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Capitalism

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Economic system controlled by private for profit business (Economic Liberty)

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Democracy

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Political authority vested in the people

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Political culture

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widely shared ideas, beliefs, and values about
govt. & political processes

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Elements of American political culture

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Libery, equality, democracy, capitalism

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Classical Liberalism

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Political philosophy asserting worth and dignity
of individuals, emphasizing rational ability of
human beings to determine their own destinies

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Equality

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Being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities

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Liberty

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The power or scope to act as one pleases

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Politics

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struggle over power or influence within
organizations or informal groups that can grant
benefits or privileges

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Totalitarian

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govt. controls all aspects of society

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Authoritarian

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Regime fully controls govt. but does not control all social and economic institutions of society

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Theocracy

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Religious leader controls govt. relying on religious precepts

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Aristocracy

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A form of government in which power is held by the nobility

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First immigration restrictions passed by congress

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Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

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What law established an immigrant quota system?

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Immigration Act of 1921

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What type of people did the Immigration Act of 1921 favor?

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Immigrants from northern & western
European countries with Protestant populations

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Where have most immigrants come from since 1965?

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Latin America and Asia

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When was the Colonial Era/Early Independence?

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1600s - mid 1800s

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Where were most voluntary immigrants from during the Colonial Era/Early Independence?

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Western and Northern Europe, Protestant

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Where were most involuntary immigrants from during the Colonial Era/Early Independence?

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Africa

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When was the Great Wave?

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1870 - 1920

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Along with Northern/Western Europe, where were most immigrants from during the Great Wave?

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Southern and Eastern Europe, Catholic and Orthodox/Jewish people

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Where was heavy settlement during the Great Wave?

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Northern industrial states and rural farming Midwest/Great Plains states

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What is the amendment process?

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Proposed amendment must pass a 2/3rds vote in House and Senate, then 3/4ths of the state legislature must approve

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What political group was against ratifying the Constitution?

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Anti-Federalists

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What was added to the Constitution addressing the concerns of the Anti-Federalists?

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The Bill of Rights

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What type of people were the Anti-Federalists?

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Small-scale farmers, frontier settlers, debtors

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Anti-Federalist leaders

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Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, George Clinton

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28
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What did the Articles of Confederation not have?

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Executive or Judicial Branch

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What were the requirements for anything to pass in the Articles of Confederation?

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9/13 votes

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What were the requirements for amendments to pass in the Articles of Confederation?

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Unanimous consent

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What type of government did the Articles create?

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Strong state governments, weak central gov.

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What was the biggest financial problem with the Articles?

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The government lacked the power to tax the states

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What was the biggest security problem with the Articles?

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Gov. lacked the power to raise a standing army or navy

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What was another economic problem with the Articles?

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National currency was worthless, states only wanted to use their own funds

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What initially called for a bicameral legislature?

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The Great Compromise

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What part of the bicameral legislature came from the Virginia Plan?

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House of Representatives

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What part of the bicameral legislature came from the New Jersey Plan?

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The Senate

38
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What are the term limits for the House?

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2 years

39
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What are the term limits for the Senate?

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6 years

40
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What is the Bill of Rights?

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The first ten amendments in the Constitution

41
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What are checks and balances?

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All the government branches keeping the others from becoming too powerful

42
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What types of people were the constitutional convention delegates?

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Upper-class members of society

43
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What were some issues of the constitutional convention?

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Slavery and suffrage

44
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

45
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Who does the Electoral College elect?

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The president

46
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Enumerated/delegated powers

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Powers expressly given to nation gov. in Constitution

47
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What type of people were federalists?

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Property owners, creditors, merchants, city dwellers, commercial farmers

48
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Federalist Leaders

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James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, George Washington

49
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full faith and credit clause

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state courts respect the laws and judgments of courts from other states

50
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What is The Great Compromise?

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A combination of the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan

51
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judicial review

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The judicial branch checks on the executive and legislative branches and defines things as constitutional

52
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What are our natural rights?

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

53
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necessary and proper clause

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gives Congress power to make “all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” other federal powers

54
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What was the New Jersey Plan?

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One state, one vote

55
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What must congressional officials do to swear into office?

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Make an oath to uphold the constitution

56
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Term of office length for a federal judge

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Life

57
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supremacy clause

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the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws

58
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What was required to ratify the Constitution?

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9/13 states vote

59
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What state failed to send a delegate to the constitutional convention?

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Rhode Island

60
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What are reserved powers?

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Powers not explicitly granted to the federal gov. and given to the state

61
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What was Shay’s Rebellion?

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An uprising of Massachusetts farmers calling for a stronger national government

62
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The Federalist Papers

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A series of essays defending the Constitution

63
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three-fifths compromise

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Slaves were considered 3/5ths of people in population counts

64
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unicameral legislature

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consists of only one house

65
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First Amendment

A

freedom of religion, speech,
press, and assembly

66
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2nd AMendment

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right to keep and bear
arms

67
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Third Amendment

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prohibits quartering of
soldiers

68
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Fourth Amendment:

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protects people against
unreasonable search and seizure

69
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Fifth Amendment:

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protects rights of people
accused of crimes

70
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Sixth Amendment:

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court procedures to protect
rights of people accused of crimes

71
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Seventh Amendment

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civil case right to jury trial

72
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Eighth Amendment:

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prohibits excessive bail and
cruel and unusual punishment

73
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Ninth Amendment:

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may be other rights retained
by the people

74
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Tenth Amendment:

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owers not delegated to U.S.
nor prohibited to States are reserved to the States

75
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Thirteen Amendment

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abolished slavery

76
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Fourteenth Amendment

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provided citizenship to
former slaves & equal protection under the law

77
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Fifteenth Amendment:

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all men regardless of race
or color have the right to vote

78
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Seventeenth Amendment

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direct election of
Senators

79
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Nineteenth Amendment

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right to vote for women

80
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Twenty-Third Amendment

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residents of
Washington, DC can vote for president

81
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Twenty-Fourth Amendment

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prohibits poll taxes

82
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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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reduced voting age
from 21 to 18

82
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What powers are concurred between the state and nat gov.

A

Taxation

82
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confederation

A

authority rests with subnational governments

82
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cooperative federalism

A

national & state share power over public policy

83
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dual federalism

A

co-equal levels of govt divide public policy based
on national or local interest

84
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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

A

central questions: defining commerce and
supremacy of national laws

85
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

A

central questions: could Congress create a
national bank and, if so, could a state tax it

86
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United States v. Lopez (1995)

A

stuck down portions of the Gun-Free School
Zones Act

87
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United States v. Morrison (2000)

A

stuck down portions of the Violence Against
Women Act

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