalendarReorganization Act (1970)
influencing, 29193; definition
of, 291; effect of interest groups on,
50813; federalism and, 11213; In-
ternet challenges for, 54849; reasons
bureaucracy makes, 29395; tools for
shaping, 33639
public property, assembly on, 377
public services, providing, 10
public utility, 64849
public welfare, state role in, 654
Puerto Rico: representation in
Congress, 129; and statehood
question, 100, 107; territorial courts
in, 315
Pulling Down the Statue of George III
(Walcutt), ptg46
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), 28
pure speech, 366
Putin, Vladimir, 729
Q Red Cross, 24
al-Qaeda, 17, 612, 613, 7089
quorum, 69, 137
quotas, 733, 734; marketing, 586;
national origins, 389
Quran, 699, 700, 708, 709
R refugees, 387
Rabin, Yitzhak, p615
radio, 527, 540, 543; campaign
advertising on, 531; fireside chats on,
p248, 24849, 263; and free press,
374; pirate, 536
Raines, Franklin, p236
Randolph, Edmund, 54, 57, p230
random sampling, 520
ratification: of amendments, 7779; de-
fined, 48; power of Senate in, 165; of
state constitutions, 640; of U.S. Con-
stitution, 5657, m57
ratings services, 532
rational basis test, 4067
Ray, Robert, 663, p663
Rayburn, Sam, q201
Reagan, Ronald, 223, p234, 236, 241,
p241, q546, 559; assassination at-
tempt on, p213, p218; budget of, 566;
bureaucracy under, 236; cabinet of,
229, 231; communication skills of,
249, 263; and content-based media
regulation, 538; and contra affair,
532; drug policy under, 679; in elec-
tion of 1980, 493, 49495; on fairness
Index
doctrine, q538; and federal aid poli-
cies, 109; foreign policy under, 617;
as governor of California, 18788;
and hostages in Iran, 628; isolation
of, 265; judicial appointments of,
316, 317, 324, 347; leadership style of,
261, 263; political campaign of,
52930; as president, 232; Social Se-
curity and, 591; use of e-mail and,
p312
real property, 431, 673
Realtors Political Action Committee,
512
reapportionment, 124
Reapportionment Act (1929), 125
reasonable standard, 415
recall, 644
reconciliation, 56364
records, 104
recount, 475
recreation, local government role in,
671
redistricting, 125
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 538
Reed, Stanley, 345
Reed, Thomas Brackett, q152
Reed v. Reed, 415
Reedy, George, q264, 536, q536
Reeve, Christopher, p205
referendum, 640, 666
Regan, Donald, 261, 265
Regents of University of California v.
Bakke, 41214, p413
regional security pacts, 62729
regional wars, 70910
regressive taxes, 557, 657
regulatory agencies, deregulation of,
283
regulatory commissions, 281, 283
Rehnquist, William H., p322, 326, p344
religion: and Bible reading, 362; and
flag statute, 36364; limitations on
practices of, 363; in public life, 359;
and release time for students, 361;
and school prayer, 362; separation
between state and, 699700; state aid
to parochial schools, 36061
religion, freedom of, 84; establishment
clause, 35863; free exercise clause,
36364
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(1993), 363
Reno v. American Civil Liberties
Union, 375, 548
Reno v. Condon, 417
Reorganization Act (1970), 169
INDEX 875
 Index
reportsseditious speech
reports, writing, 659
representative democracy, 20, 21
representative government, 37; princi-
ples of, 689
representative sample, 521
reprieve, 254
republic, 20
Republican Court, The (Huntington),
ptg73
Republican National Committee, 461
Republican Party, 454, 455; and cam-
paign finance reform, 478; and Con-
tract with America, 295, 594; in
House of Representatives, U.S., 134;
ideology in, 495; mailing lists of, 545;
national committee for, 507; national
convention of, 531, 666; 1996 con-
vention of, 458; and political control
of Congress, c127, 45455; symbol of,
462, 499
Republicans for Choice, 512
reserved powers, 9697
resident aliens, 387
resolutions, 182; concurrent, 182; joint,
182
restraint, 109
Reuters of Britain, 533
revenue: borrowing as source of, 559;
defined, 43; taxes, 55559
Revenue Act (1971), 511
revenue bills, 158
reverse discrimination, 41213, p413
revitalization, 681
Revolutionary War, 44
Revolution of 1848, 690
Reynolds, George, 363
Reynolds v. Sims, 126, 642
Reynolds v. United States, 363
Rhode Island, 39; local government in,
664; ratification of Constitution by,
56; on slavery issue, 55
Rhodes v. Chapman, 405
Rice, Condoleezza, 482, p482, 616
Richard, David, 700
Richard, Dennis, 700
Richard, Mark, 700
Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v.
Virginia, 373
Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 414
rider, 182
right-to-work laws, 583, 649
Rio Pact, 62829
Robert, Henry M., p136
Roberts Rules of Order (Robert), p136
Robinson, Ryan, 26
Rockefeller, John D., 578
Rockefeller Foundation, 531
Rock the Vote, 223, p223
876 INDEX
Roe v. Wade, 326, 417
roll-call vote, 187
Romania: application for EU
membership, 704, 734; and NATO
membership, 628; overthrow of com-
munism in, 692
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 231
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 75, 130,
216, 219, 231, 241, 387, p387; cabinet
of, 229; and court packing, 310, 348,
ctn348; death of, 213; employment of
emergency powers, p175; fireside
chats of, 209, q209, 248, p248, 263,
528; foreign policy under, 619; judi-
cial appointments of, 321; leadership
style of, 263; New Deal program of,
107, 249, 256, 582, 58586, 59091;
presidential powers of, 248; and size
of bureaucracy, 29496; spending by,
566; terms of office, 13, p14; and
Works Progress Administration,
p191; and World War II, 257, 259,
425
Roosevelt, Theodore, q247, 259, 455,
457; foreign policy under, 614; as
governor of New York, 644; judicial
appointments of, 320, p320; and Na-
tional Governors Association, 101;
and presidential power, 247; press
conferences of, 528
Ross, Edmund G., p194
Rubin, Barry, q622
rules committee, at national
conventions, 46869
Rumsfeld, Donald, p231
runoff primary, 465
Rural Electrification Administration,
586
Russia: economy in, p726; and NATO
partnership, 628; as permanent mem-
ber of Security Council, 703; trans-
formation of economy, 72829
Rutledge, John, 323
S (Locke), 37
Sadat, Anwar, 701
Safe Streets Act (1968), 292
Safire, William, 265
sales tax: local, 675; state, 65657
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 734
sample, 520
sample populations, 520
sampling errors, 52021
sampling procedures, 521
Samuelson, Robert, q731
Sanchez, Linda, 465, p465
Sanchez, Loretta, 465, p465
Sanders, Leonard, 563, p563
San Diego, 671, p672
San Francisco, mass transit in, 681
sanitation, local government role in,
670
Santa Fe School District v. Doe, 361
Santobello v. New York, 441
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 581
Al Saud family, 701
Saudi Arabia: absolute monarchy in,
19, 701; economy in, 722; terrorism
and, 7089; U.S. Embassy in, p622
Scalia, Antonin, q83, p322
scarcity, 717
Schechter Poultry Corporation v. Unit-
ed States, 310
Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of
Western New York, 378
Schenck v. United States, 320, 368
school district, 673
schools: Bible reading in, 362; in
political socialization, 515; prayer in,
362; release time from, 361; state aid
to parochial, 36061; teaching evolu-
tion in, 362. See also education
Schulz, George, 232
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 644, p644
Science and Technology Policy, Office
of, 238
scientific polling, 52022
scientific socialism, 30
Scott, Dred, 392, p392
Seale, Bobby, 398, p398
searches and seizures, 398401, p399,
p400
search warrant, 85, 399
Second Amendment, 8485, q85, 356,
357
secondary sources, analyzing, 299
Second Bank of the United States,
15758
Second Continental Congress, 4445,
47, 48
Second Treatise of Government
secularists, 700
secular law, 700
secular textbooks, 360
securities, 581
Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), 281, 581
security, right to, 8485
security agreements, 71011
security classification system, 416
Sedition Act (1918), p132
sedition laws, 369
seditious speech, 369

segregation, 408
select committees, 14243
Select Intelligence Committee, 143
Selective Service System, 625
self-government, 35
self-incrimination, 4024
Senate, U.S., 123; appropriations com-
mittees of, 192; confirmation hear-
ings in, 230; confirmation power of,
164, 532; in Constitution, 68; fili-
buster in, p139, 140, 181; Finance
Committee, 190; and impeachment,
164; leadership in, 13840, 153,
p153; majority leader in, 153; party
affiliation in, c129; political division
of, c127; president of, 152, 153; privi-
leges of members of, 12829; qualifi-
cations of, 128; ratification power of,
165; role in tax legislation of, 190;
and role of vice president, 21819;
rules for, 13840; salary and benefits
of, 128; scheduling of bills, 140;
symbols in, 152; term of office
in, 128. See also Congress, U.S.;
House of Representatives, U.S.
senatorial courtesy, 317
seniority system, 145
sentencing, 443; mandatory, 651
separate but equal doctrine, 309, 346
separation of powers, 40, 65, 75
September 11 terrorist attacks, 17, 237,
240, 248, 294, 417, 612, 701, 707,
p707, 708, p708
sessions, 123
Seventeenth Amendment, 89
Seventh Amendment, 86, 357
severance taxes, 657
sewage, local government role in, 670
Seward, William, 231
shah, 701
Shalala, Donna, 590
Shallus, Jacob, 83
Shayss Rebellion, 51, p51
Shelby, Richard, 245, p245
Shelton v. Tucker, 655
Sheppard, Samuel H., 373
Sheppard v. Maxwell, 373
Sherman, Roger, 5455
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), 338,
57879, 581
shield laws, 374, 537
shock incarceration, 653
shock probation, 653
Sierra Club, 24, 503, 505, 506, 544
Signing of the Constitution of the Unit-
ed States (Rossiter), ptg34
Signing the Compact on Board the
Mayflower (Matteson), ptg39
Sinclair, Upton, 57980, q580
Singapore, capitalism in, 721
single-issue party, 455
Sixteenth Amendment, 89, 108, 348,
p555
Sixth Amendment, 86, 401, 442
slander, 84, 369
Slaughterhouse cases, 3089
slavery: and Dred Scott case, 39293;
as issue at Constitutional Convention,
55
Sliskovic, Irena, 395, p395
Slovakia, and NATO membership, 628
Slovenia, and NATO membership, 628
Small Business Administration, 279,
280, 292, 576
small claims courts, 43435, 646
Smith, Adam, 27, p27
Smith, Margaret Chase, p152, q152
Smith, Mary Louise, 462
Smith, Steven S., q193
Smith Act (1940), 382
Smith-Hughes Act (1917), 597
social consensus, determining, p22
social contract, 8
social contract theory, 8
social insurance programs, 590,
59192
social insurance taxes, 55657
socialism, 28, 718, c719, 72324;
defined, 28, 718; democratic, 28;
practical problems of, 726; scientific,
30
socialist democracy, 725
Socialist Labor Party, 455
social order, maintaining, 910
Social Security, 281, 566; crisis in
system, 59192; financing, 591
Social Security Act (1935), 292, 301,
590
Social Security Administration, 278,
292
Social Security System, 28, 292
social services, local government role
in, 671
social spending, c591; government
comparisons on, c591
social studies: interpreting public opin-
ion polls, 523; interpreting election
maps, 233, m233; interpreting politi-
cal cartoons, 260, ctn260
soft money, 478
Soil Conservation Service, 586
solicitor general, 332
Solidarity, 693
Somalia: foreign aid to, p618; troops in,
612, 621
Sotomayer, Sonia, p313
Index
segregationstate constitutions
sources, media protection of, 374, 537
Souter, David, p322, 326, 348
South Africa: apartheid in, 693, 705;
civil rights in, 693694; democracy
in, p689, 692; economic sanctions
against, 705; voting in, p688
South Carolina, legal assistance
program in, 440
South Dakota v. Dole, 596
South Korea: capitalism in, 721; foreign
policy, p617
sovereignty, 7
Soviet Union: collapse of communism
in, 72829; and end of Cold War,
61213
space station, building of, 199
Spanish-American War, 60910
Speaker of the House, for Congress,
134, 136, 152
speaker of the house, for state
legislature, 642
special districts, 665, 673
speech, 366; defamatory, 36970; fight-
ing words, 370; protected and unpro-
tected, 41; pure, 366; regulating,
36769; seditious, 369; student, 370;
symbolic, 36667, p367
speech, freedom of, 84, 366; defamato-
ry, 36970; limits to, p84; regulating,
36769; student, 370; types of,
36667
Spinal Cord Injury Association, 700
Spirit of Laws, The (Montesquieu), 63
splinter party, 455, 457
spoils system, 285
Sporkin, Stanley, q128
spot advertising, 531
Sputnik I, 294
Stalin, Joseph, 19
Stamp Act (1765), 43; repeal of, 43
Stamp Act Congress, 44
Stamp Tax, 44
Standard Oil Trust, 578
standing committees, 142, c143
standing vote, 187
stare decisis, 33839
state, secretary of, 61516; federal, 621;
in state government, 645
State, U.S. Department of, 257,
276, 61516, 621; organizational
structure of, 62122
state constitutions, 47; amending and
making changes in, 63940; Bill of
Rights in, 638; characteristics of, 638;
criticism and reform of, 640; execu-
tive branch in, 644; importance of,
63738; local government in, 663;
National Guard in, 644; ratification
INDEX 877
 Index
state court judgestelegraph
of, 640; taxes in, 656
state court judges: removal of, 647; se-
lection of, 647; in small claims courts,
43435
state courts, 64647, 65153;
importance of, 646
state farms, 728
state government, 56; criminal justice
systems in, 65153; defined, 5; educa-
tion policy in, 653; environmental
policies in, 65051; executive branch
in, 64346; financing, 65658, c674;
income tax in, 657; influence of inter-
est groups on, 642; judicial branch in,
64647; legislative branch in, 64143;
in Mexico, 701; National Guard in,
644; organization of, 637; police
forces in, 652; powers of, c97; public
health policy of, 65354; regulation
of business by, 64850; and taxing of
e-commerce, 549; welfare programs
of, 654
states: admission of new, 99101; con-
stitutional guarantees to, 9899; elec-
tion campaigns in, 476; and electoral
votes, 47576; equality of, 101; essen-
tial features of, 68; federal aid to,
10910, m110; lawsuits between, 105;
limitations on voting in, 481; major
inequalities among, 16; nominating
conventions in, 46465; obligations
of, 102; party organization in, 460;
prison populations in, m442; guaran-
tees to, 9899; relations among,
1035; role of Congress in helping,
2013; territorial integrity of, 99; the-
ories of origin of, 8; voting rights in,
49697
states rights position, 106; and pre-
emption, 110; versus nationalists,
1067
state-sponsored terrorism, 708
Statistical Abstract of United States,
150
Statuary Hall, 635
Statue of Liberty, p352
statutory law, 425
Staunton, city of, 685, q685
Steck, Daniel, 153
stem cell research, 595
stemming from equity, 434
Stevens, John Paul, 176, 326, p322
Stevens, Thaddeus, 24, q24
Stevenson, Adlai, 648; in elections of
1952/1956, 495; presidential cam-
paign of, 549
Stewart, Potter, 361
stock exchanges, merger of, 732
878 INDEX
Stockman, David, 236
stocks, regulation of sale of, 581
Story, Joseph, 323, q344
straight party ticket, 493
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
(SALT), 165
straw polls, 520
strikes, 99, 581
strong-mayor system of municipal
government, 666, c667
student speech, 370
study and writing: conducting inter-
views, 549; preparing a bibliography,
713; taking notes, 91; using library re-
sources, 383; writing reports, 659
subcommittees, 142
subpoena, 168
subsidies, 734; farm, 586; government,
576
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Administration, 590
substantial interest standard, 415
substantive due process, 427, p427
suburbs, 672
suffrage, 48184; for African Ameri-
cans, 48284; for eighteen-year olds,
5, p5, 212, 484; universal, 481; for
women, 482
Sunbelt, 671
Sun Oil Corporations SunPAC, 512
sunset laws, 112
Sunshine Act (1976), 41617
sunshine law, 113
Super Tuesday election, 467
Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
592
supranational organizations, 704
supremacy clause, 64, 97
Supreme Allied Command Europe
(SACEUR), 628
supreme court: state, 647. See also
Supreme Court, U.S.
Supreme Court, U.S., 68, 102, 302, 320;
acceptance of cases by, 319, 33233;
caseload of, c332; and changes in
Constitution, 8081; First Amend-
ment rights and, 548; free speech
issue and, 540; housing for, 31819,
p318; influences on decisions of,
34348; and interpretation of Consti-
tution, 15758; jurisdiction of, 321;
limits on, 33941; media coverage of,
533; media rights and, 537, 538; offi-
cial seal of, p321; power of, 3078;
versus president, 75; procedures in,
331, p335; seal of, p321; in shaping
public policies, 33641; steps in de-
ciding cases, 33335; terms of, 331
Supreme Court, U.S., justices, 32126,
p322, p325; appointing, 32326;
background of, 323; duties of,
32223; handshakes of, 345; influence
of chief justice on, 345; law clerks for,
323; relations among, 34445; re-
moteness of, 533; salaries of, 348; and
selection of other justices, 326; views
of, 344
suspect classification, 407
sustainable development, 71112
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education, 410
Switzerland, federal system of
government in, 12
symbolic speech, 36667, p367
Syria, sponsorship of terrorism by, 708
T
Taft, William Howard, 100, 240, p240,
323, 326, 457; ceremonial role of,
252; as chief justice, 343, p343
Taft-Hartley Act (1947), 583
Taiwan, capitalism in, 721
Taliban, 70, 7089
Taney, Roger B., 107; as chief justice,
308, 392, p392
Tanzania, democratic socialism in, 28
Taoism, 697
tariffs, 733, 734; protective, 557, 575
tax credits, 559
taxes: as colonial issue, 43; defined, 189;
on e-commerce, 549; and economy,
55859; estate, 558; excise,
557, 656; gift, 558; local sales, 675;
loopholes in, 55859; poll, 90, 483;
progressive, 556, 558, 657; property,
657, 67375; proportional, 657; rea-
sons for paying, 558; reducing, 568;
reforms in, 559; regressive, 557, 657;
sales, 65657; severance, 657; social
insurance, 55657; as source of rev-
enue, 55559; state, 65657, 657. See
also income taxes
taxing and spending bills, 18992
taxing power, 1089
Tax Reform Act (1986), 559
Taxpayer Relief Act, 188
Taylor, Zachary, 259
technology: building a database, 349;
multimedia presentations, 177; using
an electronic spreadsheet, 471
teen courts, 665
Telecommunications Act (1996),
53940
telegraph, 536

telephone: and protection of privacy,
340; public opinion polls by, 52122
television, 530; cable, 53031;
candidates image on, 476, 495;
C-SPAN, 534, 540; debates on, 476,
49495; election coverage on,
49495, 53639; financing campaign
advertising on, 538; and free press,
374; presidential addresses on,
24849; and shaping of public opin-
ion, 514, 515; and V-chip technology,
142, p142, 547 television, 527, 543;
cable, 535, 536, 538; campaign adver-
tising on, 531; candidates image on,
476, 495; coverage of president,
52728; C-SPAN, 527, 532, p532,
533; debates on, 476, 49495; election
coverage on, 49495; financing cam-
paign advertising on, 531; and free
press, 374; presidential addresses on,
24849; shaping of public opinion
and, 514, 515; and V-chip technolo-
gy, 142, p142, 540, p540
television malaise, 534
Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies (TANF), 594
Ten Commandments, 42324
Tennessee: admission to Union, 99; ap-
portionment in, 126; executive
branch in, 644
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 28,
280
Tenth Amendment, 87, 107, 357
term limits, p112
territorial courts, 315
territory, 7, c7
terrorism, 17, 237, 259, 316, 56667,
595, 608, 61213, 628, 630, p708,
7089; and Saudi Arabia, 701; war
on, 707, 709
Terry v. New York National Organiza-
tion for Women, 378
Texas, admission to Union, 100, 153;
constitution, 661, q661; legislature in,
p643; local government in, 664; po-
lice force in, 652; taxes in, 657; teen
courts in, 665
Texas v. Johnson, 367
Thailand, economy in, 734
Third Amendment, 85, 357
third parties, 455, c456, p461;
candidates of, 224; impact of, 457;
obstacles to, 457; types of, 455, 457
Thirteenth Amendment, 88
THOMAS, 188, 545
Thomas, Clarence, p322, 323, 324, 326,
348, 533
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 429
telephoneUnited Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
Thornhill v. Alabama, 381
Three-Fifths Compromise, 55
three-strikes law, 437
Thucydides, q31
Thurmond, Strom, 140, 153, p181
Tiananmen Square, 18, p18, 697
ticket, 466
ticket-splitting, 489
Time, 544
Time Warner, p538, 540
Tinker v. Des Moines School District,
367, 370
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 503, q504
Todaro, Michael, q736
Toolson v. New York Yankees, 166
tort, 432
totalitarian dictatorship, 18
totalitarian government, 696
Tower, John, 532
town meetings, 20, 664
towns, 672
township, 664
trade. See international trade
trade agreements, 73435
trade embargo, 733, 736; against Cuba,
69899
trade wars, 627
trading blocs, 733
traditional economy, 717
traffic courts, 646
Train v. City of New York, 337
transcript, 417
transportation: federal government
programs in, 6002; local govern-
ment role in, 671
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21), 602
Transportation, U.S. Department of,
279, 601
treasurer, state, 646
Treasury, U.S. Department of,
277
treaties, 80, 615; bilateral, 629; power of
Congress in making, 61819; power
of president in making, 257
trial court, 306
trials, 434, 442; fair, 37274; press ac-
cess to, 373, p373; resolution without,
434; rights in, 86; right to fair, p441;
right to jury, 86
tribal government, 665
Truman, Harry S, q213, 216, 217, q217,
219, p241, q241, p253, q324, 379,
q495, 610, q610; assumption of presi-
dency, 213; civil rights movement
under, 26162; and integration of
military, 263; and labor relations,
250; leadership style of, 26162
Index
Truman Doctrine, 61011
trust, 578
Tuesday Cabinet, 617
Turkey: application for EU
membership, 704, 734; education in,
722; Muslims in, 699
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v.
FCC, 374
Twelfth Amendment, 5, 88, 221
Twentieth Amendment, 8990, 164
Twenty-fifth Amendment, 80, 90, 164,
213, 21718, 219
Twenty-first Amendment, 78, 90, 165
Twenty-fourth Amendment, 90, 483
Twenty-second Amendment, 90, 214
Twenty-seventh Amendment, p76, 82,
90, 128
Twenty-sixth Amendment, 5, 90, 112,
484
Twenty-third Amendment, 90
two-party system, 23, 114, 454
Two Treatises of Government (Locke),
9, 37, 806
Tyler, John, 80
U
unanimous opinion, 334
uncontrollables, 192
unemployment compensation, 649
unemployment insurance, 592
Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, 658
unfunded mandates, 588, 658
unicameral legislature, 48, 641
Union Calendar, 136, 137
union shop, 583, 649
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(U.S.S.R.), 294
unitary system, 12
United Auto Workers (UAW), 505
United Mine Workers (UMW), 505
United Nations (UN), 17, 687, 701,
7024, 707; Charter of, 702, 703, 715,
q715; Commission on Human
Rights, 710; Conference on Environ-
ment and Development, 712; Frame-
work Convention on Climate
Change, 712; General Assembly in,
703, 704; headquarters of, 706; mem-
bership in, 702; peacekeeping activi-
ties of, 704; Secretariat in, 703;
Secretary General of, 703; Security
Council in, 703, 704; specialized
agencies of, 704; structure of, c703,
7024
United Nations Childrens Fund
(UNICEF), 704
INDEX 879
 Index
United Press International (UPI)Washington, George
United Press International (UPI),
52829, 533
United Public Workers of America v.
Mitchell, 290
United Russia Party, 729
United States: acquisitions by, c7; for-
eign aid by, 727; Kyoto Treaty and,
712; as permanent member of Securi-
ty Council, 703; position of, against
International Criminal Court, 711;
relations between China and, 698,
731; relations between Cuba and,
69899; relations between North
Korea and, 699; trade alternatives for,
73536; as world power, 60910
United States Chamber of Commerce,
505
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, 314
United States Claims Court, 315
United States Conference of Mayors,
115
United States consulate, 711
United States Information Agency,
294, 531
United States marshal, 313
United States Military Establishment,
277, 294
United States oath of allegiance, 394
United States of America, p10
United States Patent Office, 314
United States Postal Service (USPS),
277, 280
United States Secret Service, 277
United States Tax Court, 314, 315
United States v. Eichman, 367
United States v. Halper, 404
United States v. Leon, 399
United States v. Lopez, 102
United States v. Nixon, 267
United States v. OBrien, 367
United States v. Playboy, 374
United States v. United States District
Court, 251
United States v. Virginia, 311, p311
United States v. E.C. Knight & Co., 309
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 710
Universal Postal Union, 17
universal suffrage, 481
universe, 520
Urban Development Action Grants,
682
urban growth, challenges of, 67782
Urban Mass Transit Administration
(UMTA), 602
urban renewal, 672, 678; federal gov-
ernment policy toward, 599600
880 INDEX
USS Cole, bombing of, 709
U.S. News & World Report, 528
USA Patriot Act, 316, 41718
USA Today, 528
Utah, election of governor in, 643
V participation, 497; early limitations
values, media impact on, 534
V-chip, 142, p142, 540, p540, p547
Vermont: admission to Union, 99; elec-
tion of governor in, 644; term limits
in, 644
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton,
400
Veterans Administration (VA), 294,
595, 672
Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of,
279, 294, 298
veto, p80; congressional override of,
188; defined, 66, 187; hecklers, 379;
item, 645; legislative, 171, 176; line-
item, 176, 18788, 255
vice president: nomination of, 470; as
president of Senate, 139; role of,
21819. See also by name
victim compensation laws, 651
Victory, p68687
Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
p367
Vietnam War, 82, 162, 259, 294, 611;
granting to amnesty to draft evaders
in, 254; and Gulf of Tonkin Resolu-
tion, 248; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
in, 618; media coverage of, 534, 541
Vinson, Fred M., q380
Virginia, 57; colonial government in,
44; Constitutional Convention in,
p424; election of governor in, 643;
House of Burgesses in, 39; ratification
of Constitution by, 58; tax policy in,
158; term limits in, 644
Virginia Military Institute, 311
Virginia Plan, 54
Virginia Womens Institute for Lead-
ership (VMIL), 311
Virgin Islands, 163; representation in
Congress, 129; territorial courts in,
315
visa, 623
Voice of America, 531
voice vote, 187
Volkov, Aleksandr, ptg29
volunteering, 547
vote: roll-call, 187; standing, 187; voice,
187
voters: becoming informed, 546;
expectations of, 195; increasing
turnout, 497; influence of, on Con-
gress, 19596; profile of, 450, 496
voting, 39697, p397, 476; decline in
on, 481; electronic, 54748; influ-
ences on, 49297; preparing for, 490;
procedures in, 48890; qualifications
for, 487; registration for, 48788; spe-
cial circumstances, 49091
voting machine, 489
voting rights. See suffrage
Voting Rights Act (1965), 483, 484
Voting Rights Act (1970), 483, 497
Voting Rights Act (1975), 491
voting rights acts, 48384
W
Wagner Act (1935), 582, 583
Wake Islands, 163
Walesa, Lech, 693
Wallace, George, p95, 224
War, Department of, 277
war, power of Congress to declare,
61718
ward, 459
ward heelers, 201
Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 25
War of 1812, 575, 617
war on terrorism, 70, 294, 417, 61213,
707, 709
war powers, 108; debate over, 157, 163,
249, 25859, 618
War Powers Act (1973), 163, 179, q179,
249, 258, 618
warrant: arrest, 85, 43839; search, 85,
399
Warren, Charles, q305
Warren, Earl, 81, q169, 310, 319, q319,
323, 336, 34647, q347, 402, q403,
410, 642
Warren Report, 323
Warsaw Pact, 628
Washington, D.C.: electoral votes for,
475; mass transit in, p670, 681; ter-
rorist attack on, 248. See also District
of Columbia
Washington, George, 43, 53, p71, q71,
p193, 214, p221, 307, p560, 666; ap-
pointments of, 285; budget of, 560;
cabinet of, 71, 228, 230, p230, 231,

276; decision to seek second term,
520; election of, as president, 58, 221;
and executive privilege, 26667;
Farewell Address of 1796, 273, q273,
454; at First Continental Congress,
44; First Inaugural Address, 243,
q243; as first president, 69, 70, 71,
213; foreign policy under, 609,
61819; judicial appointments of,
320, 32324; as presiding officer at
Constitutional Convention, 53; as
probusiness, 575; retirement of, 560,
p560; staff of, 238; traditions set by,
240; warning on foreign entangle-
ments, 70; and Whiskey Rebellion,
25859, p258, 573, q573
Washington Monument, p552
Washington v. Davis, 408
Watergate investigation, and Sam
Ervin, 171
water pollution, policies on, 58788,
651
Water Pollution Control Act (1948),
587
Water Pollution Control Act (1972),
588
Water Quality Act (1965), 651
Water Quality Improvement Act
(1970), 587
water supply, local government role in,
670
Watkins, James D., q589
Watkins v. United States, 16869
Watson, Gregory, p76
Watterberg, Martin P., q529
Ways and Means Committee, 190
weak-mayor system of municipal gov-
ernment, 666, c667
Wealth of Nations (Smith), 27
Weaver, Robert, 229
Web sites: and campaigning, 130, 476;
evaluating, 631; grassroots, 547; polit-
ical, 543, 544
Webster, Daniel, 153
Weeks v. United States, 399
Weicker, Lowell, 146
Weinberger, Caspar, 232
Welfare Reform Bill, 594
welfare state, 72324
welfare system: local government role
in, 671; need for reform in, 593; state
Washington MonumentZula Inkatha Party (South Africa)
role in, 654; sweeping reform in, 594
Wesberry v. Sanders, 126
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 58182
Western Europe, democratic challenges
for, 693
Westside Community Schools v. Mer-
gens, 362
West Virginia, admission to Union,
99100
West Virginia State Board of
Education v. Barnette, 36364
Westwood, Jean, 462
Wheels for Humanity, 700
Whigs, 454
whips, 135, 184
Whiskey Rebellion, 25859, p258, 573,
q573
White, Michael, 116, p116
White, Theodore H., q466, q468
White House, 211, 240; duties of staff
for, 239
White House Office, 23839
Whitney, Charlotte Anita, 382
Whitney, William, q718
Whitney v. California, 382
Whren v. United States, 399
William III (King of England), 8, 36
Willkie, Wendell Lewis, p14
Wilson, James, 53
Wilson, Pete, 639, p639
Wilson, Woodrow, 218, 231, 457, p555;
foreign policy under, 610, 617, 619;
isolation of, 265; leadership style of,
26364; and League of Nations,
26364
wire services, 52829
wiretapping, 4001, p401
Wisconsin, item veto in, 645
Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 407
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 36364
Wolman v. Walter, 360
women: in bureaucracy, 284; in the cab-
inet, 229; constitutional rights of,
311; discrimination against, 41416,
p415, p416; judicial appointments of,
317, 323, p325; in military, p416, 625;
suffrage for, 482
womens rights in Great Britain, 689
Wood, Leonard, p464
Woodbury, Levi, q320
Woodson v. North Carolina, 405
Index
Woodworth, Laurence, 149
workers: federal protection of, 58182;
minimum wage laws for, 160; state
protection of, 649
workers compensation, 649
workplace, disabilities in, 580
Works Progress Administration, p191
World Bank, 704, 725
World Court, 704
world economy. See global economy
World Health Organization (WHO),
704
World Meteorological Organization, 17
World Trade Center, 237, 566, 61213,
708, p708, 709, p709
World Trade Organization (WTO), 17,
707, 734, 735, 736
World War I, 82, 610
World War II, 82, 610; and Franklin D.
Roosevelt, 175, 257, 259, 425
Wright, Jim, q137
Wright-Ingraham, Elizabeth, 650, p650
writ of certiorari, 332
writ of habeas corpus, 158
Wyoming, conservation in, 651
Y
Yates v. United States, 369
Yeardley, George, p37
yellow-dog contracts, 582
Yellowstone National Park, 324
Yeltsin, Boris, q607, 702, 730
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
v. Sawyer, 250
Youth Volunteer Corps of America
(YVCA), 15
Yugoslavia, breakup of, 612
Z
Zedillo Ponce de Len, Ernesto, 694
Zemel v. Rusk, 537
zoning, local government role in,
66970
Zorach v. Clauson, 361
Zula Inkatha Party (South Africa), 694
INDEX 881
 Spanish Glossary
abridge/privar
A autoridad tomada por una corte para or un caso que
abridge/privar limitar (pg. 363)
absentee ballot/balota ausente la que permite a una
persona votar sin ir a la urna electoral en el da de
eleccin (pg. 491)
absolute monarch/monarca absoluto un monarca que
tiene poder absoluto e ilimitado para gobernar su gente
(pg. 19)
acreage allotment/asignacin de acres el programa bajo
el cual el gobierno paga precios de apoyo para las
cosechas de los agricultores cultivadas en un nmero
de acres asignado (pg. 586)
action alert/alerta para entrar en accin mensaje de un
grupo de inters a sus miembros pidindoles que
respondan inmediatamente por telfono, fax o correo
electrnico a un dirigente poltico especfico, grupo
de congresales u otros funcionarios pblicos (pg. 547)
administrative assistant/auxiliar administrativo
miembro del personal propio de un legislador que
dirige la oficina del legislador, supervisa el calendario,
y da asesoramiento (pg. 147)
administrative law/ley administrativa ley que estipula la
autoridad, procedimientos, y reglas para ser seguidos
por agencias gubernamentales (pg. 425)
adversary system/sistema adversario sistema judicial en el
cual los abogados opositores presentan sus casos ms
slidos (pg. 428)
advisory opinion/opinin asesorada una decisin sobre
una ley o accin que no ha sido desafiada (pg. 340)
affidavit/declaracin jurada una declaracin escrita
para verificar afirmaciones de hecho firmada bajo
juramento (pg. 435)
affirmative action/accin afirmativa poltica de gobierno
que les asigna trabajos, contratos gubernamentales,
promociones, admisiones a escuelas, y otros beneficios
a minoras y mujeres con el fin de enmendar discrimi-
naciones pasadas (pg. 412)
alien/extranjero una persona que vive en un pas donde
no es ciudadano (pg. 387)
ambassador/embajador oficial del gobierno que represen-
ta la nacin en asuntos diplomticos (pg. 615)
amendment/enmienda un cambio en la Constitucin
(pg. 65)
amicus curiae trmino latino que significa amigo de la
corte; un informe escrito por un individuo o un grupo
afirmando tener informacin til para la consideracin
de la corte de un caso (pg. 333)
amnesty/amnista indulto a un grupo de individuos por
una ofensa en contra del gobierno (pgs. 254, 390)
anarchy/anarqua desorden poltico (pg. 57)
answer/respuesta contestacin formal por un acusado a
los cargos en una demanda (pg. 433)
apartheid segregacin estricta de las razas (pg. 693)
882 SPANISH GLOSSARY
bipartisan/bipartidario
appellate jurisdiction/jurisdiccin de apelacin
es apelado de una corte menor (pg. 306)
appropriation/asignacin de fondos aprobacin de gastos
gubernamentales (pg. 191)
appropriations bill/proyecto de ley de asignacin de
fondos ley propuesta para autorizar el gasto de dinero
(pgs. 160, 191)
arraignment/acusacin procedimiento durante el cual el
juez lee el cargo formal contra el acusado y el acusado
se declara culpable o no culpable (pg. 441)
arrest warrant/orden de detencin orden firmada por un
juez nombrando al individuo a ser arrestado por un
crimen determinado (pgs. 85, 438)
article/artculo una de las siete divisiones principales de la
Constitucin (pg. 64)
assessment/tasacin proceso complicado de calcular el
valor de propiedad para el impuesto (pg. 674)
at-large/en general como un todo; por ejemplo, por todo
el estado (pg. 128)
audit/intervenir revisar ms estrictamente (pg. 556)
authorization bill/proyecto de ley de autorizacin
proyecto de ley que establece un programa federal
y especifica cunto dinero le puede ser asignado
(pg. 191)
autocracy/autocracia sistema de gobierno en el cual el
poder para dirigir est en manos de un solo individuo
(pg. 18)
B
backgrounders/informes annimos informacin dada
por altos funcionarios gubernamentales a reporteros
que estos pueden usar en una historia pero sin revelar
su fuente (pg. 535)
balanced budget/presupuesto balanceado un plan
financiero requiriendo que lo que el gobierno federal
gasta no exceder su ingreso (pg. 77)
bankruptcy/bancarrota el proceso legal para administrar
los bienes de una persona o negocio que no puede
pagar sus deudas (pg. 161)
biased sample/muestra sesgada en votacin, un grupo
que no representa exactamente la mayor poblacin
(pg. 520)
bicameral legislatura de dos cmaras (pg. 641)
bicameral legislature/legislatura bicameral legislatura de
dos cmaras (pg. 123)
bilateral treaty/tratado bilateral acuerdo firmado por dos
naciones (pg. 629)
bill/proyecto de ley ley propuesta (pg. 135)
bill of attainder/orden de culpabilidad una ley que
establece la culpabilidad y castiga a una persona sin
juicio (pg. 158)
bipartisan/bipartidario que consta de miembros de
ambos grandes partidos polticos (pg. 619)

bloc/bloque
bloc/bloque coalicin unida para promocionar un inters
comn (pg. 344)
block grant/otorgacin general grande donacin de
dinero a un gobierno estatal o local para usar para
un propsito general (pgs. 658, 675)
bond/garanta promesa contractual de parte de aqul que
pide prestado para volver a pagar cierta cantidad ms
inters para una fecha especfica (pg. 657)
borough/burgo divisin poltica en Alaska semejante a un
condado en otros estados (pg. 664)
boss/jefe poderoso lder de partido (pg. 465)
bourgeoisie/burguesa capitalistas que poseen los medios
de produccin (pg. 29)
brief/informe declaracin escrita exponiendo los
argumentos legales, hechos relevantes, y precedentes
apoyando un lado de un caso (pg. 333)
broadcast spectrum/espectro de difusin la variacin
de frecuencias sobre la cual seales electrnicas pueden
ser enviadas (pg. 547)
bureaucracy/burocracia administradores gubernamen-
tales (pg. 115)
bureaucrat/burcrata aqul que trabaja para un departa-
mento o agencia del gobierno federalservidor civil
(pg. 275)
C los esfuerzos para acabar con la segregacin (pg. 410)
cabinet/gabinete los secretarios de los departamentos
ejecutivos, el vicepresidente, y otros altos funcionarios
que ayudan al presidente a tomar decisiones y hacer
polticas (pg. 228)
calendar/calendario horario que enumera el orden en
el cual los proyectos de ley sern considerados en el
Congreso (pg. 136)
campaign manager/director de campaa la persona
responsable de la estrategia global y la planeacin de
una campaa (pg. 476)
canvass/escrutinio el conteo de votos por el cuerpo oficial
que tabula las devoluciones electorales y certifica al
ganador (pg. 487)
canvassing board/consejo de escrutinio el cuerpo oficial
que cuenta los votos y certifica al ganador (pg. 490)
capital los medios de produccindinero, fbricas,
maquinaria pesadausados para hacer otros produc-
tos y bienes (pg. 718)
capitalism/capitalismo un sistema econmico proporcio-
nando la libertad de accin e incentivo individual para
trabajadores, inversionistas, consumidores, y empresas
de negocios (pgs. 26, 718)
casework/trabajo particular el trabajo que un legislador
hace para ayudar a los constituyentes con sus
problemas (pg. 200)
caseworker/asistente social el miembro del personal pro-
pio de un legislador quien se encarga de las peticiones
de ayuda de los constituyentes (pgs. 148, 201)
Spanish Glossary
collective bargaining/negociacin colectiva
caucus/junta electoral reunin privada de dirigentes
del partido para escoger candidatos a gobierno
(pgs. 134, 464)
cede/ceder renunciar (pg. 50)
censure/censura voto de desaprobacin formal de las
acciones de un miembro (pg. 129)
census/censo conteo de poblacin (pg. 124)
central clearance/despacho central revisin por la
Oficina de Direccin y Presupuesto de todas las
propuestas legislativas que las agencias ejecutivas
preparan (pg. 236)
centralized planning/planeacin centralizada control de
la economa por el gobierno (pg. 724)
change of venue/cambio de jurisdiccin nueva loca-
lizacin para un juicio (pg. 86)
checks and balances/control y balances el sistema en que
cada ramo del gobierno ejercita algn control sobre los
otros (pg. 65)
civil case/caso civil caso generalmente involucrando
una disputa entre dos o ms individuos privados u
organizaciones (pg. 646)
civil law/ley civil una relacionada a disputas entre dos
o ms individuos o entre individuos y el gobierno
(pgs. 103, 430)
civil rights movement/movimiento de derechos civiles
civil service system/sistema de servicio civil la prctica de
empleo gubernamental basado en abiertos exmenes
competitivos y mrito (pg. 286)
civil society/sociedad civil una red compleja de asocia-
ciones voluntarias, grupos econmicos, organizaciones
religiosas, y muchos otros tipos de grupos que existen
independientes del gobierno (pg. 24)
client group/grupo de clientes individuos y grupos que
trabajan con una agencia gubernamental y que son los
ms afectados por sus decisiones (pg. 295)
closed primary/eleccin preliminar cerrada una eleccin
en que slo los miembros de un partido poltico
pueden votar (pg. 465)
closed rule/norma cerrada una regla que prohibe a
miembros del Congreso ofrecer enmiendas a un
proyecto de ley pidiendo la palabra (pg. 190)
closed shop/taller cerrado lugar de empleo donde slo
los miembros del sindicato pueden ser contratados
(pg. 583)
cloture/clausura procedimiento que permite a cada
senador hablar slo una hora sobre un proyecto de ley
bajo debate (pg. 140)
cluster sample/muestra regional mtodo de votacin que
agrupa a personas por divisin geogrfica (pg. 521)
coalition government/gobierno de coalicin uno
formado por varios partidos que unen fuerzas para
obtener una mayora (pg. 454)
collective bargaining/negociacin colectiva la prctica
de negociar contratos laborales (pg. 581)
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 Spanish Glossary
collective farm/granja colectiva
collective farm/granja colectiva ejido en el cual la tierra
es propiedad del gobierno pero arrendada a una familia
(pg. 728)
collective naturalization/naturalizacin colectiva
proceso por el cual los miembros de un grupo llegan a
ser ciudadanos americanos por medio de un acto del
Congreso (pg. 394)
collective security/seguridad colectiva un sistema en el
cual las naciones participantes acuerdan tomar accin
unida en contra de una nacin que ataque a cualquiera
de ellas (pg. 629)
command economy/economa de mando un sistema
econmico en el cual el gobierno controla los elemen-
tos de produccin (pgs. 30, 717)
commission form/forma comisin forma de gobierno
municipal que combina los poderes ejecutivo y
legislativo en una comisin electa (pg. 667)
committees of correspondence/comits de corresponden-
cia comits de la poca colonial que urgan la resisten-
cia a los ingleses y el mantenerse en contacto mientras
los eventos se desenvolvan (pg. 44)
committee staff/personal de comit las personas que traba-
jan para los comits de la Cmara y el Senado (pg. 147)
common law/ley comn ley hecha por jueces en el
proceso de resolver casos individuales (pg. 426)
communism/comunismo un sistema econmico en el
cual el gobierno central dirige todas las importantes
decisiones econmicas (pgs. 30, 718)
comparative advantage/ventaja comparativa principio
econmico de que cada pas debe hacer aquellos
productos que puede hacer ms eficientemente e
intercambiar para otros productos (pg. 732)
compensation/compensacin salario (pg. 214)
complaint/queja documento legal presentado en la corte
que tiene jurisdiccin sobre el problema (pg. 433)
concurrent jurisdiction/jurisdiccin conjunta autoridad
compartida por las cortes federales y estatales (pg. 306)
concurrent powers/poderes comunes poderes tanto
del gobierno nacional como de los gobiernos estatales
(pg. 97)
concurrent resolution/resolucin concurrente resolucin
que se dirige a asuntos requiriendo la accin de la
Cmara y el Senado pero sobre los cuales una ley no es
necesaria (pg. 182)
concurring opinion/opinin comn la opinin de la
Corte expresando la perspectiva de uno o ms jueces
quienes acuerdan con las conclusiones de la mayora
pero por razones distintas (pg. 334)
confederacy/confederacin unin suelta de estados
independientes (pg. 12)
conferee miembro de un comit de conferencia (pg. 187)
conference committee/comit de conferencia comit
comn temporal creado cuando la Cmara y el Senado
han aprobado diferentes versiones del mismo proyecto
de ley (pg. 144)
884 SPANISH GLOSSARY
consulate/consulado
conference report/reporte de conferencia el compromiso
final del proyecto de ley presentado por el comit
de conferencia despus de haber hecho cambios
(pg. 187)
congressional override/anulacin del Congreso el poder
del Congreso de aprobar legislacin anulando el veto
del presidente (pg. 249)
conscription/conscripcin servicio militar obligatorio,
tambin llamada la quinta (pg. 625)
consensus/consenso acuerdo sobre creencias bsicas
(pg. 6)
conservation/conservacin cuidado y proteccin de
recursos, incluyendo la tierra, lagos, ros, y bosques;
petrleo, gas natural, y otros recursos de energa;
y la vida silvestre (pg. 651)
conservative/conservativo uno que cree que el gobierno
debe ser limitado excepto apoyando los valores tradi-
cionales y promoviendo la libertad de oportunidad
(pg. 517)
consolidated democracy/democracia consolidada una
nacin que tiene elecciones democrticas, partidos
polticos, gobierno constitucional, judicatura indepen-
diente, y generalmente una economa mercadera
(pg. 689)
constituent/constituyente una persona a la cual un
miembro del Congreso ha sido elegido para representar
(pg. 133)
constitution/constitucin un plan que provee las normas
para el gobierno (pg. 13)
constitutional commission/comisin constitucional
un grupo de expertos designados para estudiar la
constitucin de un estado y recomendar cambios
(pg. 639)
constitutional convention/convencin constitucional
junta de ciudadanos electos para considerar el cambiar
o reemplazar una constitucin (pg. 639)
constitutional court/corte constitucional una corte
establecida por el Congreso bajo la Constitucin
(pg. 312)
constitutional government/gobierno constitucional un
gobierno en el cual una constitucin tiene la autoridad
de establecer lmites claramente reconocidos en los
poderes de aquellos que gobiernan (pg. 13)
constitutional law/ley constitucional ley que involucra la
interpretacin y la aplicacin de la Constitucin de
E.U. y constituciones estatales (pgs. 14, 424)
constitutional monarch/monarca constitucional un
monarca que tiene poderes gubernamentales compar-
tidos con legislaturas electas o que sirve principalmente
como lder ceremonial de un gobierno (pg. 19)
consul/cnsul funcionario gubernamental que encabeza
un consulado en una nacin extranjera (pg. 623)
consulate/consulado la oficina que promueve los intereses
comerciales americanos en un pas extranjero y guarda
a los viajeros de su nacin en ese pas (pg. 623)

containment/contencin
containment/contencin la poltica diseada para
prohibir que la Unin Sovitica expandiera sus poderes
(pg. 610)
contempt/rebelda obstruccin voluntaria de la justicia
(pg. 168)
contract/contrato conjunto de promesas voluntarias, que
se pueden hacer cumplir a fuerza de ley, entre dos o
ms partidos (pg. 430)
copyright/derecho de autor derecho exclusivo de publicar
y vender un trabajo literario, musical, o artstico por
cierto perodo (pg. 163)
corporate charter/estatuto de corporacin documento
que da el estatus legal a una sociedad annima
(pg. 648)
council-manager form/forma consejo-director tipo de
gobierno municipal en el cual los poderes legislativo y
ejecutivo estn separados (pg. 668)
counsel/asesor jurdico abogado (pg. 401)
county/condado la mayor subdivisin territorial y poltica
de un estado (pg. 663)
county board/consejo del condado el consejo gobernante
de la mayora de los condados (pg. 664)
covert/cubierto secreto (pg. 265)
criminal case/caso criminal uno en el cual el estado lleva
cargos contra un ciudadano por violar la ley (pg. 646)
criminal justice system/sistema de justicia criminal el
sistema de cortes estatales y federales, policas, y
prisiones que hacen cumplir la ley criminal (pg. 437)
criminal law/ley criminal aquella que define crmenes y
provee por su castigo (pg. 437)
cross-pressured voter/votante bajo presin aquel que se
encuentra atrapado entre elementos conflictivos en su
propia vida (pg. 493)
customs duties/deberes de aduana los impuestos fijados
sobre los productos importados a Estados Unidos
tarifas o deberes de importacin (pg. 557)
D persona de vida, libertad, o propiedad sin el proceso
de facto existiendo de hecho en vez de legalmente (pg. 265)
defamatory speech/expresin difamatoria discurso falso
que deteriora el buen nombre, carcter, o reputacin
de una persona (pg. 369)
defendant/acusado la persona contra la cual una demanda
civil o criminal es trada (pg. 433)
delegated powers/poderes delegados poderes que la Cons-
titucin otorga o delega al gobierno nacional (pg. 95)
democracy/democracia gobierno en el cual la gente
manda (pg. 19)
democratic socialism/socialismo democrtico un sistema
econmico en el cual la gente tiene el control sobre el
gobierno por medio de la libre eleccin y el sistema
multipartidario, pero el gobierno es dueo de los
medios bsicos de produccin y toma la mayora de las
decisiones econmicas (pg. 28)
Spanish Glossary
elastic clause/clusula elstica
denaturalization/desnaturalizacin la prdida de la
ciudadana por causa de fraude o decepcin durante
el proceso de la naturalizacin (pg. 396)
dependent/dependiente aquel que depende principalmente
de otra persona por la necesidades bsicas (pg. 556)
deregulate/desregular reducir los reglamentos (pg. 283)
dtente relajacin de la tensin entre pases (pg. 612)
developing nation/pas en desarrollo una nacin
apenas comenzando a desarrollarse industrialmente
(pgs. 16, 722)
direct democracy/democracia directa forma de democra-
cia en la cual la gente se gobierna a s misma votando
en temas (pg. 20)
direct primary/eleccin preliminar directa eleccin en la
cual miembros del partido seleccionan a personas para
postularse en la eleccin general (pg. 465)
discount rate/tipo de descuento la tasa de inters que el
Sistema de Reserva Federal les cobra a los miembros
bancos para prstamos (pg. 569)
discovery/descubrimiento el proceso cuando ambos
lados preparan para un juicio reuniendo evidencia para
apoyar su caso (pg. 433)
discrimination/discriminacin tratamiento injusto de
individuos basado slo en su raza, gnero, grupo
tnico, edad, incapacidad fsica, o religin (pg. 407)
dissenting opinion/opinin disidente la opinin
expresada por una minora de jueces en un caso de la
Corte (pg. 334)
divine right/derecho divino la creencia de que ciertas
personas son descendientes de dioses o escogidas por
dioses para dirigir (pg. 8)
double jeopardy/doble riesgo nuevo juicio de una
persona que fue absuelto en un juicio previo por el
mismo crimen (pg. 404)
due process clause/clusula de proceso legal correspon-
diente clusula en la Decimocuarta Enmienda
estableciendo que ningn estado puede privar a una
legal correspondiente (pg. 308)
due process of law/proceso legal correspondiente un
principio en la Quinta Enmienda estableciendo que
el gobierno debe seguir los procedimientos constitu-
cionales propios en juicios y en otras acciones que
toma en contra de individuos (pgs. 86, 427)
E
economics/econmica el estudio de los esfuerzos
humanos para satisfacer los deseos aparentemente
ilimitados por el uso de recursos limitados (pg. 26)
elastic clause/clusula elstica clusula en el Artculo I,
Seccin 8 de la Constitucin que otorga al Congreso el
derecho de hacer todas las leyes necesarias y propias
para llevar a cabo los poderes expresados en las otras
clusulas del Artculo I (pgs. 69, 96, 157)
SPANISH GLOSSARY 885
 Spanish Glossary
elector
elector miembro de un partido poltico escogido en
cada estado para elegir formalmente al presidente y
vicepresidente (pg. 220)
electoral vote/voto electoral el voto oficial para presidente
y vicepresidente por los electores en cada estado
(pg. 220)
electronic mailing list/lista de correo electrnico notifi-
cacin automtica por correo electrnico que provee a
los suscriptores informacin al da acerca de un tema
(pg. 545)
electronic petition/peticin electrnica mensaje en que
se le pide a quien lo recibe que firme su nombre
electrnicamente a una peticin que se le enviar a un
funcionario pblico (pg. 547)
embargo acuerdo que prohibe el intercambio (pg. 44)
embassy/embajada la residencia y oficinas oficiales de un
embajador en un pas extranjero (pgs. 276, 622)
eminent domain/dominio eminente el poder del
gobierno de quitar propiedades privadas para el uso
pblico (pg. 86)
enabling act/acto capacitador el primer paso en el
procedimiento de admisin de un estado el cual
permite a la gente de un territorio preparar una
constitucin (pg. 99)
enemy alien/enemigo extranjero ciudadano de una
nacin contra la cual Estados Unidos est en guerra
(pg. 387)
entitlement/derecho financiero un gasto gubernamental
requerido que contina de un ao al otro (pgs. 192,
562)
entrepreneur/empresario persona que se arriesga para
hacer productos y servicios en busca de ganancias
(pg. 718)
enumerated powers/poderes enumerados los poderes
expresados del Congreso que son especificados y
numerados de 1 a 18 en el Artculo I, Seccin 8 de la
Constitucin (pgs. 69, 96, 157)
equity/equidad sistema de normas por el cual las disputas
son resueltas a base de lo justo (pg. 426)
establishment clause/clusula de establecimiento la
garanta de la Primera Enmienda que el Congreso
no har ninguna ley respecto al establecimiento de
religin (pg. 358)
estate tax/impuesto de herencia impuestos recaudados
en los bienes (propiedad y dinero) de una persona que
fallece (pg. 558)
evolutionary theory/teora evolucionaria la teora de
que el estado evolucion de la familia (pg. 8)
excise tax/impuesto indirecto impuesto en la manufac-
tura, transportacin, venta, o consumo de ciertos
artculos tales como gasolina, licor, o cigarrillos
(pgs. 557, 656)
exclusion/exclusin el derecho del Congreso de negarse a
sentar a un miembro electo con un voto de mayora
(pg. 128)
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filibuster/obstruccionismo
exclusionary rule/norma de exclusin una ley estable-
ciendo que cualquier evidencia obtenida ilegalmente no
puede ser usada en una corte federal (pg. 399)
executive agreement/acuerdo ejecutivo un acuerdo hecho
entre el presidente y un jefe de estado (pgs. 80, 257, 619)
executive order/orden ejecutiva una norma emitida por el
presidente que tiene la fuerza de ley (pg. 253)
executive privilege/privilegio ejecutivo el derecho del
presidente y otros altos funcionarios para rehusarse a
atestiguar ante el Congreso o una corte (pg. 266)
expatriation/expatriacin renunciar a la ciudadana por
salir para vivir en un pas extranjero (pg. 395)
ex post facto law/ley ex post facto una ley que hace
crimen de un acto que fue legal cuando fue cometido
(pg. 158)
expressed contract/contrato expresado contrato en el
cual los trminos son especficamente establecidos,
generalmente por escrito (pg. 430)
expressed powers/poderes expresados poderes estableci-
dos directamente en la Constitucin (pgs. 68, 95, 157)
extradite/extraditar regresar al estado original a un
criminal o fugitivo que huye cruzando los lmites
estatales (pg. 103)
extradition/extradicin el proceso legal a travs del cual
una persona acusada de un crimen que ha huido a otro
estado es regresado al estado donde el crimen tuvo
lugar (pg. 652)
extralegal no permitido por ley (pg. 56)
F
faction/faccin grupo de personas unidas para promover
intereses especiales (pg. 503)
factors of production/elementos de produccin recursos
que una economa necesita para producir bienes y
servicios (pg. 717)
fairness doctrine/doctrina justa una norma que requiere
que los medios de difusin proporcionan oportu-
nidades para la expresin de ideas opuestas en temas de
importancia pblica (pg. 538)
federal bureaucracy/burocracia federal los departamen-
tos del gobierno federalen su mayora del ramo
ejecutivo (pg. 71)
federal grant/otorgacin federal dinero dado al estado
para un propsito especfico (pg. 657)
federalism/federalismo un sistema en el cual el poder
es dividido entre los gobiernos nacional y estatales
(pg. 65)
federal system/sistema federal gobierno que divide los
poderes del gobierno entre el gobierno nacional y los
gobiernos de los estados o provincias (pg. 12)
felony/crimen un delito grave (pgs. 399, 438)
filibuster/obstruccionismo mtodo de derrotar un
proyecto de ley en el senado al demorar el proceso
legislativo y evitar un voto (pg. 140)

first reading/primer informe
first reading/primer informe cuando un proyecto de ley
es presentado en el Congreso y es dado un ttulo y
nmero, es impreso y distribuido (pg. 184)
fiscal policy/poltica fiscal el uso por el gobierno de gastos
e impuestos para influenciar la economa (pg. 567)
fiscal year/ao fiscal perodo de contabilidad de 12 meses
(pg. 560)
force theory/teora de fuerza la teora de que el estado
naci a fuerzascuando toda la gente de un lugar fue
trada bajo la autoridad de una persona o grupo (pg. 8)
foreign policy/poltica exterior las estrategias y metas que
guan las relaciones de una nacin con otros pases
(pg. 607)
forum/foro medio para discusin (pg. 249)
free enterprise/empresa libre la oportunidad de controlar
sus propias decisiones econmicas (pg. 23)
free enterprise system/sistema de empresa libre un
sistema econmico basado en la propiedad privada de
los medios de produccinel capitaly en la libertad
econmica individual (pg. 718)
free exercise clause/clusula de libre ejercicio la garanta
en la Primera Enmienda que prohibe al gobierno
interferir sin causa con el libre ejercicio de religin
(pg. 358)
free market/mercado libre un sistema econmico en el
cual compradores y vendedores hacen decisiones libres
en el mercado (pg. 27)
front-runner/candidato delantero el lder a principios de
una eleccin (pg. 530)
fundamental right/derecho fundamental un derecho
bsico del sistema americano o uno que es indispen-
sable en un sistema justo (pg. 407)
G
gag order/orden de supresin una orden por un juez
prohibiendo a la prensa de publicar ciertos tipos de
informacin sobre un caso judicial pendiente
(pg. 373)
gentrification/gentificacin el fenmeno de nueva gente
mudndose a un vecindario, echando afuera aquellos
que viven ah, y cambiando el carcter esencial del rea
(pg. 681)
gerrymander trazar los lmites de un distrito para ganar
ventaja en las elecciones (pg. 126)
government/gobierno la institucin por medio de la cual
el estado mantiene el orden social, proporciona servi-
cios pblicos, e impone decisiones obligatorias para los
ciudadanos (pg. 8)
government corporation/corporacin gubernamental
una empresa dirigida por el gobierno federal
(pg. 280)
grandfather clause/clusula de abuelo una exencin en
una ley para cierto grupo basada en condiciones previas
(pg. 483)
Spanish Glossary
implied contract/contrato implcito
grand jury/gran jurado el grupo que escucha cargos en
contra de una persona sospechosa y decide si hay
suficiente evidencia para traer a la persona al juicio
(pgs. 312, 439)
gross national product (GNP)/producto nacional bruto
el total de todos bienes y servicios producidos en una
nacin en un ao (pgs. 568, 729)
H
hearing/audiencia una sesin en la cual un comit
escucha el testimonio de gente interesada en el
proyecto de ley (pg. 184)
hecklers veto el veto pblico de la libre expresin y
derechos de asamblea de grupos impopulares declaran-
do que las demostraciones resultarn en violencia
(pg. 379)
Holocaust/holocausto la exterminacin masiva de judos
y otros grupos por los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra
Mundial (pg. 379)
horse-race coverage/reportaje de carrera de caballos
mtodo de reportaje enfocando en ganadores y
perdedores y en quin va adelante mejor que en
temas o posiciones polticas (pg. 537)
house arrest/arresto domiciliario una sentencia que
requiere a un ofensor quedarse en casa con excepcin
de ciertas funciones que la corte permite (pg. 653)
human rights/derechos humanos libertades fundamen-
tales (pgs. 355, 710)
hung jury/jurado indeciso un jurado que est imposibili-
tado para llegar a una decisin (pg. 443)
I
ideological party/partido ideolgico partido poltico que
se enfoca en cambios globales en la sociedad ms bien
que en un tema (pg. 455)
ideology/ideologa el conjunto de creencias bsicas
sobre la vida, cultura, gobierno, y sociedad
(pgs. 454, 517)
illegal alien/extranjero ilegal persona sin permiso legal
para estar en un pas (pg. 387)
image/imagen representacin mental (pg. 476)
immunity/inmunidad libertad de ser acusado para
los testigos cuyo testimonio los ata a actos ilegales
(pg. 169)
impeach/acusar acusar a un funcionario de mala conducta
en su cargo (pg. 79)
impeachment/acusacin acusacin formal de mala
conducta en el cargo en contra de un oficial pblico
(pg. 164)
implied contract/contrato implcito contrato en el cual
los trminos no son expresamente citados pero pueden
ser deducidos de las acciones de la gente involucrada y
las circunstancias (pg. 430)
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implied powers/poderes implcitos
implied powers/poderes implcitos poderes que el
gobierno requiere para llevar a cabo los poderes
constitucionales expresados (pgs. 96, 157)
impound/confiscar rehusar a gastar (pg. 337)
impoundment/confiscamiento la negativa del presidente
de gastar el dinero que el Congreso ha votado para
fundar un programa (pgs. 175, 253)
income tax/impuesto sobre la renta el impuesto recauda-
do en ganancias individuales y corporativas (pg. 108)
incorporation/incorporacin proceso que extiende la
proteccin de la Declaracin de Derechos en contra de
las acciones de gobiernos estatales y locales (pg. 356);
el proceso de establecer una sociedad legal bajo la ley
estatal (pg. 666)
incrementalism/incrementalismo el trmino usado para
explicar que el total del presupuesto cambia poco de un
ao al otro (pg. 564)
incumbent/titular funcionario gubernamental que ya est
en el cargo (pg. 130)
independent/independiente votante que no apoya a un
partido poltico en particular (pg. 458)
indictment/acusacin acusacin formal por un gran
jurado (pgs. 312, 440)
industrialized nation/nacin industrializada nacin
con grandes industrias y tecnologa avanzada que
proporciona una forma de vida ms cmoda que la
de las naciones en desarrollo (pg. 16)
information/informacin declaracin jurada por la
fiscala afirmando que hay suficiente evidencia para
un juicio (pg. 440)
infrastructure/infraestructura las facilidades bsicas de una
ciudad, tales como calles y banquetas pavimentadas, tu-
bera de agua, puentes, y edificios pblicos (pg. 680)
inherent powers/poderes inherentes poderes que el
gobierno nacional puede ejercitar simplemente porque
es un gobierno (pg. 96)
initiative/iniciativa mtodo por el cual los ciudadanos pro-
ponen una enmienda constitucional o una ley (pg. 639)
injunction/mandato judicial orden que detendr una
accin en particular o har cumplir una norma o
reglamentacin (pgs. 297, 433, 582)
inner cabinet/gabinete interior miembros del gabinete
que manejan influencias sobre el presidente porque
encabezan departamentos que estn interesados con
temas nacionales (pg. 232)
interest group/grupo de intereses grupo de personas con
objetivos comunes que se organizan para influenciar al
gobierno (pg. 503)
intergovernmental organization (IGO)/organizacin
intergubernamental organizacin gubernamental
compuesta por miembros de gobiernos nacionales
(pg. 702)
intergovernmental revenue/ingresos intergubernamen-
tales ingresos distribuidos de un nivel de gobierno a
otro (pg. 657)
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jus soli
interlocking directorate/direccin entrelazada la misma
gente sirviendo en las mesas directivas de compaas
competentes (pg. 579)
internationalism/internacionalismo involucramiento en
asuntos mundiales (pg. 609)
interstate commerce/comercio interestatal intercambio
entre los estados (pgs. 55, 161)
interstate compact/compacto interestatal acuerdo escrito
entre dos o ms estados (pg. 105)
iron triangle/tringulo de hierro relacin formada entre
agencias gubernamentales, comits congresistas, y
grupos de clientes que trabajan juntos (pg. 298)
isolationism/aislacionismo la evasin del involucramien-
to en asuntos mundiales (pg. 609)
item veto/veto de artculo el poder de rechazar un artculo
particular en un proyecto de ley sin vetar el proyecto
entero (pg. 645)
J
Jim Crow law/ley Jim Crow ley que requiere la
segregacin racial en lugares tales como escuelas,
autobuses, y hoteles (pg. 408)
joint committee/comit conjunto comit de la Cmara
y el Senado que generalmente acta como grupo de
estudio y reporta sus descubrimientos de regreso a la
Cmara y el Senado (pg. 143)
joint resolution/resolucin conjunta resolucin aprobada
por las dos cmaras del Congreso que trata de asuntos
inusuales o temporales, tal como el corregir un error en
una ley previa (pg. 182)
judicial activism/activismo judicial la filosofa que la
Suprema Corte debe tomar un papel activo en darle
forma a polticas nacionales dirigindose a cuestiones
sociales y polticas (pg. 81)
judicial circuit/circuito judicial regin que contiene una
corte de apelacin de Estados Unidos (pg. 313)
judicial restraint/represin judicial la filosofa que la
Suprema Corte debe evitar tomar la iniciativa en
cuestiones sociales y polticas (pg. 80)
judicial review/revisin judicial el poder de la Suprema
Corte de declarar inconstitucionales leyes y acciones de
gobiernos locales, estatales, o nacional (pgs. 66, 308,
336, 640)
jurisdiction/jurisdiccin la autoridad de una corte para
dictaminar en ciertos casos (pgs. 64, 305)
jury/jurado grupo de ciudadanos que escuchan
evidencias durante un juicio y dan el veredicto
(pg. 442)
jus sanguinis frase latina que quiere decir ley de sangre;
el principio que otorga la ciudadana en base de la
ciudadana de los padres (pg. 393)
jus soli frase latina que quiere decir ley de la tierra; el
principio que otorga la ciudadana a casi toda persona
nacida en un pas (pg. 393)

kibbutzim
K (pg. 307)
kibbutzim comunas agrcolas colectivas (pg. 725)
L de inters favorece (pgs. 198, 508)
laissez-faire la filosofa que el gobierno debe mantener sus
manos fuera de la economa (pgs. 27, 578)
lame duck un funcionario saliente sirviendo el resto de un
perodo despus de su retiro o siendo derrotado para
reeleccin (pg. 90)
land/tierra todos los recursos naturales tales como tierra,
agua, aire, y minerales (pg. 717)
law/ley conjunto de normas y estndares por los cuales
una sociedad se gobierna a s misma (pg. 423)
leak/divulgacin el anuncio de informacin secreta por
funcionarios gubernamentales annimos a los medios
informativos (pgs. 230, 529)
legislative assistant/asistente legislativo miembro del per-
sonal propio de un legislador que se asegura de que el
legislador est bien informado de legislacin propuesta
(pg. 148)
legislative court/corte legislativa una corte creada para
ayudar al Congreso a ejercitar sus poderes (pg. 314)
legislative oversight/revisin legislativa el repaso continuo
del Congreso sobre qu tan efectivamente el ramo ejecu-
tivo ejecuta las leyes que el Congreso aprueba (pg. 169)
legislative veto/veto legislativo provisiones que el Congre-
so escribi dentro de algunas leyes que le permitieron
revisar y cancelar acciones de las agencias ejecutivas
(pg. 171)
liaison officer/oficial de enlace empleado de un departa-
mento de gabinete que ayuda a promover las buenas
relaciones con el Congreso (pg. 296)
libel/difamacin declaracin falsa escrita o publicada
con intencin de daar la reputacin de una persona
(pgs. 84, 369, 536)
liberal uno que cree que el gobierno nacional debe ser
activo promoviendo salud, educacin, justicia, y
oportunidad equitativa (pg. 517)
lieutenant governor/vicegobernador el oficial presidente
en la cmara alta en algunas legislaturas estatales
(pg. 642)
life peer/noble de por vida persona a quien le ha sido
otorgado un ttulo en la Cmara de Lores por logro
sobresaliente (pg. 690)
limited government/gobierno limitado un sistema de
gobierno en el cual el poder del gobierno es limitado,
no absoluto (pg. 36)
limited war/guerra limitada una guerra en la cual la
nacin o naciones ms poderosas no continuarn ms
all de ciertos lmites (pg. 709)
line-item veto/veto de lnea el poder de vetar slo ciertas
lneas o artculos en un proyecto de ley (pgs. 176, 255)
Spanish Glossary
metropolitan area/rea metropolitana
litigant/litigante persona comprometida en una demanda
lobbying/cabildeo contacto directo hecho por un
cabildero con el fin de persuadir a los funcionarios
gubernamentales para apoyar la poltica que su grupo
lobbyist/cabildero representante de un grupo de inters
(pgs. 198, 508)
logrolling/intercambio de favores polticos un acuerdo
entre dos o ms legisladores para apoyarse el uno al
otro en sus proyectos de ley (pg. 202)
M
majority leader/lder mayoritario el asistente mximo
del presidente de la Cmara cuyo trabajo es ayudar a
planear el programa legislativo del partido mayoritario
y dirigir importantes proyectos de ley a travs de la
Cmara (pg. 134)
majority opinion/opinin mayoritaria decisin de la
Corte expresando la perspectiva de la mayora de los
jueces (pg. 334)
mandate/mandato orden formal dada por una autoridad
superior (pgs. 245, 658)
mandatory sentencing/sentencia mandataria sistema de
trminos de encarcelamiento fijos y requeridos por
ciertos tipos de crmenes (pg. 651)
market economy/economa mercadera un sistema
econmico que permite a compradores y vendedores
actuar en sus propios intereses para controlar los
elementos de produccin (pg. 717)
marketing quota/cupo mercader lmite establecido entre
agricultores para vender slo una porcin asignada de
una cosecha sobreproducida (pg. 586)
market value/valor de mercado la cantidad de dinero
que un propietario espera recibir si su propiedad es
vendida (pg. 674)
mass media/medios informativos medios de comunicacin,
tales como televisin, peridicos, pelculas, libros, e Inter-
net, que influencian a grandes audiencias (pgs. 515, 527)
mass transit/trnsito pblico sistemas tales como el
metro que son usados para transportar a grandes
nmeros de personas (pgs. 602, 671)
mayor-council form/forma alcalde-consejo forma de
gobierno municipal en la cual el poder ejecutivo
pertenece a un alcalde electo, y el poder legislativo a
un consejo electo (pg. 666)
media event/evento para los medios informativos evento
de inters visual diseado para reforzar la posicin de
un poltico en algn tema (pg. 529)
mediation/mediacin proceso en el cual cada partido
tiene la oportunidad de explicar su lado de la disputa y
debe escuchar al otro lado (pg. 434)
metropolitan area/rea metropolitana una ciudad grande
y sus suburbios alrededores (pg. 671)
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metropolitan government/gobierno metropolitano
metropolitan government/gobierno metropolitano tipo
de gobierno que sirve varias comunidades en la misma
regin (pg. 682)
militia/milicia fuerzas armadas de ciudadanos (pg. 85)
misdemeanor/delito menor un crimen menor que
normalmente es castigado por una multa o sentencia
de crcel por menos de un ao (pg. 438)
mixed economy/economa mixta un sistema en el cual el
gobierno regula empresas privadas (pgs. 575, 721)
moderate/moderado aqul cuyas creencias caen entre
ideas liberales y conservativas (pg. 517)
monarchy/monarqua autocracia en la cual un rey,
reyna, o emperador, ejercita los poderes supremos del
gobierno (pg. 19)
monetary policy/poltica monetaria el control del
gobierno del abastecimiento de dinero y crdito para
influenciar la economa (pg. 567)
monopoly/monopolio un negocio que controla tanto de
una industria que existe poco o nada de competencia
(pgs. 578, 719)
mortgage/hipoteca prstamo solicitado para pagar una
casa (pg. 431)
mullah/mullah lder religioso islmico con entrenamiento
especializado (pg. 700)
multilateral treaty/tratado multilateral acuerdo interna-
cional firmado por varias naciones (pg. 629)
municipality/municipalidad unidad urbana de gobierno
establecida por carta estatal (pg. 665)
Muslim/musulmn adepto a la religin islmica (pg. 699)
mutual defense alliance/alianza de defensa mutua
acuerdo entre naciones para apoyarse la una a la otra
en caso de ataque (pg. 627)
N pas extranjero que espera quedarse en Estados Unidos
nation/nacin grupo de personas unidas por lazos de
raza, lenguaje, costumbre, tradicin, y a veces religin
(pg. 6)
national budget/presupuesto nacional plan financiero
anual para el gobierno nacional (pg. 175)
national committee/comit nacional representantes de las
50 organizaciones estatales de un partido poltico que
lo dirigen (pg. 460)
national convention/convencin nacional reunin de
miembros locales y estatales de un partido escogidos
para nominar a los candidatos para presidente y
vicepresidente (pg. 460)
national debt/deuda nacional el total de dinero
que el gobierno debe en cualquier momento
(pgs. 160, 559)
nationalist position/posicin nacionalista posicin
que favorece la accin nacional en tratar problemas
(pg. 106)
nationalization/nacionalizacin el proceso por el cual el
gobierno toma control de la industria (pg. 724)
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open primary/eleccin preliminar abierta
national security/seguridad nacional proteccin de las
fronteras y territorios de una nacin en contra de
invasiones o el control por poderes extranjeros
(pg. 608)
national security adviser/consejero de seguridad nacional
director del personal del Consejo de Seguridad Na-
cional (pgs. 237, 616)
nation-state/estado nacin un pas en el cual el territorio
de ambos la nacin y el estado coinciden (pg. 6)
naturalization/naturalizacin el proceso legal por el cual
se le otorga a una persona la ciudadana (pg. 392)
necessary and proper clause/clusula de necesario y
propio Artculo I, Seccin 8 de la Constitucin, la
cual le da al Congreso el poder de aprobar todas las
leyes que sean necesarias y propias para hacer cumplir
sus deberes (pgs. 96, 157)
newly developed nation/nacin nuevamente desarrollada
nacin que ha tenido rpido crecimiento industrial en
aos recientes (pg. 722)
news briefing/sesin noticiera una junta durante la cual
un funcionario gubernamental anuncia o explica una
poltica, decisin, o accin (pg. 528)
news release/comunicado de noticias historia preparada
que los funcionarios gubernamentales escriben para los
miembros de la prensa (pg. 528)
nominating convention/convencin de nominacin
junta oficial pblica de un partido para escoger
candidatos para un cargo (pg. 464)
nongovernmental organization (NGO)/organizacin no
gubernamental organizacin internacional compuesta
por individuos y grupos fuera del alcance del gobierno
(pg. 702)
non-resident alien/extranjero no residente persona de un
por un perodo corto y especfico (pg. 387)
nuclear proliferation/proliferacin nuclear la expansin
de armas nucleares (pg. 709)
O
office-group ballot/balota de grupo de cargo aquella
que enumera los candidatos juntos por el cargo al cual
se estn postulando (pg. 489)
oligarchy/oligarqua sistema de gobierno en el cual un
pequeo grupo mantiene el poder (pg. 19)
oligopoly/oligopolio situacin cuando slo unas
cuantas empresas dominan una industria particular
(pg. 579)
open-market operations/operaciones del mercado abierto
los medios que el Sistema de Reserva Federal usa para
afectar la economa comprando o vendiendo bonos del
gobierno u otras seguridades en el mercado abierto
(pg. 570)
open primary/eleccin preliminar abierta una eleccin en
la cual todos los votantes pueden participar (pg. 465)

open shop/taller abierto
open shop/taller abierto lugar de empleo donde los
trabajadores pueden decidir libremente reunirse o no
a una unin (pg. 583)
opinion/opinin explicacin escrita de una decisin de la
Suprema Corte; tambin, en algunos estados, una
interpretacin escrita de la constitucin o leyes estatales
por el fiscal del estado (pgs. 322, 331, 645)
ordinance/ordenanza una ley (pgs. 50, 425)
original jurisdiction/jurisdiccin original la autoridad de
una corte de juicio para ser la primera en escuchar un
caso (pg. 306)
P de un partido (pg. 469)
pardon/indulto la liberacin de castigo legal (pg. 254)
parish/parroquia divisin poltica en Luisiana, semejante
a un condado en otros estados (pg. 664)
parliamentary government/gobierno parlamentario
tipo de gobierno en el cual las funciones ejecutiva y
legislativa residen en la asamblea electa, o parlamento
(pg. 689)
parochial school/escuela parroquiana escuela operada
por una iglesia o grupo religioso (pg. 359)
parole/libertad condicional forma por la cual a un pri-
sionero se le permite servir el resto de una sentencia
en la comunidad bajo la supervisin de un oficial
(pg. 653)
partisan/proslito que se adhiere o apoya un partido,
faccin, causa o persona en particular (pg. 544)
party-column ballot /balota columnar de partido aquella
que enumera a cada candidato de partido en una
columna bajo el nombre del partido (pg. 489)
passport/pasaporte documento permitiendo a un viajero
cierta proteccin establecida por tratado internacional
(pg. 623)
patent/patente el derecho exclusivo para un inventor de
manufacturar, usar, y vender su invencin por un
perodo especfico (pg. 163)
patronage/patrocinio la prctica de otorgar favores para
recompensar la lealtad al partido (pgs. 256, 462)
peer group/grupo paritario los amigos cercanos, grupo
religioso, clubes, o grupos de trabajo de un individuo
(pg. 515)
per curiam opinion/opinin per curiam breve
declaracin no firmada de una decisin de la Suprema
Corte (pg. 333)
perjury/perjurio el mentir bajo juramento (pg. 168)
personal property/propiedad personal pertenencias
movibles tales como ropa y joyas, as como artculos
intangibles como acciones, bonos, derechos de autor,
y patentes (pgs. 431, 673)
personal staff/personal propio las personas que trabajan
directamente para senadores y representantes indivi-
duales, (pg. 147)
petition/peticin una solicitud (pg. 77)
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pork-barrel legislation
petit jury/jurado pequeo jurado de juicio, generalmente
de 6 o 12 personas, que considera la evidencia
presentada en un juicio y rinde un veredicto (pg. 313)
petty offense/ofensa menor un crimen menor, general-
mente castigada con una multa en vez del arresto
(pg. 437)
picket/vigilar con piquetes patrullar un establecimiento
para convencer a trabajadores y al pblico de no
entrar (pg. 378)
plaintiff/demandante la persona que trae los cargos en
una corte (pg. 433)
plank/punto una seccin individual del programa poltico
platform/programa poltico declaracin de los principios,
creencias, y posiciones en asuntos vitales de un partido
poltico (pg. 469)
plea bargaining/negociacin de alegato el proceso en el
cual el acusado se declara culpable a un crimen menos
grave que l con el cual fue acusado originalmente
(pg. 440)
plurality/pluralidad la mayor cantidad de votos en una
eleccin (pgs. 465, 644)
pocket veto/veto indirecto cuando un presidente se
deshace de un proyecto de ley aprobado durante los
ltimos 10 das que el Congreso est en sesin simple-
mente por rehusar a actuar en ello (pg. 188)
political action committee (PAC)/comit de accin
poltica una organizacin formada para recolectar
dinero y proporcionar ayuda financiera a candidatos
polticos (pgs. 130, 477, 511)
political culture/cultura poltica el conjunto de valores y
creencias compartidos sobre una nacin y su gobierno
(pg. 516)
political efficacy/eficacia poltica los sentimientos de un
individuo sobre su efectividad en la poltica (pg. 516)
political party/partido poltico un grupo de individuos
con intereses comunes que se organizan para nominar
candidatos para el cargo, ganar elecciones, conducir
el gobierno, y determinar la poltica pblica (pgs.
23, 453)
political socialization/socializacin poltica el proceso
por el cual individuos aprenden sus creencias y acti-
tudes polticas a travs de sus antecedentes personales
y experiencias de la vida (pg. 515)
politics/poltica el esfuerzo para controlar o influenciar la
conducta y poltica del gobierno (pg. 14)
polling place/urna electoral el lugar en un recinto donde
la gente vota (pg. 488)
poll tax/impuesto al voto dinero pagado para votar
(pgs. 90, 483)
popular sovereignty/soberana popular mando por la
gente (pg. 65)
pork-barrel legislation leyes aprobadas por el Congreso
que asignan dinero para proyectos federales locales
(pg. 202)
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preamble/prembulo
preamble/prembulo una declaracin en una constitucin
que estipula los objetivos y propsitos del gobierno
(pg. 13)
precedent/precedente modelo en el cual basar decisiones
o acciones posteriores (pgs. 338, 364, 426)
precinct/recinto distrito electoral (pgs. 459, 488)
precinct captain/capitn de recinto un voluntario que
organiza los trabajadores del partido para distribuir
informacin acerca del partido y sus candidatos y para
urgir a los votantes a las urnas (pg. 459)
presidential government/gobierno presidencial forma de
gobierno democrtico en la cual el presidente encabeza
el ramo ejecutivo (pg. 691)
presidential succession/sucesin presidencial la orden
en la cual los funcionarios ocuparn el cargo del
presidente en caso de vacante (pg. 217)
president pro tempore/presidente pro tempore el
miembro del Senado, electo por el Senado, que
suple como presidente del Senado en la ausencia
del vicepresidente (pg. 139)
press conference/conferencia de prensa el cuestionamien-
to por los medios informativos de un alto funcionario
gubernamental (pg. 535)
press secretary/secretario de prensa uno de los asistentes
mximos del presidente que se encarga de las relaciones
con los medios informativos (pg. 239)
presumed innocence/inocencia presunta la presuncin
de que una persona es inocente hasta comprobarse
culpable (pg. 428)
price supports/apoyo de precios el programa bajo el cual
el Congreso les compra la cosecha a los agricultores
si el precio del mercado cae bajo del precio de apoyo
(pg. 586)
prime minister/primer ministro el lder del ramo
ejecutivo de un gobierno parlamentario (pg. 691)
prior restraint/restriccin anterior la censura por el
gobierno de informacin antes de ser publicada
o emitida (pgs. 84, 371, 536)
private bill/proyecto de ley privado proyecto de ley que
trata de personas o lugares individuales (pg. 181)
private law/ley privada una ley que se aplica a una
persona en particular (pg. 390)
probable cause/causa probable base razonable para creer
que una persona o un lugar est ligado a un crimen
(pg. 85)
procedural due process/proceso de procedimiento
correspondiente el principio que prohibe la aplicacin
arbitraria de la ley, y tambin provee salvaguardias para
asegurar que los derechos constitucionales y estatuta-
rios estn protegidos por la polica (pg. 427)
procurement/adquisicin la compra de materiales
(pg. 283)
profit/ganancia la diferencia entre la cantidad de dinero
usado para operar un negocio y la cantidad de dinero
que el negocio recibe (pg. 720)
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quota/cuota
progressive tax/impuesto progresivo impuesto basado
en la habilidad del contribuyente para pagar
(pgs. 556, 657)
proletariat/proletariado trabajadores que producen los
bienes (pg. 29)
propaganda el uso de ideas, informacin, o rumores para
influenciar la opinin (pg. 495)
proportional representation/representacin proporcional
sistema en el cual varios oficiales son electos para
representar la misma rea en proporcin a los votos
que cada candidato de partido recibe (pg. 467);
usado en elecciones preliminares presidenciales
para elegir delegados en proporcin a su voto
popular
proportional tax/impuesto proporcional impuesto fijado
a la misma tasa para todos (pg. 657)
public assistance/asistencia pblica programas guberna-
mentales que distribuyen dinero a los pobres
(pg. 590)
public bill/proyecto de ley pblico proyecto de ley rela-
cionado con asuntos generales y aplicarse a toda la
nacin (pg. 181)
public housing/vivienda pblica alojamiento subsidiado
por el gobierno para familias de bajos ingresos
(pg. 600)
public-interest group/grupo de inters pblico grupo que
busca realizar metas polticas que cree que beneficiarn
la nacin (pg. 506)
public opinion/opinin pblica las ideas y actitudes que
un nmero significativo de americanos mantiene sobre
temas (pg. 514)
public policy/poltica pblica el curso de accin que un
gobierno toma en respuesta a algn tema o problema
(pg. 112)
public utility/utilidad pblica una organizacin que
administra necesidades tales como electricidad, gas,
o servicio telefnico (pg. 648)
public welfare/asistencia social pblica esfuerzos del
gobierno para mantener la salud y condiciones de
vivienda bsicas para aquella gente que no tiene
suficiente recursos propios (pg. 654)
public works bill/proyecto de ley de trabajos pblicos
proyecto de ley en el cual el Congreso asigna dinero
para los proyectos locales (pg. 201)
pure speech/expresin pura la expresin verbal de pen-
samiento y opinin ante una audiencia que ha escogido
escuchar (pg. 366)
Q
C
quorum/qurum el nmero mnimo de miembros que
deben estar presentes para permitir a un grupo legisla-
tivo de tomar accin oficial (pg. 137)
quota/cuota la limitacin de la cantidad de un producto
que puede ser importado (pg. 733)

racial discrimination/discriminacin racial
R extranjera que ha establecido la residencia permanente
racial discrimination/discriminacin racial el tratar
diferente a miembros de una raza slo por su raza
(pg. 408)
random sampling/muestreo al azar tcnica de votacin
en la cual cada uno en el universo tiene una oportu-
nidad equitativa de ser escogido (pg. 520)
ratify/ratificar aprobar (pgs. 48, 76)
rational basis test/prueba de base racional usada por una
corte para determinar si una ley estatal es razonable-
mente relacionada a una meta aceptable del gobierno
(pg. 406)
real property/propiedad real tierra y lo que est unido o
creciendo en ella (pgs. 431, 673)
reapportionment/nueva distribucin el proceso de
asignar de nuevo la representacin basada en la
poblacin, despus de cada censo (pg. 124)
redistrict/delimitar nuevos distritos establecer nuevas
lneas de distrito despus de que la nueva asignacin
est concluida (pg. 125)
referendum/referndum eleccin especial (pg. 666)
refugee/refugiado persona huyendo de un pas para
escapar del peligro y la persecucin (pg. 387)
regional security pact/pacto de seguridad regional
tratado de defensa mutua entre las naciones de una
regin (pg. 627)
register/registrarse enlistar su nombre con el gobierno
local apropiado con el fin de participar en las elecciones
(pg. 487)
regressive tax/impuesto regresivo impuesto en el cual la
gente de bajos ingresos paga una mayor porcin de sus
ingresos (pgs. 557, 657)
representative democracy/democracia representativa
forma de democracia en la cual la gente elige a
representantes y les da la responsabilidad y el poder
para hacer leyes y dirigir el gobierno (pg. 20)
representative government/gobierno representativo
sistema de gobierno en el cual la gente elige delegados
para hacer leyes y dirigir el gobierno (pg. 37)
representative sample/muestra representativa pequeo
grupo de gente, tpica del universo, al que un
encuestador cuestiona (pg. 520)
reprieve/indulto la pospuesta de un castigo legal
(pg. 254)
republic/repblica gobierno en el cual los votantes
mantienen el poder soberano; los representantes electos,
responsables a la gente, ejercitan ese poder (pg. 20)
reserved powers/poderes reservados poderes que
pertenecen estrictamente a los estados (pg. 96)
reserve requirement/requerimiento de reserva el
porcentaje de dinero que los bancos miembros deben
guardar en Bancos de Reserva Federal como una
reserva contra sus depsitos (pg. 570)
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securities/seguridades
resident alien/extranjero residente persona de una nacin
en Estados Unidos (pg. 387)
revenue/ingresos el dinero que un gobierno cobra de
impuestos u otras fuentes (pg. 43)
revenue bill/proyecto de ley de ingresos una ley propuesta
para juntar dinero (pg. 158)
reverse discrimination/discriminacin reversa
situacin donde un individuo competente pierde a
un individuo escogido por su raza, etnicidad, o gnero
(pg. 414)
revitalization/revitalizacin inversiones en nuevas
facilidades en el esfuerzo de promover el crecimiento
econmico (pg. 681)
rider/clusula aadida provisin incluida en un proyecto
de ley sobre un tema diferente al que es abarcado en el
proyecto (pg. 182)
riding the circuit/recorriendo el circuito viajando para
presidir el tribunal en la regin del pas asignada a un
juez (pg. 320)
roll-call vote/votacin nominal mtodo de votar usado
por el Senado en el cual los senadores responden S o
No cuando sus nombres son llamados en orden
alfabtico (pg. 187)
runoff primary/eleccin preliminar de desempate
segunda eleccin preliminar entre los dos candidatos
que recibieron la mayor cantidad de votos en la
primera eleccin preliminar (pg. 465)
S
sample/muestra grupo entrevistado en una encuesta de
opinin (pg. 520)
sampling error/error de muestreo la medida de cunto
los resultados de la muestra pueden diferenciarse del
universo de la muestra (pg. 520)
sanction/sancin una medida tal como embargar la
asistencia econmica para influenciar las actividades
de un gobierno extranjero (pgs. 630, 693)
scarcity/escasez una condicin que existe porque
la sociedad no tiene todos los recursos para producir
todos los bienes y servicios que todos quieren
(pg. 717)
school board/mesa directiva escolar un cuerpo local,
generalmente electo, que gobierna un distrito escolar
(pg. 673)
search warrant/orden de cateo orden firmada por un juez
describiendo un lugar especfico para ser cateado por
artculos especficos (pg. 85)
secular/profano no religioso (pg. 360)
securities/seguridades instrumentos financieros, in-
cluyendo bonos, notas, y certificados, que son vendidos
como medios de pedir dinero prestado con la promesa
de volver a pagarlo al comprador con intereses despus
de un perodo especfico (pgs. 559, 581)
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security classification system/sistema de clasificacin de seguridad
security classification system/sistema de clasificacin de
seguridad la provisin de que la informacin sobre las
actividades gubernamentales relacionadas a la seguri-
dad nacional y la poltica exterior pueden mantenerse
en secreto (pg. 416)
seditious speech/expresin sediciosa discurso urgiendo la
resistencia a las autoridades legales o el derrocamiento
del gobierno (pg. 367)
segregation/segregacin separacin de personas del grupo
social mayor (pg. 408)
select committee/comit selecto un comit temporal
formado para estudiar un tema especfico y reportar
sus descubrimientos al Senado o a la Cmara
(pg. 142)
self-incrimination/autoincriminacin atestiguando en
contra de s mismo (pg. 402)
senatorial courtesy/cortesa senatorial sistema en el cual
el presidente somete el nombre de un candidato para
una asignacin judicial a los senadores del estado del
candidato antes de someterlo formalmente para la
aprobacin de todo el Senado (pg. 317)
seniority system/sistema de antigedad sistema que da
el liderazgo de un comit al miembro del partido
mayoritario con el servicio ms largo sin interrumpir
en ese comit (pg. 145)
sentence/sentencia el castigo para ser impuesto a un
acusado despus de un veredicto de culpable (pg. 443)
separate but equal doctrine/doctrina de separadas pero
equitativas poltica que mantuvo que si las facilidades
por las diferentes razas fueran iguales podran ser
separadas (pgs. 309, 409)
separation of powers/separacin de poderes la divisin
de poder entre los ramos de gobierno legislativo,
ejecutivo, y judicial (pgs. 40, 65)
sequester/secuestrar mantener aislado (pg. 373)
session/sesin un perodo durante el cual una legislatura
se rene para manejar negocios (pg. 123)
shah un rey (pg. 701)
shield law/ley protectora ley que da a los reporteros
alguna forma de proteccin en contra de ser forzados
a revelar informacin o fuentes de informacin
confidenciales en cortes estatales (pgs. 374, 537)
shock incarceration/encarcelamiento a choque programa
de prisin involucrando sentencias ms cortas en un
ambiente altamente estructurado donde los acusados
participan en trabajos, servicio a la comunidad,
educacin, y asesoramiento (pg. 653)
shock probation/libertad condicional a choque programa
diseado para mostrar a los delincuentes juveniles
lo terrible de la vida en la prisin a travs de un breve
encarcelamiento seguido por una libertad supervisada
(pg. 653)
simple resolution/resolucin simple informe adoptado
para cubrir asuntos afectando solamente una cmara
del Congreso (pg. 182)
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standing vote/voto a pie
single-issue party/partido de un solo tema partido
poltico que se enfoca en solo un principal tema social,
econmico, o moral (pg. 455)
single-member district/distrito de un solo miembro
distrito electoral en el cual slo un candidato es electo
para cada cargo (pg. 457)
slander/calumnia expresin falsa con la intencin de
daar la reputacin de una persona (pgs. 84, 369)
social consensus/consenso social cuando la mayora de
las personas en una sociedad aceptan valores
democrticos y se acuerdan del propsito y lmites del
gobierno (pg. 24)
social contract/contrato social teora que, por contrato, la
gente entrega al estado el poder necesario para mante-
ner el orden y el estado, a cambio, acuerda proteger a
sus ciudadanos (pg. 8)
social insurance/seguro social programas gubernamen-
tales diseados para ayudar a los ciudadanos ancianos,
enfermos, y desempleados (pg. 590)
social insurance tax/impuesto del seguro social dinero
cobrado por el gobierno federal para pagar por grandes
programas sociales tales como seguro social, cuidado
mdico, y programas de compensacin de desempleo
(pg. 556)
socialism/socialismo sistema econmico en el cual el
gobierno es dueo de los elementos bsicos de produc-
cin, distribuye los productos y salarios, y proporciona
servicios sociales tales como cuidado de salud y
asistencia social (pgs. 28, 718)
soft money/dinero no asignado dinero juntado por un
partido poltico para propsitos generales que no es
asignado a un candidato (pg. 478)
sovereignty/soberana la absoluta y suprema autoridad
dentro de lmites territoriales (pg. 7)
special district/distrito especial unidad de gobierno
local que trata de una funcin especfica tal como
educacin, abastecimiento de agua, o transportacin
(pg. 665)
splinter party/partido disidente partido poltico que se
separa de uno de los grandes partidos a causa de algn
desacuerdo (pg. 455)
spoils system/sistema de despojos la prctica de polticos
victoriosos compensando a sus seguidores con puestos
gubernamentales (pg. 285)
spot advertising/publicidad entre programas las descrip-
ciones breves, frecuentes, y positivas de un candidato o
de sus importantes temas transmitidas por televisin o
radio (pg. 531)
standing committee/comit permanente un comit
permanente en el Congreso que supervisa los
proyectos de ley que tratan de cierta clase de temas
(pg. 142)
standing vote/voto a pie mtodo de votar usado por la
Cmara y el Senado en el cual los miembros votan
ponindose a pie y siendo contados (pg. 187)

stare decisis
stare decisis trmino latino que significa que permanezca
la decisin; el principio de que alguna vez que la
Corte dictamina en un caso, su decisin sirve como
precedente en el cual basar otras decisiones
(pg. 338)
state/estado comunidad poltica que ocupa un territorio
definido y tiene un gobierno organizado con el poder
de hacer leyes y hacerlas cumplir sin la aprobacin de
cualquier autoridad superior (pg. 5)
state central committee/comit central de estado comit
generalmente compuesto en gran parte de represen-
tantes de organizaciones del partido de los condados
(pg. 460)
state farm/granja estatal ejido propio del gobierno y
administrado como una fbrica, con los agricultores
siendo asalariados (pg. 728)
state-sponsored terrorism/terrorismo apoyado por un
gobierno apoyo secreto del terrorismo por parte de un
gobierno (pg. 708)
states rights position/posicin de derechos estatales
posicin que favorece accin estatal y local al tratar de
problemas (pg. 106)
statute/estatuto ley escrita por un ramo legislativo
(pg. 425)
statutory law/ley estatutaria ley que est escrita con el fin
de que todo el mundo pueda conocer y entenderla
(pg. 425)
straight party ticket/balota partidaria aquella en que
el votante selecciona a candidatos de su partido
solamente (pg. 493)
straw poll/votacin de prueba atento no cientfico de
medir la opinin pblica (pg. 520)
strong-mayor system/sistema de alcalde fuerte tipo de
gobierno de alcalde-consejo en el cual el alcalde tiene
poderes ejecutivos fuertes (pg. 666)
subcommittee/subcomit grupo dentro de un comit
permanente que se especializa en una subcategora de
la responsabilidad del comit permanente (pg. 142)
subpoena/citacin orden legal para que una persona com-
parezca o produzca documentos requeridos (pg. 168)
substantive due process/proceso substantivo correspon-
diente ciertos derechos de individuos en la aplicacin
de leyes, algunos de los que son especificados en la
Constitucin (como la libre expresin) y otros de
los que no son especificados, (como el derecho de
privacidad haciendo decisiones personales) (pg. 427)
suburb/suburbio territorio muy poblada adjunto con una
ciudad central (pg. 672)
suffrage/sufragio el derecho al voto (pg. 481)
summons/citacin judicial notificacin oficial de una
demanda que incluye la fecha, tiempo, y lugar de la
aparicin inicial en la corte (pg. 433)
sunset law/ley de puesta del sol ley que requiere inspec-
ciones peridicas de agencias gubernamentales para ver
si todava son necesarias (pg. 112)
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town meeting/reunin municipal
sunshine law/ley del sol ley que prohibe a funcionarios
pblicos tener reuniones no abiertas al pblico
(pg. 113)
supranational organization/organizacin supranacional
organizacin cuya autoridad anula la soberana de sus
miembros individuales (pg. 704)
supremacy clause/clusula de supremaca declaracin en
el Artculo VI de la Constitucin estableciendo que la
Constitucin, las leyes aprobadas por el Congreso, y los
tratados de Estados Unidos sern la Ley suprema de la
Tierra (pgs. 64, 97)
suspect classification/clasificacin de sospecho clasifi-
cacin hecha en la base de raza u origen nacional que es
sujeto al severo escrutinio judicial (pg. 407)
swing vote/voto ganador el voto decisivo (pg. 344)
symbolic speech/expresin simblica el uso de acciones
y smbolos, junto con o en lugar de palabras, para
expresar opiniones (pg. 366)
T
tariff/tarifa impuesto sobre importaciones para aumentar
su precio en el mercado domstico (pg. 733)
tax/impuesto el dinero que la gente y los negocios
pagan para apoyar las actividades del gobierno
(pgs. 189, 555)
taxable income/renta imponible el total de ingresos de
un individuo menos ciertas deducciones y exenciones
personales (pg. 555)
tax credit/crdito de impuesto le permite al contribuyente
reducir su responsabilidad de impuesto sobre la renta
(pg. 559)
terrorism/terrorismo uso de violencia por parte de grupos
no gubernamentales contra los ciudadanos con el
propsito de alcanzar una meta poltica (pg. 708)
theocracy/teocracia gobierno dominado por la religin
(pg. 453)
third party/tercer partido cualquier partido poltico ms
que los dos partidos mayores (pg. 455)
ticket/candidatura los candidatos para presidente y
vicepresidente (pg. 466)
ticket-splitting/balota no partidaria el votar por
candidatos de diferentes partidos para los varios cargos
(pg. 489)
tort/agravio un acto injusto, ms que el incumplimiento
de contrato, por el cual el partido daado tiene derecho
de demandar (pg. 432)
totalitarian dictatorship/dictadura totalitaria forma de
gobierno autocrtico donde las ideas de los lderes son
glorificadas y el gobierno busca controlar todo aspecto
de la vida social y econmica (pg. 18)
town meeting/reunin municipal reunin de todos los
votantes de un pueblo para expresar sus opiniones y
participar en el proceso de elaboracin de las leyes
(pg. 665)
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township/municipio
township/municipio unidad de gobierno local encontrada
en algunos estados, generalmente una subdivisin de
un condado (pg. 664)
trading bloc/bloque comerciante un grupo de naciones
que intercambian sin barreras tales como tarifas
(pgs. 710, 734)
traditional economy/economa tradicional sistema
econmico en el cual el hbito y la costumbre
dictan las normas para toda actividad econmica
(pg. 717)
transcript/transcripcin un rcord sumario (pg. 417)
treaty/tratado acuerdo formal entre los gobiernos de dos
o ms pases (pgs. 80, 257, 615)
trial court/corte de justicia la corte en la cual un caso es
originalmente jurado (pg. 306)
trust/crtel forma de consolidacin de negocios en la
cual varias sociedades annimas unen sus acciones y
permiten que una mesa directiva las dirija como una
sola empresa gigante (pg. 578)
U weak-mayor system/sistema de alcalde dbil tipo de
unanimous opinion/opinin unnime una decisin
de la Corte en la cual todos los jueces votan igual
(pg. 334)
uncontrollable/incontrolable gasto gubernamental
requerido por ley o resultando de previos compromisos
presupuestarios (pgs. 192, 562)
unemployment compensation/compensacin de
desempleo pagos a los trabajadores que pierden su
trabajo (pg. 649)
unemployment insurance/seguro de desempleo progra-
mas en los cuales los gobiernos federal y estatales
cooperan para proporcionar ayuda a personas que no
tienen empleo (pg. 592)
unfunded mandates/mandatos sin asignacin programas
requeridos pero no pagados por la legislacin federal
(pg. 588)
unicameral legislatura de una cmara (pgs. 48, 641)
union shop/taller sindicalizado lugar de empleo donde
los trabajadores son requeridos a unirse a la unin al
haber sido empleados (pgs. 583, 649)
unitary system/sistema unitario gobierno que da
todos los poderes clave al gobierno nacional o central
(pg. 12)
universe/universo en votacin, el grupo de gente que ser
estudiada (pg. 520)
urban renewal/renovacin urbana programas bajo los
cuales las ciudades pueden solicitar asistencia federal
para limpiar reas deterioradas y reconstruirlas
(pgs. 599, 678)
896 SPANISH GLOSSARY
zoning/restricciones de edificacin
V
verdict/veredicto decisin (pg. 443)
veto rechazo de un proyecto de ley (pgs. 66, 188)
victim compensation/compensacin de vctima un
programa en varios estados por lo cual el gobierno
proporciona ayuda financiera a las vctimas de ciertos
crmenes (pg. 651)
visa documento especial, requerido por ciertos pases,
emitido por el gobierno del pas en el que una persona
desee entrar (pg. 623)
voice vote/voto a voz mtodo usado por la Cmara y el
Senado en el cual los miembros juntos claman S o
No y el presidente determina cul de los lados tiene
ms votos (pg. 187)
W
ward/distrito gran distrito que consta de varios recintos
adjuntos (pg. 459)
gobierno alcalde-consejo en el cual el alcalde slo tiene
poderes limitados (pg. 666)
welfare state/estado benefactor nacin que tiene un
sistema econmico, tal como el socialismo, que
proporciona varios programas de bienestar social
(pg. 723)
whip asistente al jefe de partido en la legislatura
(pg. 135)
withholding/impuesto retenido el dinero que un
empleador retiene del salario de los trabajadores para
pagar los impuestos anticipados (pg. 556)
workers compensation/compensacin a trabajadores
pagos que reciben las personas imposibilitadas para
trabajar como resultado de una herida o mala salud
relacionada con el trabajo (pg. 649)
writ of certiorari/orden de certiorari una orden de la
Suprema Corte a una corte menor para mandar los
registros de un caso para su revisin (pg. 332)
writ of habeas corpus/orden de hbeas corpus una orden
de la corte para enviar a una persona acusada de un
crimen a la corte para que sta determine si ha sido
legalmente detenida (pg. 158)
Z
zoning/restricciones de edificacin medios que un
gobierno local utiliza para regular la manera en que
la tierra y los edificios pueden ser utilizados para dar
forma al desarrollo de una comunidad (pg. 669)

Acknowledgments
Reprinted by arrangement with The Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., c/o
Writers House, Inc. as agent for the proprietor.
Copyright 1963 by Martin Luther King, Jr., copyright renewed 1991 by Coretta
Scott King.
Photo Credits
Picture Research by Pembroke Herbert & Sandi Rygiel, Picture Research Consultants
& Archives.
COVER Wes Thompson/The Stock Market.
The following photos appear multiple times. Their first usage is as follows. ii (flag)
PhotoDisc, Inc.; 3 (multimedia tools) Aaron Haupt; 25 (Supreme Court) Pho-
toDisc, Inc.; 32 (notebook) Jerry Davis; 33 clockwise from top right (flag) PhotoDisc,
Inc., (paper) Jerry Davis, (banner) PhotoDisc, Inc., (MA Statehouse) PhotoDisc,
Inc.; 207 (clipboard) Jerry Davis.
i Wes Thompson/The Stock Market; iii Corbis-Bettmann; iv (l)UPI/Corbis-
Bettmann, (r)US Senate; v Supreme Court Historical Society; vi Joe Traver/Gamma
Liaison; vii DPA/Ipol; viii Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; ix (l)Republican
National Committee, (r)Mike Derer/Wide World; x (t)courtesy Points of Light Foun-
dation, (b)Joseph Sohm/Chromosohm; xi William Mercer McLeod; xiv Kleponis/Folio;
1 Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art; 2 The National Archives of
the United States by Herman Viola, photos Jonathan Wallen, published by Harry N.
Abrams, Inc.; 4 Bruce Stoddard/FPG; 5 Bob Daemmrich/Tony Stone Images; 6 (l)Li-
brary of Congress, (r)Bob Daemmrich/The ImageWorks; 8 (l)Corbis-Bettmann,
(r)courtesy National Portrait Gallery, London; 9 Rhoda Sidney/The Image Works; 11
Cosmo Condina/Tony Stone Images; 12 Mead Art Museum, Amherst College; 13
(l)Independence National Historical Park Collection, (r)Picture Research Consul-
tants & Archives; 14 Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 15 (t)courtesy Laura Ep-
stein, (b)Latent Image; 16 Paul Edmondson/Tony Stone Images; 18 Peter
Charlesworth; 19 Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY; 21 AP/Wide World; 22 Skjold/The
Image Works; 23 (l)Chris Corsmeier; (r)Nebraska State Historical Society; 25
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 26 Boplop; 27 (l)Corbis-Bettmann, (r)Jeff Greenberg/Folio;
29 Scala/Art Resource, NY; 30 Corbis-Bettmann; 31 Scala/Art Resource, NY; 33
Drawing by Dana Fradon, 1972 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.; 34 Archive Photos;
35 Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 36 Joe Sohm/Uniphoto; 37 (t)House of
Delegates, State Capitol, Richmond VA, (b)Public Record Office; 39 (l)Private Col-
lection, (r)Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; 41 Doug Martin; 42 Lexington His-
torical Society. Photo by Rob Huntley/Lightstream; 44 (l)Crown copyright. Historic
Royal Palaces. Photo: David Chalmers (r)Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem MA; 46
(t)Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton PA, (b)Division of Political History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 48 Painting by Don Troiani, photo cour-
tesy Historical Art Prints, Ltd.; 50 J. Christopher/Uniphoto; 51 (l)Sam Abell/Nation-
al Geographic Society Image Collection, (r)Picture Research Consultants & Archives;
52 (t)Columbiana Collection, Columbia University, (b)Library of Congress; 53 De-
posited by the City of Boston, courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; 55 (l)H. Arm-
strong Roberts, (r)Tracy W. McGregor Library, Special Collections Department,
University of VA Library; 56 Independence National Historic Park Collection; 58
(l)North Wind Pictures, (r)The Image Bank; 61 Library of Congress; 62 Pete
Souza/Folio; 63 Corbis-Bettmann; 67 Tony Auth 1974 Philadelphia Enquirer.
Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.;
68 Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 69 (l)Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of
Art, Prints and Photographs, New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foun-
dations, (r)Joseph Sohm/Chromosohm; 70 (l)Steve Liss/Time Magazine, (r)Collec-
tion of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 71 (l)White House Historical Association,
(r)Chicago Historical Society/Photo Researchers; 72 (l)Geeta Dardick, (r)Sonda
Dawes/The Image Works; 73 The Brooklyn Museum. Gift of the Crescent-Hamilton
Club; 74 (t)National Archives, (b)Ron Edmonds/AP Wide World Photos; 75
(l)Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, (r)Franklin D. Roosevelt Library; 76 Independence
National Historic Park; 78 (l)Martin Levick/Black Star, (r)Schlowsky Photography; 79
Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 80 Diana Walker/Gamma Liaison; 84
Lawrence Ruggeri/Uniphoto; 87 Cheekwood Museum of Art; Museum Purchase
through the Bequest of Anita Bevill McMichael; 89 (t)Jeff Bundy/Omaha World-Her-
ald, (b)Gerald Peters Gallery, NY; 93 1998 Bob Mankoff from The Cartoon Bank,
Inc.; 94 Uniphoto; 95 UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 96 Joseph Sohm/Chromosohm; 98 Bob
Daemmrich Photography; 99 Francis Miller/Life Magazine, Time, Inc.; 100 (l)Holt
Confer/The ImageWorks, (r)courtesy State of Oklahoma; 101 SuperStock; 104 Chuck
Savage/Uniphoto; 106 Bob Daemmrich/Stock Boston; 108 (l)Library of Congress,
(r)Don Uhrbroch/Life Magazine Time Inc.; 111 Paul Conklin/Uniphoto; 112 Randy
Hampton/Time Life; 113 (l)People Weekly 1997 Andrew Kaufman, (r)courtesy
Points of Light Foundation; 114 (l)Mark Reinstein/Uniphoto, (r)Collection of Janice
L. & David J. Frent; 116 (l)Brooks Kraft/Sygma, (r)courtesy Cleveland City Hall; 117
Francis Miller/Life Magazine Time-Life, Inc.; 119 1998 Bob Mankoff from the
Cartoon Bank, Inc.; 120 Kleponis/Folio; 122 Everett Johnson/Folio; 123 Wayne Fish-
er; 124 (l)courtesy National Portrait Gallery, London, (r)House of Representatives;
131 Wide World; 132 Library of Congress; 133 (l)Diana Walker/Gamma Liaison,
(r)Henry Groskinsky; 134 Walter P. Calahan/Folio; 136 Bantam Books; 138 Dennis
Brack/Black Star; 139 (l)Scala/Art Resource, NY, (r)Ed Clark, Life Magazine Time,
Inc.; 141 Dennis Cook/AP/Wide World Photos; 142 John Troha/Black Star; 144 Joe
Marquette/AP/Wide World Photos; 146 Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 147
Acknowledgments and Credits
Mark Cullum/Copley News Service; 148 Dennis Brack/Black Star; 149 (l)Jefferson
by Rembrandt Peale White House Historical Association/Photo by National Geo-
graphic Society, (r)Robert C. Shafer/Folio; 151 Massachusetts Historical Society; 152
(l)Dennis Brack/Black Star; (c)US Senate; 153 (t)George Tames/The New York
Times, (b)FOLIO, Inc.; 155 Charles Fagan/Associated Features; 156 Mark Groff, Life
Magazine Time, Inc.; 157 Chet Nunley/Gamma Liaison; 158 (t)Picture Research
Consultants & Archives, (b)Numismatic Education Society; 160 David Young
Wolff/Tony Stone Images; 161 Collection of the New-York Historical Society; 162
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C./Art
Resource, NY; 163 (t)West Point Museum, US Military Academy, West Point
NY/Photo by Josh Nefsky, (b)Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 164 (l)David
Burnett/CONTACT Press Images, (tr)PhotoAssist/courtesy The National Archives,
(br)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 166 Walter Iooss, Jr./Sports Illustrated;
167 UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 168 (l)JP Laffont/Sygma,(r)Robert Phillips, Life Maga-
zine Time, Inc.; 169 Ken Lambert/The Washington Times/Gamma Liaison; 170
(t)courtesy Robin Deykes, (b)Russel Munson/The Stock Market; 172 Tom
Horan/Sygma; 173 King Features Syndicate; 175 (l)Picture Research Consultants &
Archives, (r)Library of Congress; 177 Aaron Haupt; 179 1998 Bob Mankoff from
The Cartoon Bank, Inc.; 180 Ashe/Folio; 181 Bob Kelley/Life Magazine Time, Inc.;
182 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 186 Dennis Brack/Black Star; 187 US Capitol; 191
(l)John Duricka/Wide World, (r)James Prigoff; 192 Picture Research Consultants &
Archives; 193 (l)Collection of The New-York Historical Society, (r)Corbis-Bettmann;
194 Kansas State Historical Society; 195 1998 Frank Cotham from The Cartoon
Bank, Inc.; 196 (l)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent, (r)Collection of Janice L. &
David J. Frent; 197 (l)Ed Carreon, (r)Wayne W. Fisher; 199 NASA; 200 Bob Daemm-
rich Photography; 202 Mark Richards/Contact Press Images; 203 Picture Research
Consultants & Archives; 205 (b)Joe Marquette/Wide World; 206 (t)courtesy House
of Representatives; 209 1998 Aaron Bacall from The Cartoon Bank, Inc.; 210 Su-
perStock; 212 Reuters NewMedia Inc./CORBIS; 213 Reagan Library; 214 AFP/COR-
BIS; 215 I Have a Dream Foundation; 216 UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 218 Ron
Edmonds/Wide World; 219 Pool Photo/Newsmakers/Liaison; 220 The Ralph E.
Becker Collection/Smithsonian Institution; 221 (l)Collection of Janice L. & David J.
Frent, (r)Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler
Garbisch, 1963. (62.256.7); 223 MTV; 224 Robert King/Newsmakers/Liaison Agency;
226 Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 227 Corbis-Bettmann; 228 The Metro-
politan Museum of Art; 229 Itsu Inouye/Wide World; 230 Stock Montage; 231
Reuters NewMedia/CORBIS; 234 James Colburn/Ipol; 236 Shonna Valeska; 237 Steve
Northup, Time Magazine Time, Inc.; 238 Ron Sachs/CORBIS; 240 (l)John F.
Kennedy Library, (c)National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource,
NY, (r)Library of Congress; 241 (l)Doug Mills/Wide World, (r)John
Ficara/Newsweek; 243 1998 Bob Mankoff from The Cartoon Bank, Inc.; 244 Owen
Franken/CORBIS; 245 Rob Huntley/Lightstream; 247 Library of Congress; 248
(l)UPI/Corbis-Bettmann, (r)Reuters NewMedia/CORBIS; 249 Larry Burrows, Life
Magazine Time, Inc.; 251 courtesy Central Intelligence Agency; 252 Oliphant
1973, Denver Post. Distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Reprinted with
permission; 253 National Archives; 254 Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 255
Karl Rubenthal/LBJ Library; 256 Corporation for National Service; 258 (l)The Met-
ropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1963,
(r)Dirck Halstead/Gamma Liaison; 259 Smithsonian Institution; 260 (l)Collection of
The New-York Historical Society, (r)Ranan R. Lurie; 261 U.S. Coast Guard; 262
(l)Yoichi R. Okamoto/LBJ Library, (r)Porter Gifford/Gamma Liaison; 264 Nixon
Presidential Materials Project; 265 The White House; 266 (t)Ed Reinke/Wide World,
(b)courtesy Habitat for Humanity; 269 (tl)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent,
(tc)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent, (tr)Collection of Janice L. & David J.
Frent, (b)Bill Greenblatt/Newsmakers/Liaison; 270 (t)NBC Photo, (b)Collection of
Janice L. & David J. Frent; 273 1998 Mike Stevens from The Cartoon Bank, Inc.; 274
Jim Pickerell/Gamma Liaison; 275 Courtesy of the United States Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation; 277 Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 279 Uniphoto; 280 NASA;
281 Jeff Greenberg/The Picture Cube; 284 National Postal Museum, Smithsonian In-
stitution; 285 Scott Sachman National Parks & Conservation Association; 286 Li-
brary of Congress; 288 John Emmons/Ipol; 289 Tribune Media Services; 290
Lawrence Migdale/Stock Boston; 291 Doug Martin; 292 Bob Daemmrich/Uniphoto;
293 Larry Downing/Sygma; 294 (l)NASA, (r)Ralph Morse/Life Magazine Time,
Inc.; 295 Richard Ellis/Sygma; 296 (l)People Weekly 1997 Neal Preston, (r)Drug En-
forcement Administration; 301 Tribune Media Services; 302 Ken Heinen; 304 Bob
Daemmrich Photography; 305 John Marshall by Febret de Saint Memin, 1801.
Duke University Archives; 307 Lisa Biganzoli/National Geographic Society; 309
(l)courtesy The Historic New Orleans Collection, (r)Carl Iwaski, Life Magazine
Time, Inc.; 310 UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 311 Nancy Andrews/Wide World; 312 cour-
tesy National Security Archive; 313 (l)Rob Huntley/Lightstream, (r)Susan Farley
1992 New York Newsday; 315 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 318 (tl)Underwood &
Underwood/Corbis-Bettmann, (tr)Emmett Collection, New York Public Library,
(b)Joseph J. Scherchel/National Geographic Society Image Collection; 319 Robert
Llewellyn; 320 Portrait by John Sydney Hopkinson/Collection of The Supreme Court
of The United States; 321 (l)Supreme Court Historical Society, (r)Ken Heinen; 322
(t)Supreme Court Historical Society, (b)Ken Heinen; 324 (t)Jim Brandenburg/Min-
den Pictures, (b)courtesy Rene Askins; 325 Reuters/Corbis-Bettmann; 326 US Postal
Service; 327 Portrait by George Augusta/Collection of The Supreme Court of The
United States; 329 1981 by Herblock in The Washington Post; 330 Robert Llewellyn;
331 Doug Martin; 333 James A. Finley/Wide World; 334 (l)UPI/Corbis-Bettmann,
(r)Random House Inc., NY; 335 Erich Solomon; 336 Library of Congress; 337
AFP/CORBIS; 339 Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate; 340 Nancy Richmond/The
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CREDITS 897
 Acknowledgments and Credits
Image Works; 341 White House Historical Association; 342 Collection of Janice L. &
David J. Frent; 343 Portrait by Bjorn Egeli/Collection of The Supreme Court of The
United States; 344 Ken Heinen; 346 (l)Bob Adelman/Magnum, (r)Charles E. Stein-
heimer, Life Magazine Time, Inc.; 347 Tribune Media Services; 348 Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library; 349 Ken Heinen; 351 1998 Reprinted courtesy Bunny Hoest and
Parade Magazine; 352 Barth Falkenberg/Stock Boston; 354 Laina Druskis/Stock
Boston; 355 Charles Gupton/Stock Boston; 357 Bob Fitch/Black Star; 358 Picture Re-
search Consultants & Archives; 359 (l)Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Soci-
ety, (c)Rob Huntley/Lightstream, (r)Eric Bouvet/Gamma Liaison; 360 Bob
Daemmrich Photography; 362 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 364 James Conklin;
365 Audrey Gibson/Washington Stock Photo; 366 courtesy Patrick Griffin/Photo by
Wayne W. Fisher; 367 (l)Hiroji Kubota/Magnum, (r)Eddie Adams/Time Magazine;
368 Wide World; 369 Paul S. Conklin; 371 D. Boone/Westlight; 372 (l)UPI/Corbis-
Bettmann, (r)Wide World; 373 Glenn Martin/Denver Post/Wide World; 374 Nor-
man Walker/Constitution Magazine; 376 courtesy Simon MOA Management Co.,
Inc.; 377 Rob Badger/FPG; 378 Rob Huntley/Lightstream; 379 Wide World; 380
Charles Moore/Black Star; 381 (t)Union Summer, (b)Agence France Presse/Corbis-
Bettmann; 383 F. Pedrick/The Image Works; 385 1985 by Sidney Harris; 386 Joseph
Sohm/Chromosohm; 387 Hikaru Iwasaki/National Archives; 388 National Park Ser-
vice Collection/Gift of Angelo Forgione; 389 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 391 Peo-
ple Weekly 1993 Ian Cook; 392 (l)Library of Congress, (r)Portrait by George PA
Healy/Collection of the Supreme Court of The United States; 393 Bob Daemmrich
Photography; 394 Uniphoto; 395 (t)Torsten Kjellstrand, (b)Ranko Chkovic/Sygma;
396, 397 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 398 UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 399 (t)Therese
Frare/Black Star, (b)Bob Daemmrich Photography; 400 Bob Daemmrich Photogra-
phy; 401 Division of Political History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 402
(l)Bob Daemmrich Photography, (r)Flip Schulke; 403 UPI/Corbis-Bettmann; 406
Bob Daemmrich Photography; 407 Wide World; 408 (l)Bruce Roberts/Photo Re-
searchers, (r)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 409 Picture Research Consul-
tants & Archives; 411, 412 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 413 (l)Gary
Wagner/Sygma, (r)Walt Zeboski/Wide World; 414 Bob Daemmrich Photography;
415 (l)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent, (r)Library of Congress; 416
Topham/The Image Works; 417 Nick Ut/Wide World; 418 Bob Daemmrich Photog-
raphy; 419 Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 421 Steve Kelley/Copley News
Service; 422 David W. Hamilton/The Image Bank; 423 Photri, Inc.; 424 Collection of
The New-York Historical Society; 426 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 427 courtesy
Tabor Academy; 428 James Wilson/Woodfin Camp & Associates; 429 Greg
Smith/Saba; 430 John Biever/Sports Illustrated; 431 (l)courtesy Vernon A. Martin Re-
altors, (r)Paul Barton/The Stock Market; 432 (l)Corbis-Bettmann, (r)Bob Daemm-
rich Photography; 433 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 434 (l)Corbis-Bettmann,
(r)Bob Daemmrich Photography; 435 John Neubauer; 436 Bob Daemmrich Photog-
raphy; 437 Ogust/The Image Works; 439 (t)Bob Daemmrich Photography,
(b)MADD; 440 courtesy Mary Ellen Beaver; 441 (l)Bob Daemmrich Photography,
(r)Bob Daemmrich Photography; 443 Val Mazzenga/Chicago Tribune Magazine; 445
(t)Ilene Perlman/Stock Boston, (b)Bob Daemmrich Photography; 446 (t)Bob
Daemmrich Photography, (b)Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 449 Har-
ris/Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate; 450 Shelburne Museum; 452 Tom Fox/CORBIS;
453 J.A. Pevlovsky/Sygma; 456 (l)Library of Congress, (r)David Woo/Stock Boston;
457 Museum of American Political Life; 458 courtesy Jason Brinton; 459, 460 Collec-
tion of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 461 Ted Thai/Time Magazine; 463 Rob
Huntley/Lightstream; 464 Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent; 465 (t)Rick Fried-
man/Black Star, (b)Larry Hawkins/Eufala Photography; 466 Collection of The New-
York Historical Society; 467 (l)Doug Martin, (r)Mark Avery/
CORBIS; 468 Doug Martin; 469 Stephan Savoia/AP Wide World Photos; 470 Divi-
sion of Political History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 473 1978 by
Herblock in The Washington Post; 474 Kraft Brooks/Corbis Sygma; 475 TimePix.;
478 Bob Daemmrich/Uniphoto; 479 Toles 1996 The Buffalo News. Reprinted with
permission of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE; 481 Charles Gupton/Uniphoto;
482 (t)courtesy Office of the Governor, (b)Courtesy of the United States Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 483 (l)Collection of Janice L. & David J. Frent, (r)Matt
Herron; 485 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 486 Matt Meadows; 487 Schlowsky Pho-
tography; 490 Allan Tannenbaum/Sygma; 492 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 493
Paul Szep; 501 Reprinted by permission of John Trevor, Albuquerque Journal; 502
Bob Daemmrich Photography; 503 MADD; 504 (l)Scott Sachman National Parks
and Conservation Association, (r)Scott Sachman National Parks and Conservation
Association; 506 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 507 Public Citizen News; 508 (t)Ted
Morrison, (b)Mark Burnett; 509 Wide World; 511 Mike Keefe/The Denver Post; 512
courtesy David Laughery; 514 Channel One News; 515 Steve Liss/Time Magazine; 516
Bob Daemmrich Photography; 518 Rick Schmidt/Sygma; 519 L. Clarke/CORBIS; 526
Doug Mills/Wide World; 527 Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 528 Library
of Congress; 529 Amy Sancetta/AP Wide World Photos; 530 (t)Picture Research Con-
sultants & Archives, (b)Bob Daemmrich Photography; 531 courtesy CNN; 532
Manuello Paganelli; 533 Donna Cox & Robert Patterson/NCSA; 534 C-SPAN; 535
Wilfredo Lee/Wide World; 536 Charles Phillips/Smithsonian Institution; 538 (t)John
Zich/Wide World, (b)Scribners; 540 C-SPAN; 542 Entertainment Weekly; 543 Ter-
rence McCarthy/The New York Times; 544 Les Stone/Corbis Sygma; 545 Federal
Communications Commission; 547 Dennis Brack/Black Star; 548 Terry Ashe/Time
Magazine; 549 Stephenson/Zuma; 551 Tony Auth. Reprinted with permission of
UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE; 552 Robert Llewellyn/Folio; 554 Alex
Wong/Getty Images; 555 Culver Pictures; 556 (l)Tribune Media Services, (r)Bob
Daemmrich Photography; 558 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 560 Division of Politi-
898 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CREDITS
cal History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; 562 Ron Edmunds/Wide
World; 563 Steve Warmowski; 565 Internal Revenue Service; 566 Harry Bates/For-
tune Magazine; 570 (l)Steven Senne/AP/Wide World Photo, (r)Louis Psihoyos/Ma-
trix; 571 Bob Daemmrich Photgraphy; 573 Raeside/Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate;
574 SuperStock; 575 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 576 International Brotherhood
of Teamsters; 577 (t)UPI/Corbis-Bettmann, (b)Bob Daemmrich Photography; 580
Bob Daemmrich Photography; 581 The Oakland Museum; 584 Bruce Forster/Stone;
587 (l)Pete Souza/Gamma Liaison, (r)Environmental Protection Agency; 588 Bill
Greene/The Boston Globe; 590 Food and Drug Administration; 593 Nina
Berman/Sipa Press; 594 Chuck Harrity/US News & World Report; 596 courtesy Stu-
dents Against Destructive Decisions; 597 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 598
(l)William Mercer McLeod, (r)Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 600 Jim Lo
Scalzo; 601 (l)Lake County (IL)Museum/Curt Teich Postcard Archives, (r)Shelburne
Museum, Shelburne VT/Photo by Ken Buris; 603 CORBIS SYGMA; 605 Toles 1996
US News & World Report. Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYN-
DICATE; 606 Getty Images; 607 Reuters NewMedia/CORBIS; 608 AFP/CORBIS; 609
Eric Bouvet/Matrix; 610 (l)The Michael Barson Collection/Past Perfect, (r)Picture
Research Consultants & Archives; 611 (t)Jim Storey, (b)Rob Huntley/Lightstream;
612 (l)David Burnett/Contact Press Images, (r)Collection of Janice L. & David J.
Frent; 614 Picture Research Consultants & Archives; 615 The White House; 616 US
Army; 617 AFP/CORBIS; 618 Steve Lehman/Saba; 619 Rothco Cartoons; 621 Jerome
Delay/Wide World; 622 Isabel Cutler/Gamma Liaison; 623 AFP/CORBIS; 626 Bill
Gentile/SIPA Press; 627 Larry Lefever from Grant Heilman; 628 Museum of Ameri-
can Political Life/Anderson; 630 Jon Jones/Sygma; 631 Bob Daemmrich Photography;
633 Arcadio/Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate; 634 Frank Siteman/Stock Boston; 636
Jerry Howard/Stock Boston; 637 courtesy The Rhode Island Historical Library; 638
Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum; 639 Dan Groshong/Sygma; 641, 643 Bob
Daemmrich Photography; 645 courtesy Ron Thornburgh, Secretary of State, State
Capitol, Topeka KS; 646 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 648 J. Koontz/The Picture
Cube; 649 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 650 (t)L.L. Griffin Photography, (b)Thor-
ney Lieberman; 655 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 656 Camerique/The Picture
Cube; 657, 659 Bob Daemmrich Photography; 661 John Klosner; 662 Michael L.
Abramson/Life Magazine Time, Inc.; 663 Office of the Mayor, Des Moines IA; 665
Bob Daemmrich Photography; 666 M. Fernandes/Washington Stock Photo; 668
Coutesy of the City of Hearne, Texas; 669 Jeffery Titcomb/Gamma Liaison; 670
(l)Museum of the City of New York, (r)Berle Cherney/Uniphoto; 672 James
Blank/Stock Boston; 676 Bill Pugliano/Gamma Liaison; 677 Robert Maass/CORBIS;
678 Rhoda Sidney/Stock Boston; 680 courtesy Gillian Kilberg; 681 Trinity College;
683 Miro Vintoniv/Stock Boston; 685 Signe/Philadelphia Daily News/Cartoonists &
Writers Syndicate; 686 Robert Llewellyn; 688 David Turnley/Corbis; 689 Bob Daemm-
rich Photography; 690 David Cairns/Sipa Press; 695 Rob Huntley/Lightstream; 696
Reuters NewMedia/CORBIS; 697 Czarak Sokolowski/Wide World; 699 John Chias-
son/Gamma Liaison; 700 (l)Joe Raedle/Newsmakers/Liaison, (r)Wesley Bocxe/news-
makers/Liaison; 702 Joel Simon; 703 Sovfoto/Eastfoto; 704 courtesy Wheels for
Humanity; 705 (l)Carl Ho/Reuters/Corbis-Bettmann, (r)Vincent Yu/Wide World;
706 1994 Dayton Daily News and Tribune Media Services, Inc. courtesy Grimmy,
Inc.; 708 AP/Wide World Photos; 709 AP/Wide World Photos; 710 Kindra Clin-
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