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Midterm Review 1 Flashcards

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1
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Central idea of democracy

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The people can rule themselves

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Direct democracy

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Everyone gets a say in all matters, debates, etc

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Why did Aristotle hate direct democracy?

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Too much going on, possibility of mob rule, etc

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4
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Representative democracy

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Representatives act on the will of the people

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5
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The USA is a ___ democracy.

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Flawed

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Popular Sovereignty

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Government policy reflects the will of the people

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Political Equality

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Everyone has an equal say

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Political Liberty

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Freedoms necessary for democracy are provided

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9
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Amendments 1-10 are…

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The Bill of Rights

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10
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Article 1 establishes…

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Congress

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11
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Article 2 establishes…

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Presidency

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Article 3 establishes…

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Supreme court

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13
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Article 5 establishes…

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Amendment process

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14
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Article 7 establishes…

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Ratification process

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15
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Enumerated powers of congress are in…

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Article 1 Section 8

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16
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All powers given not given to congress belong to the states thanks to…

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Amendment 10

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17
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Supreme law of the land established in…

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Article 6

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18
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What was the final straw that led to the transition from the AOC to the Constitution?

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Shays’ Rebellion

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19
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The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan were combined to form…

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The Great Compromise

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20
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Federalism

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A central govt. and the states share and possess different powers

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21
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Reserved powers

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Those not given to the central govt. by the Constitution

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Enumerated powers

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Powers given only to the central government

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Categorical grant

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Fed. gives money to states upon specific conditions of spending

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Block grants

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Fed. gives money with fewer rules on how to spend it to states

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General revenue sharing

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Fed. gives states money, no strings attached

26
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American’s population growth…

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Is large but slowing

27
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In terms of diversity, America is becoming…

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more diverse

28
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Capitalism results in…

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income inequality, large wealth gap

29
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Capitalism is very…

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productive, but can be unstable

30
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Most Americans are ___ of their government

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distrustful

31
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T/F Americans are populist

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T

32
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T/F Americans are individualistic

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T

33
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Enumerated powers are ___ and are written in ___

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What congress can do, article 1 section 8

34
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Prohibited powers are ___ and are written in ___

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What congress cannot do, article 1 section 9

35
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Denied powers are ___ and are written in ___

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What the states cannot do, article 1 section 10

36
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Implied powers are ___ and are written in ___

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That Congress can do whatever is necessary, necessary and proper clause (article 1 section 8 last line)

37
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Reserved powers are ___ and are written in ___

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Powers not given to congress that are reserved to the states, Amendment 10

38
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Preemption is when…

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A state ordinance blocks a local one, or a federal ordinance blocks a state one

39
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On the topic of govt. spending, young people think…

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the govt should spend more

40
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On the topic of govt. spending, more religious people think…

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the govt should spend less

40
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On the topic of abortion, wealthier people think…

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we should allow it

41
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On the topic of gay marriage, most people…

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have become more accepting

42
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Watchdog

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the role of a news organization to report on anything relating to the government to maintain democracy, even if it is negative or reveals secrets

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Spin

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an attempt by a political candidate to have an issue reported in terms that favor them

44
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Self-selection

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the tendency to consume news you agree with

45
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Agenda-setting

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how media outlets determine what issues people consider important

46
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Priming

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giving weight to an issue by reporting on it more

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Interest group

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a private org. dedicated to advance the interests of a certain group by attempting to influence people

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Lobbying

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effort by an interest group to influence a public official’s behavior

49
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Inside game

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attempts by lobbyists to persuade legislators

50
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Outside game

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attempts by lobbyists to persuade the people to bring pressure on legislators

51
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PAC

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Political Action Committee (entity created by an interest group to gather funds and make contributions to candidates in elections)U

52
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Unitary system

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Central govt. has complete power over its states

53
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Concurrent powers

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Shared by fed and states

54
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Confederal system

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States have complete power over central govt.

55
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Devolution

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The giving of national powers back to the states

56
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Federalist 10

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Written by Madison “Publius”, urged New Yorkers to support ratification of the constitution

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Antifederalist 1

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Written by “Brutus”, urged against ratification of the Constitution for fear of central govt taking over

58
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Political socialization

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How people come to have their political views

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