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AP Gov Unit 1 Flashcards

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Amendment Process

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the process of altering or amending a law or document by parliamentary or constitutional procedure

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Bills of Attainder

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is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or group of people, guilty of some crime and punishing them often without a trial

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Block Grants

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a grant-in-aid of a specified amount from a larger government to a smaller regional government body

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Categorical Grants

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are grants issued by the United States congress which may be spent only for narrowing defined purposes

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Checks and Balances

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counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individual groups

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Commerce Clause

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an enumerated power listed in the United States constitution

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Concurrent

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powers which are shared by both the federal government and the state government

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Connecticut (Great) Compromise

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Delegated Powers

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Delegations of Authority

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Denied Powers

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Devolution

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Dual Federalism

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Electoral College

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Elite Democracy

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The theory posits that a small minority, consisting of members of the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most power—and that this power is independent of democratic elections.

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Enumerated

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mention (a number of things) one by one.

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Ex Post Facto

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having retroactive effect or force.

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Executive Powers

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The executive is the part of government that enforces law, and has responsibility for the governance of a state.

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Expressed

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past tense: expressed; past participle: expressed

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Extradition

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the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.

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Fiscal Federalism

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Fiscal federalism refers to how federal, state, and local governments share funding and administrative responsibilities within our federal system. The funding for these programs comes from taxes and fees.

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Formula Grants

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Full Faith and Credit

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Grassroots

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Gridlock

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Horizontal Federalism

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Hyper-Pluralism

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Impeachment and Removal

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Implied Powers

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Importation of Slaves Compromise

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Inalienable Rights

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Incorporated Powers (via Courts)

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Interstate Powers

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Clause that gives the congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations

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Intrastate Powers

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existing or occurring within a state

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Judicial Powers

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Authority granted to courts and judges by the constitution and other laws to interpret and decide.

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Layer-Cake Federalism

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political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state government in clearly defined terms.

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Legislative Powers

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The authority of a branch of government that is charged with making and enacting laws.

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Limited Government

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A governing body whose power exists within the limits that are set by a constitution

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Linkage Institutions

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Majority Power

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Mandates: Funded

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Mandates: Unfunded

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Marble-Cake Federalism

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Minority Protections

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Mischiefs of Factions

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Nationalists vs Localists

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Natural Rights

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Necessary & Proper / Elastic Clause

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New Jersey (Paterson) Plan

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Participatory Democracy

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is a model of democracy in which citizens are provided power to make political decisions

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Pluralist Democracy

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a political system where there is more than one center of power, power is dispersed.

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Popular Sovereignty

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The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government.

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Privileges and Immunities

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prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner.

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Republicanism

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A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people.

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Reserved Rights

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is a statement that an individual, company, or other organization is intentionally retaining full legal rights to warn others of those rights.

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Revenue-Sharing

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Separation of Powers

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Shay’s Rebellion

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Social Contract

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Supremacy Clause

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The Articles of Confederation

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the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

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The Philadelphia Convention

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A constitutional convention that took place in Philadelphia between May 25 to September 17, 1787 to revise the league of states.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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a compromise stating that 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

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Vertical Federalism

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when the federal government checks the actions (or inactions) of a state or states and vice versa in vertical manner with central government being on the top and so forth.

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Virginia (Madison) Plan

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Writs of Habeas Corpus

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Pluralist Theory

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