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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Monarchy

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One person- King/ emperor

acquires power through inheritance from God

Divine right theory

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Dictatorship

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Not supported by tradition, just power

Not accountable to anyone else- totalitarian

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Direct democracy

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The people make the laws

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Representative democracy

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People elect the representatives who then make the laws

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Political culture

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set of ideas, values and attitudes about government and the political process that are held by a nation

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Natural rights

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Rights that you are born with - life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

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Totalitarian government

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leader has control over all aspects of social and economic life

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Capitalism

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economic system based on the private ownership of wealth and property

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Ideology

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System of political ideas- usually religious or philosophical

Conservatives and liberals = ideologies

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Liberalism

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social and economic outcomes that exist int he absence of government action are frequently unfair

Medicare, supportive of minority rights

Separation of church and state- not follow bible for laws

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Conservatism

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Distribution of social and economic benefits is best if it is left alone by government.

Church and state should be combines

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Libertarianism

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Oppose almost all government regulation of economy and redistribution of income

Strong in US

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Socialism

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Even more liberal = more government control

Sometimes compared to communists

Weak in the US

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14
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Boston Massacre

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British kills several colonists in the street- started rampage for freedom

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Confederation

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independent states as one- allowed for central government but doesn’t allow the central government to place restrictions on the states

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Unicameral legislature

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legislature with only one chamber

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Articles of confederation

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established congreee as governing body

Each state could send 2-7 representatives, but each state only had one vote

Needed approval of 9 states to get anything done- tedious

Weak central government- didn’t have the power to enforce laws

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Issues with articles of confederation

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states could print their own money= inflation

No central military

Can’t enforce laws
Can’t tax

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Shays Rebellion

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Rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts because of economic depression

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Virginia Plan

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Bicameral legislature- lower and higher chamber

Number of representatives are in proportion to each state’s population

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New Jersey Plan

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Acts of congress are the supreme law of the land

Each state has only one vote in congress

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New Jersey Plan

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Acts of congress are the supreme law of the land

Each state has only one vote in congress

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Great Compromise

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bicameral legislature- lower chamber (house of reps)- number of people from each state determined amount of reps

higher chamber (senate)- two members from each state

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3/5 compromise

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each slave counts for 3/5 of a person

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Slave importation clause

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agreed congress could prohibit importation of slaves beginning 1808

Never addressed slave trading = south had unrestricted slave trading and escaped slaves had to be returned

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Commerce clause

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Gave the national government the power to coin money, levy and collect taxes, and to regulate interstate commerce

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Federalism

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central government shares sovereign powers with the state governments

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Republicanism

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Make people the basis of power

Direct election of representatives

29
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Double security

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Separation of powers
Branches separately elected
policy making power is shared between federal government and states

30
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Separation of powers

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Each branch has a different power- hard to get anything done

31
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Bill of Rights

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Suggested by federalists to add to constitution

Amendments that states the rights of the people and what the Government is not allowed to do

Way to protect us from all public majorities

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Federalists

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Madison and Hamilton

stronger, effective federal govt
Separation of powers- three branches

33
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Anti Federalists

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Jefferson and Henry

Feared powerful federal government/ tyranny
Preferred stronger state government-

Like Articles of confederation- didn’t work

34
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Enumerated/ expressed powers

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Powers that are expressed

power to coin money and regulate interstate commerce

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Necessary and proper clause (implied powers)

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congress has the power to make laws that are necessary to create structures organizing the government

36
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Implied powers

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Powers the government has that are not listed but are implied

Law that gives government power to print paper money

37
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Inherent powers

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powers the government must have to ensure the nation’s survival as a political unit

power to make treaties and wage war

38
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Expressed powers

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explicitly given to the government

39
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Era where modern day liberalism took form

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1960’s civil rights moveemnt

40
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Gave Supreme Court power of judicial review

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Marbury vs madison

41
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Caused shift from dual federalism to cooperative federalism

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Depression and new deal

42
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What did the constitution create as its legislater

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bicameral congress

43
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Supremacy clause

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Makes constitution main law of the land

44
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Civil liberties

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government can’t taken away- freedoms you have when you are born

45
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Civil rights

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privileges the government must guarantee

46
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What was missing in the original constitution

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Said what the government could do but not what they could not do

Provides protection from state actors only

47
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Freedom of religion

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establishment clause

Free exercise clause

48
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Establishment clause

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congress cannot prioritize a religion

49
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Free exercise clause

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can’t limit the abilities/ exercises of any religions

50
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Limits on free speech

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fighting words- immediate threat to public safety

libel/slander- knowingly harmful statements about a public figure

Commercial speech

Obscenity

51
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Free speech when using money for office

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Can use as much of your own money as you want

There is a limit with the amount of money you can donate for another person

52
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Rights of the accused

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Unlawful search and seizure (4th amendment)

Miranda decision`

53
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Right to privacy and bill of rights

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No exact amendment for privacy, but is implied in a lot of amendments

54
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Exclusionary rule

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cannot use evidence that was found unlawfully

55
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Habeas corpus (article 1, section 9)

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Someone who is accused must go before a judge and there must be a valid reason for the accusal

56
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Ex post facto law (article 1, section 9)

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Cannot be accused for doing something that at the time was legal

57
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First amendment

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freedom of speech

58
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2nd amendment

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right to bear arms

59
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third amendment

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Soldier quartering

60
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fourth amrndment

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Unreasonable search and seizure

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fifth amendment

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Cant be tried for same offense twice

62
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sixth amendemnt

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Right to trial

63
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eighth amendement

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Cruel and unusual punsihment

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