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Quarter 1 US Terms Flashcards

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Authority stems from the top and is transmitted downwards through the line by the help of delegation of authority

Title

Specific conditions

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Formal authority

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Author of The Power Elite,

Introduced that term and describes the relationships and class alliances among the U.S. political, military, and economic elites

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C. Wright Mills

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A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization

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Elitist Theory

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Invented the classic conception of bureaucracy

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Max Weber

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A government regulatory agency that consistently makes decisions favorable to the private interests that it regulates

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Captured Agency

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No law may be enforced by the government unless it conforms with certain universal principles (written or unwritten) of fairness, morality, and justice

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Higher Law

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A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests groups

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Faction

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Federalist Paper: Guard against factions

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Federalist 10

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Federalist Paper: Checks and balances

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Federalist 51

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A group of people, groups, or countries who have joined together for a common purpose

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Coalition

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A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held custody

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Writ of Habeas Corpus

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A legislative act that imposes punishment without a trial

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Bill of Attainder

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When the national government would give states a share of national tax revenues

Eliminated

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Revenue Sharing

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Requirements associated with federal grants

Any provision in statute or regulation or any Federal court ruling that imposes an enforceable duty upon State, local, or tribal governments including a condition of Federal assistance or a duty arising from participation in a voluntary Federal program.

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Mandates

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Federalist Paper: Strength of state/federal government

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Federalist 46

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Federalist Paper: Strength of federal government does not pose a threat to the states

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Federalist 45

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A charter that allows the city government to do anything that is not prohibited by the charter or by state law

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Home Rule Charter

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Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect public health, safety, and welfare

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Police Power

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A procedure whereby a certain number of voters may, by petition, propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters

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Initiative

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General vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision

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Referendum

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A procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before then end of their term

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Recall

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The flow of power and responsibility from states to local government

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Second order devolution

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Use of nongovernmental organizations to implement public policy

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Third order devolution

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Democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations

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Social capital

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Beliefs that a person holds regarding their social class or economic rank in society, the structure of their class, and their class interests

Marxist term

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Class consciousness

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A sustained intention to contribute to one’s society through participation in civic and political action

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Civic purpose

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Distribution of individual preferences for or evaluations of a given issue

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Public opinion

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When people hold political opinions but do not fully express them

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Latent

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A widely shared and consciously held view

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Manifest opinion

30
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Issues that people believe are important to them

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Salient

31
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Generic name in the United States to denote a hypothetical member of society deemed a “common man”

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John Q. Public

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Cultural mindset or region of the United States that, geographically, comprises the bulk of rural and suburban America

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Middle America

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Unspecified large majority of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly

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Silent majority

34
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Prominent American political organization associated with the Christian right

Mobilized Christian Republicans

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Christian coalition

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Document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign

Detailed the actions the Republicans promised to take if they became the majority party

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Contract with America

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Division of voters into voting blocs

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Political cleavage

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Working class

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Blue collar

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Office jobs

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White collar

39
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Belief that government can bring justice and equality

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Liberalism

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Political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways

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Radical

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Political positions or activities that accept or support social equality, often in opposition to social hierarchy and social inequality (liberal)

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Left wing

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View some forms of social hierarchy or social inequality as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable (conservatives)

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Right wing

43
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Libertarian candidate

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Barry Goldwater

44
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  • Average American moron
  • Beer 6 pack
  • Blue collar
  • Standard
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Joe Six Pack

45
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Primary elections in the Southern states of the United States of America in which only white voters were permitted to participate

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White primary

46
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Outlawed the use of literacy tests

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

47
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Congress extended Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act for five years (no more literacy tests)

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Voting Rights Act of 1970

48
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Secret ballot

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Australian Ballot

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People who vote but participate in little else politically

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Voting specialist

50
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People who not only vote but like to get involved politically with their party

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Campaigners

51
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People who tend to reserve their energies for community activities of a nonpartisan kind

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Communalist

52
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Those who do not vote and stay out of election campaigns and civic associations

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Parochial

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