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Chapters - 1 & 2 Flashcards

1
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The activity by which an issue is agitated or settled.

A

Politics

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2
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The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions.

A

Power

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3
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The right to use power.

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Authority

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4
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A conflict, real or apparent, between the interests, ideas, or beliefs of different citizens.

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Issue

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5
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Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution

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Legitimacy

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6
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The rule of many

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Democracy

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7
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A government in which all or most citizens participate directly.

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Direct or participatory democracy

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8
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A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote.

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Representative government

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9
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Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource

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Elite

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10
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View that the government is dominated by capialists

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Class view

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11
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View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government

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Power elite view

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12
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View that government is dominated by appointed officials

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Bureaucratic view

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13
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View that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy

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Pluralist view

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14
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View that morally impassioned elites dilutive important political changes

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Creedal passion view

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15
Q

Issue that people believe require governmental attention

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Political agenda

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16
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A burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is adopted

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Cost

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17
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A satisfaction that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is adopted

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Benefit

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18
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A policy in which almost everyone benefits and almost everyone pays

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Majoritarian politics

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19
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A policy in which a small group benefits and another small group pays

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Interest group politics

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20
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A policy in which one small group benefits and almost everyone pays

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Client politics

21
Q

Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return

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Pork-barrel legislation

22
Q

A legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for support of his or hers

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Log-rolling

23
Q

A policy in which almost everybody benefits and a small group pays

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Entrepreneurial politics

24
Q

Activists in or out of government who pull together political majority on behalf of unorganized interests

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Policy entrepreneurs

25
Q

A human right based on nature or God

A

Unalienable

26
Q

A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War

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Articles of Confederation

27
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A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

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Constitutional Convention

28
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A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosure a of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes

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Shay’s Rebellion

29
Q

Proposal to create a strong national government

A

Virginia plan

30
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Proposal to create a weak national government

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New Jersey Plan

31
Q

Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state

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Great Compromise

32
Q

A government in which elected representatives make the decisions

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Republic

33
Q

The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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Judicial review

34
Q

Government authority shared by national and local governments

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Federalism

35
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Powers given to the national government alone

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Enumerated powers

36
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Powers given I the state government alone

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Reserved powers

37
Q

Powers shared by the national and state governments

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Concurrent powers

38
Q

Authority shared by three branches of government

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Checks and balances

39
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Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government

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Separation of powers

40
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A group with a distinct political interest

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Faction

41
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Those who favor a stronger national government

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Federalists

42
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Those who favor a weaker national government

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Antifederalists

43
Q

An alliance of groups

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Coalition

44
Q

First ten amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

45
Q

An order to produce an arrested person before a judge

A

Habeas corpus

46
Q

A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime

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Bill of attainer

47
Q

A law that makes an act criminal although it was legal when it was committed

A

Ex post facto law

48
Q

A new provision in the constitution that has to be ratified by he states

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Amendment

49
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An executive’s ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature

A

Line-item veto

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