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1
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Naturalization

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Becoming a citizen

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2
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Taxes on imported goods from other countries

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Tariffs & duties

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3
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What is the most famous Anti-Federalist paper?

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Brutus 1

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4
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What happens when someone who holds power dies?

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There’s a power vacuum

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5
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Had a negative outlook on life and believed people were truly naturally bad

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Hobbes

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6
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What did Hobbes believe people entered the government for?

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Fear for protection

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7
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Hobbes believed in the state of ___

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Nature

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8
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Had a positive outlook on life and believed everyone was born with a clean record/slate

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Locke

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9
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What was Locke against?

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Divine right to rule

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10
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Locke believed in social ___

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Social contracts

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11
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French baron/noble that believed in separation laws/powers

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Montesquieu

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12
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French dishonorable man who believed in separation of church and state

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Rousseau

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13
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Rousseau believed in voting ___

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Democratically

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14
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What happens when the law making and law enforcing body are one?

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There is no limit to power

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15
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Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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16
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Popular sovereignty

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The people are the source of the government’s power

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17
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In the countries documents that helped it become independent (The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution) what were their roles?

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The Declaration of Independence was the why (Why they wanted independence) and the Constitution was the how and what

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18
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Setting up colonies to make money

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Colonialism/Mercantilism

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19
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America was recognized but neglected by the the British

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Salutary neglect

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20
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Protest on stamp taxes led by drunk men dumping tea in the harbor

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Boston Tea Party

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21
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The Articles of Confederation were a ___ document

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weak

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22
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The AOC enforced a weak ___

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government

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23
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When was the AOC created?

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During the American Revolution

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24
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Who retained sovereignty when the Articles of Confederation were still in place?

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The states

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25
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When the government was ran by the Articles of Confederation that states held sovereignty not the people, what does that mean?

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The states held the power, not the people

26
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How were bills passed under the articles of confederation? How many?

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Using votes, 9/13

27
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Under the Articles of Confederation there was no ___

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National judicial system, military (offensive and defensive), executive branch, power to control trade, power to force states to honor obligation,

28
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What did amending the AoC take?

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Unanimous consent

29
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Why didn’t we call the Federalists and Anti-Federalist political parties?

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Because they weren’t trying to get people elected

30
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What is the most famous Federalist paper?

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Federalist 10

31
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What did Federalist 10 focus on?

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Superiority of a large republic in controlling factions

32
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What are the other 2 names of the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?

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Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan and Small states vs. Big states

33
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Virginia Plan wanted more reps. because they had a bigger population, New Jersey Plan wanted less because more wouldn’t matter for a small population

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What was the Great Connecticut Compromise?

34
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3/5 compromise

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Slaves only counted as 3/5 of a person when voting

35
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When did the slave trade compromise take place?

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74 years before the civil war

36
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Slave trade compromise

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North wanted to end slave trade, South didn’t (Slaves were to not be imported)

37
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Thomas Jefferson signed the bill in 1808 that end what?

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The slave trade

38
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Electoral College Compromise

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Popular/Direct election of POTUS

39
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Amendments are proposed on a national level & ratified on the state level

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The Amendments Process Compromise

40
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When the states agreed to adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

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Massachusetts compromise

41
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When did the Constitution take place?

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June 1788

42
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When was the Bill of Rights ratified?

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December 1797

43
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When did the Federal government’s power increase the most? Example?

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During times of national crisis, 9/11

44
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What is the ESEA’s purpose? Where mainly?

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To bridge the gap of high and low income groups, Schools

45
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Formal accusation, charged with wrong doing

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Indictment

46
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Gathering evidence and holding a trial to determine a guilt of wrong doing

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Impeachment

47
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What do you need to be impeached?

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A simple majority of the House of Representatives

48
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What do you need to be removed from the presidential office?

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You must be convicted by 2/3 of the Senate

49
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All 3 branches of the government have some little control over the other 2

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Checks and Balances

50
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Power is divided or shared between a national government and state governments

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Federalism

51
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President can keep documents private for national safety

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Executive Privilege

52
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Exclusive powers?
Example?

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Powers given exclusively to the federal/national government
Declaring war, Conducting foreign affairs

53
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Concurrent powers?
Example?

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Shared by both states and federal governments
Lawmaking, Taxation, Establishing courts

54
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Giving power back to state governments

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Devolution

55
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When was devolution popular?

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In the 1980’s when Ronald Reagan was president

56
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Money “gifts” from federal government

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Grants

57
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What do grants often come with?

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“conditions of aid” or “strings attached”

58
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Grants for broad purposes

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Block grants

59
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Order from the federal government that states and local governments must comply with

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Federal Mandates

60
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Grants given for more specific reasons than block grants

A

Categorical grants

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