Intro to Government

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Civil Society

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Individuals and organizations independent of the government

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Articles of confederation

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Our first national constitution

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Socialism

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Economic and Political system based on government ownership of the means by when which goods and services are produced,distributed and exchanged

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Federalism

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Power is shared Amon national state and local governments

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Government

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Institution that determines and enforces a society’s laws

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Laissez-Faire

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Government should play only a limited role in society (hands off)

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Capitalism

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American economic system also known as free enterprise or market economy

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Confederation

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The states unite to accomplish common goals

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Social Contract Theory

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The state arose out of a voluntary act of free man

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Communism

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Extreme form of socialism based on the writings of Karl Marx

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Public Policy

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decisions and laws that a government makes in a particular area of concern

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James Madison

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Father of the constitution

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Unitary Government

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Centralized government all of the power is held by the national government

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Magma Carta

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The Great Charter, started the idea the monarchy is not absolute

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Representative Democracy

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The people elect representatives to make their laws

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Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote most of the declaration and would say it is “pure Locke”

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Dictatorship

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Those who rule cannot be help responsible to the will of the people

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Bi-Cameral

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Two house legislature

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Democracy

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Supreme political power is held by the people

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Boycott

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Refusal to buy or sell goods

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Lost Two Dictators

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Hitler

Stalin

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List Three Basic Concepts of Democracy

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Worth of the individual
Equality of all persons
Individual Freedom

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List three things that capitalism is based on

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Private Ownership
Profit
Laws of supply and demand

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List three things that demonstrated a change in policy of England’s limited control of the colonies

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The French and Indian War
The Proclamation line
Taxing the colonists to pay for the war

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List five weaknesses of the articles of confederation

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No Power to Tax
No Power to regulate trade
No Power to enforce its laws
No executive branch
No national court system

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Side One the Virginia Plan

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Wanted a bicameral legislature and representation would be based on population

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Side two the New Jersey Plan

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Wanted a unicameral legislature and representation would be equal for all states

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List Three Main points of the great compromise

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Legislature would be bicameral with a senate and House of Representatives

The senate representation would be equal 2 per state

The House of Representatives-representation would be based on population

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Side One The South Wanted

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Slaves counted for representation but not taxation

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Side Two The North Wanted

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Slaves counted for taxation but not for representation

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Two main points of the 3/5 compromise

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Slaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person

Both taxation and representation

Question 31

List Two reasons why the anti-federalists were opposed to the new constitution

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Weakened the states

Lack of a bill of rights