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Government

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formal institutions and procedures through which people are ruled

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Politics

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Who get what and how?; a process for determining how power and resources are distributed in a society without recourse to violence

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What are the three types of political systems?

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authoritarian government; anarchy; democracy

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Authoritarian Government

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a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits, but may be restrained by the power of other social institutions

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Anarchy

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a system in which there is no government or laws; does not exist

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Democracy

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a system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process, usually the election of key public officials

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What are the types of political-economic systems?

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laissez-faire capitalism; regulated capitalism; social democracy; socialism

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Laissez-Faire Capitalism

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economics guided only by “free hand”

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Regulated Capitalism

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private ownership, but some governmental intervention

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Social Democracy

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mostly private ownership, but more extensive government control

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Socialism

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complete government ownership and control

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What are the theories of Democracy?

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elite; pluralist; participatory

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Elite

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role of citizens is simply to choose leaders

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Pluralist

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role of individual citizen participation is not as important as participation in groups which are active

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Participatory

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citizens participate on behalf of themselves

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What did John Locke create and what did it state?

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Social Contract Theory; inalienable rights predate government, citizens make the decision that government is necessary, citizens exchange rights for protections, government only has the power people ascribe to it

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What type of government is America?

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constitutional democracy; rare and recently established

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What two important changes regarding government happened in the seventeenth century?

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governments began to acknowledge formal limits on their power; government began to provide ordinary citizens with the vote as a formal voice in public affairs; mostly as a result of the Bourgeoisie

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Representative Democracy

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a government system that gives individual citizens the regular opportunity to elect government officials to represent them in decision making (the American nation)

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Direct Democracy

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a government system that allows individual citizens to vote directly on all laws and policies

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In America the national government is _______________, but many states and localities practice _______________ through the use of referendums or ballot initiatives

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Representative democracy; direct democracy

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Political Culture

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the broadly shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how the government should function

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Examples of Resources

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tax revenues, gov jobs, laws

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What are some of the tools of politics?

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compromise and cooperation; discussion and debate; deal making; bargaining; etc

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When is politics broken down?

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when violence is used

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Examples of American Politics

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campaign trails; laws; deals; what happens in congress halls

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Examples of American Government

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constitution and institutions set up for the exercise of authority by American people over the people

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Why can government exercise authority?

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the people have consented to it/ recognized it as legitimate

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Rules

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can be thought of as the “how” in politics; directives that determine how resources are allocated and how collective action takes place; they determine how we try to get the things we want

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Institutions

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the “where” in politics; organizations where government power is exercised

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Economics

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concerned specifically with the production and distribution of societys wealth; material goods like toothpaste and housing or services like med-care and entertainment

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(Pure) Capitalist Economy

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economic system in which the market determines production, distribution, and price decisions; property is privately owned; relies on market/ supply and demand; government has no economic role; aka Laissez-Faire

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Regulated Capitalism

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United States; maintains capitalism and individual freedom but allows gov. to step in and regulate the economy to guarantee individual rights and procedural guarantee that the rules will work smoothly and fairly; when market crashes gov. comes in to help

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Socialism

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Soviet Union; economic system in which the state determines production, distribution, and price decisions and property is gov. owned; substantive guarantee not procedural guarantee

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In socialism….

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politics controls the distribution of all resources; state owns everything not individuals

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Authoritarian System

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ultimate power to the state rather than to the people to decide how they want to live their lives; people can not effectively claim rights against the state; people have no choice but to submit; ex) dictatorship, monarchy, fascism, oligrachy

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Totalitarian

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combines authoritarian gov. with a socialist economy; gov. controls every aspect of life

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Anarchy

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no government

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Democracy

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government is the people; gov. that vests power in the people; if individuals in a democracy feel their rights have been violated they have the right to ask the gov. to remedy the situation; based on popular sovereignty; there is no higher power than the people and the document establishing their authority

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Citizens

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in a democracy; possess certain rights or powers that the gov. can not limit; citizens also have obligations such as paying taxes, jury duty, and obeying the law

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Social Contract

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notion that society is based on an agreement between gov. and governed in which people give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others; citizens must consent to it

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Republic

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differs from democracy in that it employs representation and can work in a large state; we choose representatives instead of each person having direct say on laws and other things; decisions are made through representatives of the people

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Immigrants

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people who are citizens or subjects of another country who come here to live or work; immigrants are entitled to due process; can not be discriminated; can not vote

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American Political Culture

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our expectations focus on rules and process rather than results; fair rules but does not expect equal outcome; individualism (individuals, not gov. or society, are seen responsible for their own well being; democracy; equality; freedom

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Democracy in America

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representative democracy based on majority rule; fair way of making a decision

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Freedom in America

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freedom for the individual from restraint by the state

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Equality in America

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being treated the same; equal access to run the race but we dont expect to see them all win the same place

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What are the two main ideologies in America?

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Conservative and Liberals

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Conservative

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promote traditional social values, distrust of gov. action expect in matters of national security, resistance to change and maintain prescribed social order

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Liberals

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based on the potential process and change, trust in government, innovations as answers to social problems and expansion of visual rights and expressions

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Benefits on being a Colonial Subject

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settlement by British funded companies; protected by British Army and Navy; and secure market for agriculture products

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How did the colonies see Britains taxes?

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that the colonies were taxed without consent and infringed on their liberty; taxed without representation

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Declaration of Independence

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political document; created in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson; first part basically uses Locke’s ideas except replaced “property” with “the pursuit of happiness”; rest of document states how colononists rights were violated and social contract broken

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Constitution

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rules that establish a government

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Articles of Confederation

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the first constitution of the US (1777); created an association of states with weak central government; without a strong central gov. they were unable to provide the economic and political stability

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Confederation

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a system in which each state would retain almost all of its own power to do what it wanted; aka each state is sovereign and central gov. only deals with collective business of the states; individual states provided rights to citizens

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Popular Tyranny

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unrestrained power of the people

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Constitutional Convention

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assembly of 55 delegates in the summer of 1787 to recast the Articles of Confederation; the result was the US constitution

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Federalism

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a political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units; gives central gov. its own source of power (constitution) and also gives independent power to the states

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Federalist

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sided with new constitution and ratification and federalism

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Antifederalist

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strong state and weak central gov. opinion

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Virginia Plan

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created by James Madison; representation should be based on population; favoured large states

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New Jersey Plan

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representation should be equal; favored small states

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Great Compromise

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kept a lot of Virginia Plan framework; provided two houses one based on population and the other each states gets the same amount

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Three Fifth Compromise

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temporarily dealt with the issue of slavery; each slave would count as 3/5 of a person (every 5 slaves would count as 3 people)

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Legislative Branch

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law making power; bicameral; house and senate; Article I of the constitution outlines this branch

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Executive Branch

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“executes” the law or sees that they are carried out; President selected by electoral college; Article II of the Constitution outlines this branch

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Judicial Branch

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Power to interpret the law and judge whether they have been broken; interpreter of the constitution; Article III establishes it

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Judicial Review

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allows the supreme court to rule that an act of congress or the executive branch is unconstitutional

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Separation of Powers

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legislative, executive, and judicial powers are not controlled/exercised by the same group of pople or person; so they do not abuse the power

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Checks and Balances

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allows each of the branches to police the others, checking any abuses and balancing the powers of gov.

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How many votes were needed for ratification?

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9 out of 13 states were needed

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The Federalists Papers

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a series of essays written in support of the constitution to build support for its ratification

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The Bill of Rights

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first 10 amendments of the constitution ; a listing of the protections against gov. infringement of individual rights gauranteed to citizens by the gov. itself; added as a compromise to ratify the constitution

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What literature helped fuel the revolution?

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Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquie

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What was part of British’s reasoning for the taxes?

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due to continuing British protection of the colonies during and after the French and INdian war

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What resulted in the Boston Tea Party?

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The British Tea Act of 1773; which granted the East India Company the tea export monopoly

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What happened at the First Continental Congress?

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America considered independence from Britain

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What did the Declaration of Independence say?

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asserted that “unalienable rights” (including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) could not be denied by the government and the attempted to identify and articulate the national unity principles

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Annapolis Convention

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Fall of 1776; met with delegates from all states and resolved that commissioners would be sent to Philadelphia to devise a constituional revision that would meet the needs of the union

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Shay’s Rebellion

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farmers rebellion against Massachusetts to prevent foreclosure of their debt-ridden land; led Americans to push for the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention because the central gov. had been unable to act devisively in a time of crisis

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What did the framers want the new government to do?

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promote commerce, protect individual property, limit excessive democracy, promote widespread public support of the constitution and limit governmental power abuse

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Examples of Checks and Balances

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presidential veto, power of Senate to approve presidential appointments, and judicial review of congressional enactments

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Senate

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appointed by state legislatures (1913, 17th amendment changed this to direct voter election) for 6 year terms and staggered so that only one third of the senate changes in any given election

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What are some expressed congressional powers?

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collecting taxes, borrowing money, regulating commerce, declaring war, and maintaining an army and navy; all other powers belong to the states unless otherwise included in the elastic or necessary and proper clause

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Executive Branch

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article II of the constitution established a presidency; framers wanted an energetic executive to be capable of timely action to deal with public problems; also wanted the president to be somewhat independent from the people and other branches of gov

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What are some of the powers granted to the President?

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recognize other countries, negotiate treaties (but acceptance of treaties is required by a 2/3 approval from Senate), grant reprieves and pardons, convene congress in special sessions, and veto congressional enactments

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Judicial Branch

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Article III creates the Judicial branch; Justices have lifetime terms and are appointed by the President with approval of the senate

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What are some of the Judicial powers?

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no direct mention is made in the constitution of a power eventually assumed by the Supreme court; judicial review

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What does Article IV do?

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establishes reciprocity among states; states were prohibited from discriminating against the citizens of other states in favor of their own citizens; institutes national supremacy with the supremacy clause

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Supremacy Clause

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laws passed by the national government and all treaties are the supreme law of the land and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision

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To amend the Constitution, what must happen?

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must be approved by 2/3 of Congress and ratified by 3/4 of the states to be adopted

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What article set forth the ratification rules?

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Article VII

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Who wrote the Federalist Papers?

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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

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What did Antifederalists say about representation?

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representatives mist be a “true picture of the people” and favored more direct democracy which would not be possible to attain in such a large nation

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What did Federalists say about representation?

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felt that it was not necessary for representatives to be exactly like those represented; the advantage of a representative gov. over a direct democracy was to choose representatives with superior qualifications than those possessed by the people

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What was the Antifederalists view of tyranny?

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danger rested on the ability of the few to tyrannize the many

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What was the Federalists view of tyranny?

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recognized the danger in tyranny by the majority, the tendency of majorities to trample on the rights and interests of other citizens

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What was the antifederalists view on gov.?

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sought to enumerate the national power in relation to the states and the people

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What was the Federalists view on gov.?

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favored a national gov. with broad powers capable of protecting and providing for the welfare of the people and the states; Federalists were aware of possible power abuse by the gov. but felt that the constitution had enough internal checks and balances to deter abuse; this led the Federalists to reject the Bill of Rights, but they would ultimately agree to it in order to assure ratification

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What are some of the solutions to the problem of how to protect individual liberty and still give the gov. the power it needs?

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separated powers, internal checks and balances, federalism, and the Bill of Rights

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Devolution

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the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal gov. to the states

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Enumerated Powers of Congress

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congressional powers specifically named in the constitution

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Necessary and Proper Clause

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constitutional authorization for congress to make any law required to carry out its power

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Concurrent Powers

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power that are shared by the federal and state gov

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Dual Federalism

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federal system where the national and state gov. are responsible for separate policy areas; they are self contained layers and carrying out functions independently

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Cooperative Federalism

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federal system where the national and state gov. share responsibilities for most domestic policy areas; they are interdependent and need the cooperation of the other to get things done

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What does federalism mean/do?

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forces the states to continually negotiate their relationships not only with the national gov. but also with each other; federalism leaves flexibility; means there is real power close to the citizens; federalism permits local prejudices to find their way into law

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What supreme court ruling confirmed the supremacy of the national gov. over state gov.?

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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What did the civil war do for the future of US gov.?

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a giant step towards a stronger national gov.

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What did the New Deal do?

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relationship between national and state became more cooperative as the gov. became employer, provider, and insurer; sharp contrast to Laissez-Faire

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Categorical Grants

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federal funds provided for a specific purpose and restricted by detailed instructions, regulations, and compliance standards ; preferred by congress/national gov

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Block Grants

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federal funds provided for a broad purpose and unrestricted by detailed requirements and regulations; preferred by state gov.

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Unfunded Mandates

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federal order mandating that states operate and pay for a program created at the national level

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What are the two ways that rights conflict?

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individual rights conflict (ex: school prayer) and individual rights vs. the good of society (ex: drug laws)

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Incorporation

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the supreme court action making the protections of the bill or rights applicable to the states

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Selective Incorporation

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the incorporation of rights on a case-by-case basis

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14th Amendment

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states must protect their citizens civil liberties; state can not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process; cannot deny any person the equal protection of the law

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Gitlow v. New York

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1925; some rights are so fundamental that they deserve protection by the states as well as the federal gov.

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Separationists vs. Accommodationists

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Separationists: believe that a “wall” should be between church and state
Accomodationists: state should not separate from religion but rather should accomodate it without showing preference for one religion over the other

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Sherbert v. Verner

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1963; businesses did not have the right to discriminate or fire an employee due to religious beliefs ??????

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What are the values of Freedom of Expression?

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citizens can be informed about their gov. that is a free and independent source that is not corrupted by the gov. (informed citizenry); free speech can limit gov. corruption (we can check the gov. by investigating the gov. decisions and debate them; watchdog for the gov.); voice for the minority (censorship can allow the majority voice to be mainly heard); protection and/or preservation of the truth

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What tests are involved with the restrictions on Sedition?

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bad tendency test; clear and present danger test; and imminent lawless action test

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Clear and Present Danger Test

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rule used by the courts that allows language to be regulated only if it presents immediate and urgent danger

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Imminent Lawless Action Test

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rule used by the courts that restricts speech only if it is aimed at producing or it likely to produce imminent lawless action

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Symbolic Speech

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this has to do with an action that has a symbolic meaning or is an expression; ex) burning of the American flag; gov. has been more willing to restrict symbolic speech than actual speech; burning the flag is considered protected speech in the US

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Freedom of Assembly

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the right of the people to gather peacefully and to petition the gov.

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Restricting of Obscenity/pornography

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Miller test is used (rule that asks if the work depects or describes in a offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by state law and whether the work lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value)

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Fighting Words or Offensive Speech Protections

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Threatening and provocative speech is protected unless it is likely to produce a clear and present danger of serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance or unrest; if it contains a political message it is protected

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Prior Restraint

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a restriction on the press before its message is actually published; this is never done unless it is a time of war or situation where it is necessary

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Libel

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the written defamation of character (verbal is called slander)

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When is libel protected?

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libel is protected as long as the publication did not act with actual malice which means they had an evil intent when publishing

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Defense of the 2nd Amendment

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hunting and other leisure activites are important part of american culture; gun ownership is necessary for self defense; citizens have the right to protect their family and property from a tyrannical gov.; not the gov. business to regulate gun use

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Opposition of the 2nd Amendment

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say that guns rights has nothing to do with the 2nd amendement because it is referring to state militia; countries with stricter gun control have less violence and fewer gun deaths; none of the american rights such as speech is absolute

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Due Process of Law

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the guarantee that laws will be fair and reasonable and that citizens suspected of breaking the law will be treated fairly

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4th Amendment

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protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires probable cause to obtain a warrant

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Exclusionary Rule

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the rule created by the supreme court that evidence illegally seized may not be used to obtain a conviction

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5th Amendment

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provides for a number of protections for individuals, among them that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself; or self incrimination

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Miranda Rights

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ruled by the Warren Court in Miranda v. Arizona; police had to inform suspects of their rights to remain silent and to have a lawyer present during questioning to prevent them from self incriminating themselves; resulted in the rights that police must say to you

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6th Amendment

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the accused shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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1963; this resulted in the state having to provide an attorney for all criminal cases (except if there is more than one round of appeal)

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8th Amendment

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protects against cruel and unusual punishment

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Furman v. Georgia

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1972; has to do with cruel and unusual punishment; court ruled that Georgia’s and Texas’s capital laws were unconstitutional; resulted in states redoing their laws and trying to meet the courts objections (but the justices were split and filed separate opinions)

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McClesky v. Kemp

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1987; has to do with cruel and unusual punishment; it brought up the race issue that black were more likely to receive a death penalty but the court was more conservative and did not rule in their favor

145
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Is the right to privacy in the Bill of Rights

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no; but the court said that the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th, amendment created a zone of privacy

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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1965; has to do with the right to privacy and reproductive rights; Connecticut had a law preventing the use of contraceptive devices or to distribute information about them; court ruled it the law was unconstiution due to the right to privacy

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Roe v. Wade

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1973; court ruled that the right to privacy did encompass the right to abortion; tried to balance womens right to privacy and the states interest in human life; divided it into three trimesters where the 1st has little state interest, 2nd has more state interest and 3rd has a lot of state interest

148
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Lawrence v. Texas

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2003; has to do with the right to privacy and gay rights; overturned Bowers v. Hardwick which said that the state had a legitimate reason in regulating homosexual behavior

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Civil Rights

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citizenship rights guaranteed to the people (primarily in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments) and protected by the gov.; basically meaning that gov. must treat all citizens equally, apply laws fairly, and not discriminate unjustly against certain groups of people

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Black Codes

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a series of laws in the post-civil war south designed to restrict the rights of former slaves before the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments;

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Jim Crow Laws

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southern laws designed to circumvent the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and to deny blacks rights on bases other than race; this basically meant to vote they started to require a poll tax most blacks were poor and could not afford it and there limited their vote but did not discrimate on the account of race

152
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NAACP

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national association for the advancement of color people; aimed to help individual blacks; to raise white societys awareness of the atrocities; and to change laws and court rulings that kept blacks from true equality

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Brown v. Board of Education Cases

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NAACP lawyers emphasized the intangible aspects of education and how it made black students feel to be made to go to seperate schools; cited sociolgical evidence and said that it made black children feel inferior; Warren court ruled that seperate schools could never be equal because it was segregation itself that made it unequal and thus segregation in education was unconstitutional

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Rosa Parks

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she was arrested for not moving seats on the a bus; as a result there was a boycott against the Montgomery bus system and eventually the supreme court ruled that montgomerys law was unconstitutional and seperate bus accomodations were not equal; also demonstrated how peaceful protests were affective

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Affirmative Action

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a policy of creating opportunities for members of certain groups as a substantive remedy for past discrimination; if a company did not have black employees they must actively recruit and hire blacks

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De Jure Discrimination

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discrimination that arises from or is supported by the law; south

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De Facto Discrimination

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discrimination that is not the result of law but rather tradition and habit; north

Political Science (3 decks)

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