Politics

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UK Government: 2.1.1.2 History of the UK constitution
What was the 1911 parliament act ...,
What was the 1949 parliament act 2,
When were 2 parliament acts passed 3
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UK Government: 2.1.1 Intro to the UK constitution
What is a constitution 1,
Define principles 2,
Define precedent 3
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UK Government: 2.1.1.3 Sources of the UK constitution
List the sources of the uk consti...,
Explain statute law 2,
Where does statue law gain it s p...
27  cards
UK Government 2.1.4 Features of UK Constitution
What are the main principles of t...,
Given parliamentary sovereignty w...,
What are the components of the ru...
22  cards
UK Government: 2.1.2.1 New LAB Constitutional reforms
When did new lab win their landsl...,
What was the majority new lab won 2,
How many years of conservative go...
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Uk Government: 2.1.2.1 Constitutional change between 2010->
Who was in gov between 2010 2015 1,
What was the house of commons ref...,
When was the wright committee est...
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UK Government: 2.1.3.1 Devolution
Does sovereignty change with devo...,
When was the scottish welsh and n...,
What is the scottish parliament a...
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UK Goverment: Consitution - 2.1.3 English Devolution
What is the scale of devolution a...,
What are metro mayors 2,
What powers do metro mayors typic...
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UK Goverment: Consitution - 2.1.4.1 Reforming the constitution
What vulnerabilities were highlig...,
Who was tasked with exploring fut...,
What were key recommendations in ...
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PARLI in stats
Number of mps in the hoc 1,
Majority won by starmer 2,
Number of spaces for lord spiritu...
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UK GOV: 2.2.1.1 Structure of Parliament
What is westminster known as 1,
What are the key features of the ...,
How many mps are in the house of ...
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UK GOV: PARLI 2.2.2.1 Functions of parliament
What are the functions of parliam...,
What is primary legislation 2,
Define public legislation 3
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UK GOV: PARIL-2.2.2.2 Functions of Parliament (selection & representation 2)
What is meant by parliamentary pi...,
What is the trustee model in repr...,
What is the delegate model in rep...
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UK GOV: PARLI-2.2.2.3 Functions of Parliament (selection & representation 2)
What is the primary function of p...,
How long can the lords delay a bi...,
What is the term for the legislat...
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UK GOV - PARLI 2.2.2.4 Functions of Parliament (scrutiny)
What are the methods of scrutiny ...,
How often is prime minister s que...,
What is an urgent question in par...
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UK GOV- PARLI : 2.2.2.5 Functions of Parliament- Training of ministers
From which bodies must ministers ...,
The starmer ministry there are cu...,
The secretaries of state in the s...
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UK GOV- PARLI : 2.4 AND 4.2 Relationship between Government and Parliament
What does the term elective dicta...,
Name three reasons why someone ma...,
What was sunack s defeat over 3
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UK GOV: PM and cabinet- 3.3.0 Intro
What is the role of the prime min...,
What are the formal roles of the ...,
What is one of the informal roles...
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Uk GOV: PM & CABINET 3.1.1 roles of the executive reading
What is the role of the executive...,
What happens if the proposed budg...,
What was the financial impact of ...
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UK GOV- PM CABINET 3.2.1 Introduction to the Cabinet
What is the purpose of cobra meet...,
How many cobra meetings were held...,
What was a notable absence of pm ...
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UK GOV- PM MISNTERS 3.2.2 IMR and CMR
What is individual ministerial re...,
Who was ron davies 2,
Who was the first of starmers min...
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UK GOV: PM MINISTERS -3.3.1 Theories of PM power
List some evidence that may or ma...,
Give some evidence for and aginst...,
Give some evidence for and aginst...
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UK GOV: PM MINSTERS - 3.3.2 May- a case study
What about her background theresa...,
What position did theresa may hol...,
Fill in the blank theresa may was...
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UK GOV: PM MINISTER- 3.3.2 Thatcher- a case study
What year did margaret thatcher s...,
Who was the leader of the labour ...,
What controversial law did thatch...
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UK GOV- Branches 4.1.1 Introduction to the Supreme Court
The uk supreem court is the highe...,
What is required for a candidate ...,
Who convenes the independent sele...
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UK GOV- BRANCHES 4.1.2 Judicial independence and neutrality
What is judicial independence 2,
What is judicial neutrality 3,
What is one of the twin pillars o...
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UK GOV- BRANCHES 4.2.1 Influence of the Supreme Court
What is the salary of supreme cou...,
Can the salaries of supreme court...,
What body was produced by the cra...
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UK GOV- BRANCHES 4.2.1- The relationship between Parliament and the Government
In what way is the goverment not ...,
In what way is the goverment able...,
In what ways is the government no...
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UK GOV: BRANCHES- 4.3.1- The UK and the EU
When did the uk join the eec 1,
In ___ a referendum was held in t...,
Explain the factortame case 3
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UK GOV: BRANCHES 4.3.1- Introduction to the European Union
What is the eu 1,
What is pooled sovereignty 2,
What are the eu s main aim s 3
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UK GOV: BRANCHES- 4.4.1- The location of sovereignty
What is legal sovereignty 1,
What is political sovereignty 2,
What are the main ways that exect...
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Uk politics evidence bank 🇬🇧
What was voter turnout in 2024 ho...,
What was voter turnout in 2024 2,
How much lower was voter turnout ...
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UK POL: Democracy & Participation 🪧 - Democracy In The UK
What is direct democracy 1,
What is a representative democracy 2,
What example of direct democracy ...
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UK POL: Democracy & Participation 🪧 - Reforms to voting
What was the primary requirement ...,
What did the great reform act 183...,
What were rotten boroughs 3
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UK POL: Democracy & Participation 🪧- Preasure groups
What are the two main types of pr...,
What are causal pressure groups g...,
What are sectional pressure group...
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UK POL: Democracy & Participation 🪧 - Corporations, Lobbyists & Think Tanks
Give an example of loyalist bribi...,
Give an example of ther being con...,
Give an example of possible unpro...
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UK POL: Democracy & Participation 🪧 - Referendums
How many nationwide referendums h...,
List the three nation wide reffre...,
When was the remaining part of th...
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UK POL: Democracy & Participation 🪧 - Rights In The Uk
What are individual rights 1,
What are collective rights 2,
What did the human rights act 199...
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UK POL: Parties 🥳- Parties In The UK
What are the three main features ...,
What is a two party system 2,
What is a multi party system 3
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Funding 💰💸💷🤑
What are the four main sources of...,
Which party has raised and spent ...,
How much did labour raise in the ...
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Conservative Policy
What was the amount committed by ...,
What percentage of workers wages ...,
By how much did the government te...
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Labour Policies
What did the 2017 and 2019 labour...,
What were labour s key policies u...,
What was the proposed increase in...
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - SNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Who is the current leader of the ...,
What is the broad ideological pos...,
Snp key policy 3
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Liberal Democrats
Who is the leader of the lib dems 1,
What policy s have the lib dem s ...,
Lib dem s key policy 3
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Reform🟦
When did the brexit party change ...,
Who are the key figure in reform ...,
Reform uk key policy 3
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Green Party 🌿
Who is the current leader of the ...,
Green s key policy 2,
Polanski advokes for an annual ta...
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Other smaller parties 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪
Plaid cymru key policy 1,
Sinn fein key policy 2,
Dup key policy 3
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Comparing Party Policies 👍👎
Where is the agrrement between pa...,
Where is the disagreement between...,
Where do parties agree on welfare 3
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UK POL: Parties 🥳 - Factors Effecting Parties Success
What factors affect the success o...,
Evidence leaders profiles shaping...,
In the 1992 elections who was per...
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UK POL: Electoral Systems 🗳 - The UK
What is a plurality electoral sys...,
What is a proportional electoral ...,
What is a mixed electoral system 3
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UK POL: Electoral Systems 🗳 - FPTP
Give some examples of minority pa...,
In 1983 the sdp liberal alliance ...,
What were the election results fo...
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UK POL: Electoral Systems 🗳 - AMS
What voting system will the sened...,
How many local consitunecy repres...,
Explain how the ams system works 3
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UK POL: Electoral Systems 🗳 - STV
What does stv stand for 1,
Explain how stv works 2,
Where is stv used 3
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UK POL: Electoral Systems 🗳 -SV
Explain thow the sv voting system...,
What are the main advantages of sv 2,
Sadia khan won _ of first prefere...
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UK POL: Electoral Systems 🗳 - Alternatives to FPTP
Who led the commission on elector...,
When did blair start the jenkins ...,
What are the four criteria used t...
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UK POL: Voting Behaviour & Media 📰📺🗳- Voting Behaviour
What is partisan dealignment 1,
What percentage of conservative v...,
What are the blue wall and red wa...
37  cards
UK POL: Voting Behaviour & Media 📰📺🗳 - Campaigning, Manifestos & Policies
Give evidence of popular policies...,
How did labour s 2019 pledge affe...,
What campaign strategy did the li...
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UK POL: Voting Behaviour & Media 📰📺🗳 - Media in Elections & Referendums
What political outlets don t have...,
Which newspapers consistently end...,
Which newspapers consistently end...
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UK POL: Voting Behaviour & Media 📰📺🗳 - Opinion Polls
Some have blamed the polls for al...,
What proportion of polls carried ...,
What was the turnout percentage i...
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UK POL: Voting Behaviour & Media 📰📺🗳- Demographic factors
Class in the ___ general election...,
What is class dealignment 2,
What are the modern categories of...
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UK POL: Genral stats 🇬🇧
What percentage of the uk populat...,
In the 2021 local elections what ...,
What was the turnout percentage f...
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Conservatism 🟦- Intro
What are the key principles on co...,
What is pragmatism and what stand...,
What is tradition and what stands...
9  cards
Liberalism: thinkers
Key quotes and ideas from locke 1,
Key quotes and ideas from wollsto...,
Key quotes and ideas from mill 3
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Socilism thinkers
Marx and engels key quotes and id...,
Luxemburg key ideas and quotes 2,
Webb key ideas and quotes 3
10  cards
Conservatism quotes
Burke key quotes and ideas 1,
Oakeshott key quotes and ideas 2,
Hobbes key quotes and ideas 3
15  cards
Multiculturalism content
What are the three key strands 1,
What is liberal multiculturalism 2,
What is pluralist multiculturalism 3
16  cards
Multiculturalism- Thinkers
Charles taylor quote s and ideas 1,
Isiah berlin quotes and ideas 2,
Kymlicka key quotes and ideas 3
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US: GOV- 1.Intro to the Consitution
When was the us consiution written 1,
How many articles are in the us c...,
How many times has the us consitu...
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US: GOV- 1.1.2 Vagueness and entrenchment
How many words are currently in t...,
What are enumerated delegated pow...,
What are implied powers granted b...
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US: GOV-1.1.3 Constitution- The powers of government
List the main types of power that...,
What are reserved powers 2,
What are concurrent powers 3
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US: GOV-1.1.4 Constitution- The amendment process
Explain what the ammdement proces...,
Nearly ____ amendments have intro...,
After the bill of rights was rati...
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US: GOV- 1.2.1 Constitutional features- Separation of Powers
What is the separation of powers ...,
What are checks and balances 2,
What are the main checks and bala...
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US: GOV- 1.2.1 Constitution- Bipartisanship & Limited Government
What is bipartisanship in referen...,
What are the key mechanisms in th...,
What are the potential benefits o...
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US: GOV- 1.3.1 Constitution- Introduction to federalism
What is federalism in reference t...,
How is federalism secured in the ...,
How have trump s actions through ...
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US: GOV- 1.3.2 Constitution- Federalism through the ages
List the main phases of federalism 1,
List some key cases and examples ...,
The affordable care medicaid 2010...
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US: GOV- 1.3.3 Constitution- The consequences of federalism
How much does federal goverment g...,
__ states receive more from the f...,
Give some examples of states that...
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US: GOV- 1.4.1 Constitution- Is federalism in decline?
What was healthcare eduction and ...,
Healthcare before trump ii obama ...,
Education biden increases __ fede...
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US: GOV- 1.4.2 Constitution- Is the Constitution democratic?
What are two main kinds of democr...,
What is a majoritarian democracy 2,
What is a pluralist democracy 3
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US: GOV- 1.4.3 Is the constitution fit for purpose?
How might a conservative appeal t...,
Argument for the postive impacts ...,
Arguments for the negtive impacts...
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US: GOV- 2.1.1 Congress- The structure of Congress
What is the structure of the legi...,
What is the term length in the se...,
What is the term length in the ho...
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US: GOV- 2.1.2 Congress- Comparing legislative powers
What is the nature of legislative...,
What is the ability to directly o...,
What is the the relationship betw...
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US: GOV- 2.2.1 Congress- Functions (Representation)
What are mid terms 1,
How is the canditates for mid ter...,
What are mid terms significant to...
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US: GOV- 2.2.2 Congress- Incumbency (Representation)
What does the term incumbency ref...,
What is the typical incubancy rat...,
In the 2024 election what was the...
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US: GOV- 2.2.3 Congress- Voter behaviour in Congress (Representation)
What is rational choice theory 1,
What can we use rational choice t...,
What are the motives of legislatu...
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US: GOV- 2.2.4 Congress- Descriptive Representation
What percentage of congress are n...,
What percentage of congress is fe...,
What is the median age in both ho...
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US: GOV-2.2.5 Congress- Passing legislation
What does it mean to say that bil...,
Who are bills initiated by 2,
What happens to bills after being...
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US: GOV- 2.2.6 Congress- Why is it so difficult to pass laws?
The last full congress the __ th ...,
What is legislative gridlock 2,
Issues with making laws for _ day...
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US: GOV- 2.2.7 Congress- Committees
List the diffrent kinds of commit...,
What is a standing committee 2,
What is a select committee 3
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US: GOV- 2.2.8 Congress- Oversight
What is congressional oversight 1,
List the methods of congressional...,
What is the role of committees in...
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US: GOV- 2.2.9 (and 6.3) Comparing Congressional oversigh
What is structural theory 1,
What are some key structural diff...
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US: GOV-2.3.1 Is Congress the broken branch?
What are the three core duties of...,
What would effective representati...,
Representation in ___ around bill...
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US- GOV: 2.3.2 Congress and partisanship
Using _ ______ scores these measu...,
Party unity within each congress ...,
What percentage of democrats and ...
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US: GOV: 2.3.3 Congress- the powerhouse of government?
What does it take to overide a ve...,
How can the presidents avoid the ...,
In gw bush s administration 3
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US: GOV- 3.1.1 Formal powers of the President
What articles of the consitution ...,
The constitution also states that...,
What does it mean for the preside...
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US: GOV- 3.2.1 Informal powers of the President
What are inherent powers 1,
What is direct authority 2,
What is a formal power 3
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US: GOV- 3.2.3 The Cabinet
What is the cabinet 1,
What is the composition of the ca...,
What does the consition say about...
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US: GOV- 3.2.4 The Executive Office of the President (EXOP)
What does the federal bureaucracy...,
What does the executive office of...,
What is the uk equivalent to exop 3
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US: POL- 3.2.5 (and 6.3) Comparing executive powers
Structural theory argues that a p...,
Structural diffrences between the...,
Use an exmaple to compare the pas...
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US: GOV- 4.3.1 The Supreme Court and public policy
Give an example of cases where th...,
Give examples of the sc upholding...,
Give some example of the sc estab...
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US: GOV- 3.3.1 Congress vs the president
Divided government is a distinct ...,
What was trump s national agenda 2,
What are the main factors wich sh...
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US: GOV- 3.3.2 The Supreme Court vs the president
Explain the youngstown vs sawyer ...,
What did the sc rule on youngstow...,
When was youngstown vs sawyer 3
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US: GOV- 3.3.3 Other constraints on the president
Lis the ways wich the media may c...,
Give an example of the media inve...,
When did trump establish truth so...
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US: GOV-3.4.1 The president and foreign policy
Whic court case clarified the pow...,
What did us vs curtiss wright rule 2,
When was the us vs curtiss wright 3
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US: GOV- 3.4.2 The imperial presidency
What does it mean to be an imperi...,
How did 9 11 effect bush s approv...,
During 9 11 was congress united o...
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US: GOV- 4.1.1 The Supreme Court and the Constitution
Who is the chief justice of the s...,
List all the justices on the sc a...,
What does the consitution say abo...
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US: GOV- 4.1.2 and 6.1 Understanding cultural theory through the judiciary
What is cultural theory 1,
What are the key components of am...,
Compare the us and uk judicary 12...
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US: GOV-4.2.1 The Supreme Court: Appointments and ideologies
What are the stages in making an ...,
List the main 3 rejections to the...,
Robert bork nominated by ____ in ...
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US: GOV/POL: 4.4.1 The Supreme Court and rights protections
What are civil liberties in the u...,
What are civil rights in the us 2,
What are constitutional rights in...
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US: GOV- 4.5.1 The Supreme Court: An imperial judiciary?
What is an imperial judiciary 1,
What was the issue and outcome in...,
Argue with evidence that judicial...
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US: GOV-4.5.2 The Supreme Court: A political body?
What is the upcoming louisiana vs...,
Louisiana vs callais 2,
2019 _ unanimous split 3
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US: GOV- 4.5.3 Originalism vs Living Constitution
Which justices on the sc today ma...,
Plann the essay evaluate the view...
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US: GOV- 4.6.1 Race rights in the US
List the key developments in race...,
When was the civil rights act pas...,
When was the voting rights act pa...
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US: GOV- 4.6.2 Voting rights in the US
When was the voting rights act pa...,
When was shelby county vs holder ...,
Give the turnout in black voter i...
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USA: POL- 4.6.3 Minority Representation
__ of ethnic minority members in ...,
In state legislatures these patte...,
Who was the first black candidate...
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US: POL- 4.6.4 Affirmative Action
List sc cases on affirmative acti...,
What is affirmative action 2,
What is dei 3
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US: POL- 4.6.5 The NAACP
What does naacp stand for 1,
Wha is the naacp 2,
The naacp was formed in ___ after...
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US: POL-5.1.7 Comparing campaign finance
How are the uk and us s party fun...,
How are the uk and us s party fin...,
How are the uk and us s party fin...
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US: GOV-5.1.1 So you want to be president? The invisible primary
What are the diffrent stages in t...,
The election takes place every ye...,
What are the requirements for the...
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US: GOV- 5.1.2 So you want to be president? Primaries and Caucuses
Explain the primary proces for a ...,
Explain the specifically democrat...,
Explain the specifically republic...
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US: GOV- 5.1.3 So you want to be president? National Conventions
What are national party conventio...,
Wha was the context for the 2024 ...,
How does voting work in the natio...
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US: POL- 5.1.4 So you want to be president? Election Day
What is the overall number in the...,
As enshrined in article _ the pre...,
How many electors are needed for ...
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US: POL-5.1.5 Presidential incumbency
Incumbent presidents enjoy a re e...,
What are the main factors that co...,
Give an example fo a president us...
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US: POl- 5.1.6 Campaign finance
What is ment by campaign finance 1,
In 2024 election spending totalle...,
Furthermore ___ figures indicate ...
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US: POL- 5.2.1 The two party system
What factors make the two party s...,
What is typical petitions thresho...,
_________law says plurality elect...
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US: POL- 5.2.2 The Democratic Party
What are the key feature of the d...,
Who is the minority senate leader...,
Who is house minority leader a dem 3
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US: POL- 5.2.3 The Democrats vs the Labour Party
What kind of policy do we expect ...,
Give some stats to evidence where...,
Democratic funding typically indi...
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US: POL-5.2.4 The Republican Party
How would was descibe the republi...,
What are the main factions within...,
What is freedom caucus faction of...
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US: POL- 5.2.5 The Republican Party and the Conservatives
How has the right inflence the co...,
What are the key diffrences regar...,
With reform polling at _ in 2026 ...
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US: POL- 2024 US Presidential election
Trump was the first potus since _...,
First president to be impeached _...,
He faced additional legal cases i...
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