AP Gov Quiz 1 (enlightenment and early government) Flashcards
Locke’s ideas
Social Contract, Natural rights
Rousseau’s ideas
popular sovereignty
Montesquieu’s ideas
separation of powers (sop)
social contract
a deal between the people and government
Popular sovereignty
Governments should reflect the will of the people
executive branch
enforce laws
Legislative
makes the laws
judical
interprets laws
- Rule of Law (Core value)
Our country has a set of laws and everyone should follow them
- Free enterprise (Core value)
ability to buy and sell what you want
- Individualism (core value)
you are responsible for yourself
- Equality of opportunity
everyone gets a chance to succeed
- Limited Government
Gov is limited to acting within certain areas of life
4 sections of grievances
- Economic issues
- judicial issues
- Lack of representation in government
- lack of rights
which of three branches of powers did Aoc not have
executive branch
problems with the Aoc
- could not pay national debt
- not supply an army
- it took forever to do stuff
Breaking point of Aoc
shay’s rebellion
list of problems with the Aoc
- congress could not regulate commerce
- could not directly tax
- not force states
- not draft soldiers
Good things about the Aoc
- borrowing money
- settling disputes between states
- foreign policy
- declare war & establish peace
- postal system
virgina plan
-bicameral legislature
-rep based on pop
-direct election of reps
-legislature most powerful
new jersery plan
Connecticut plan(great compromise)
-bicameral
-the one we picked
Federalism
the political system by which powers are distributed among various levels of gov
Enumerated powers
any power given to the federal gov directly
-declaring war
-coining money
-post office
-patents
-regulating immigration
-managing commerce
Implied powers
powers indirectly given to the federal gov through interpretation of the constitution
-healthcare
-Medicare/Medicaid
-space exploration
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necessary and proper clause (enumerated powers and implied powers)
article 1 section 8
reserved powers
powers given to the states directly of from 10th amendment
-driving laws
-drinking age
-education
-marriage laws
-death penalty
concurrent powers
possessed by state and federal gov
-establish courts
-levy taxes
-enforce laws
-borrow money
-banks
-regulate interstate commerce
-punishment for criminals
2 types of federalism
- dual federalism (layered cake)
- cooperative federalism (marble cake)
mandates
orders from the federal gov to the states
unfunded mandates
ada (americans with disabilities act)
2 types of grants
- categorical grants - for specific projects
- block grants (general purposes and states like it)
devolution and examples
giving states federal power
-snap
-medicare
