POSC 100 Final: Final Exam Study Guide

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Senate: nominates someone for the entire house (speaker of the house, minority; the small group in both. Interest groups: what interests are represented, business and agricultural groups, labor groups, professional associations, public interest groups, ideological groups, public-sector groups, the organizational components of groups include money, offices, and. Civil rights act did: you could not discriminate based on sex, race or ethnicity, public accommodations, no segregation in public places, schools, etc, legal action against schools that protected segregation. Voting right acts rights: took away literacy test in order to be able to vote. Local politics: local offices are nonpartisan, they don"t run ans democrat or republican, it is unique to the people of california because we want to keep big politics out of our elections. Part-time field to run the city, makes sure the city functions (a) not handling the way the city runs, the that it runs (v) can be fired at will (b) mayor council (i) (ii)