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Government 1 Flashcards

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Government

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The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies.

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Purpose of Government

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To improve the live of its citizens. To protect the rights of its citizens.

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Public policies

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All those things a government decides to do.

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Three powers it comes from

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God, Force, or People.

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Anarchy

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No government

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5 forms of Government

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Anarchy, dictatorship/monarch, oligarchy, democracy, republic.

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Dictatorship/Monarchy

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Power rests with only one person/state - rule not responsible to the will of the people.

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Oligarchy

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Rule by a small group.

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Democracy

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Rule by the people/ majority.

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Republic

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Rule by the law.

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Only 2 real forms of Government

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Oligarchy and republic

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Division of powers

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Legislative, executive, and judicial.

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Legislative power:

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Make law-Congress

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Executive power

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Enforce law-President

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Judicial power

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Interpret power-Supreme Court

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Constitution

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Fundamental laws est. principles of Government.

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The State

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Dominant political unit in the world.

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Origins of state theories

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Force theory, evolutionary theory, Devine right theory, and social contact theory.

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Force theory

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State was born of force.

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Evolutionary theory

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State came out of a family

Family, clan, tribe, state

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Devine right theory

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God gave a certain group the right to rule.

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Social contract theory

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Free people gave the state as much power as needed to promote the safety and well being of all.

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Purpose of Government

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  1. Form a more perfect union (strength in union)
  2. Establish justice (the law must be reasonable, fair, and impartial)
  3. Insure domestic tranquility (provide law and order and home)
  4. Provide for common defense (defends against foreign enemies)
  5. Promote the general welfare (provides services)
  6. Secure the blessings of liberty (guarantees freedom for the individual)
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The Preamble

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We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty, to ourselves and our iniquity. Do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.

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Direct democracy

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Themselves

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Indirect democracy

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Through representatives

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Sovereign

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Supreme rule

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Compromise

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An arrangement to settle a dispute between two sides

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Citizen

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One who holds certain rights and responsibilities within a state

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Authoritarian

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The state has all the political power.

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Totalitarian

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The state has total power over every aspect of the people’s lives.

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Autocracy

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A single person holds power

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Unitary government

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Power lies in the hands of a single central agency

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Federal government

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Power is shared equally by the central and local agencies

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Confederate government

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Power is given to local agencies only

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Parliamentary government

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Executive is chosen by legislative branch

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Presidential Government

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Legislative/executive branches are independent and equal

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Free enterprise

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American economic system is based on five fundamental ideas: private ownership, individual initiative, profit, competition, and supply and demand

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Characteristics of a state

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Population, territory, sovereignty, and central government (politically organized)

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5 basic elements of a democratic government

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  1. Equality of all persons (equality of opportunities; equality before the law).
  2. Worth of the individual (we are separate and distinct beings).
  3. Majority rule/minority rights (the minority can become the majority).
  4. Necessity of compromise (there are two sides to everything).
  5. Individual freedom (we have rights, but they are not complete).

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