AP GOV FINAL Flashcards
what is authority?
The right to use power
The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions
power
what are the three types of democracy?
participatory democracy, democratic centralism, representative democracy
name the one person and one group associated with participatory democracy
Aristotle and the Puritans
name two countries associated with democratic centralism
The USSR and China
Who believes in representative democracy
Schumpeter
name the three levels of Karl Marx’s theory.
slaves and masters, serfs and lords, workers and owners( proletariat and bougeise)
Who believed that the power elite consisted of military leaders, corporate leaders, politicians, and the media?
Mills
Who believed in bureaucrats, that they ran the show?
Weber
what is a radical change in the principles, opinions, and sentiments of the people?
revolution
The main purpose of the Constitution is to protect ______, not to defend _______.
liberty, virtue
what are enumerated powers?
they are given to Congress
what are implied powers?
they are understood
what are exclusive powers?
only for the federal government
what are concurrent powers?
Federal government and state government
name to concurrent powers
Power to tax and to enforce law
what is the elastic clause
necessary and proper clause
what is different about European offices
few are elective
name 4 weaknesses under the articles of Confederation
no power to tax, no national judicial system, small army, no centralized power
during the time of the American Revolution most citizens were _______
self-employed but had property
The complaints in the Declaration of Independence are remarkable because
none spoke of social or economic conditions in the colonies
under the articles of Confederation, what did Congress have the power to do?
make peace
what did people discuss when they met at George Washington’s house?
trade regulation
why was the Constitutional convention called
to revise the articles of Confederation
