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Unit 1 Flashcards

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Block Grant

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Large amount of money provided by the government for a broad reason

Example: education

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Bicameral Legislature

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2 house legislature–>Congress is made up of both the Senate and House of Representatives

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Categorical Grant

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Amount of money provided by the government for a more specific reason

Example: science department

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Centralist

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Someone who supported a strong central/national government (federalist)

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Checks and Balances

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A system devised so that each branch of government can “check” another branch so that no one is able to abuse their power

Example: president can veto a law

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Commerce Clause

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Congress has the ability to regulate state/foreign trade

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Concurrent Powers

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Powers that are shared with both the national and state governments

Example: elections or taxes

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Confederation

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Group of people who work together as a government

Example: the southern states when they seceded from the union

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Decentralists

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People who supported a government where states had more power (anti-federalists)

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Direct Democracy

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When the people directly make changes to legislation and public policy

Example: Greek government (long ago)

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Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause)

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Clause allows the national government to make any laws “necessary” for running the government constitutionally

Example: Patriot Act after 9/11 (necessary because terrorism is now a serious threat/problem)

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Electorate

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People who are able to vote

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Enumerated Powers

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Powers listed directly in the constitution

Example: congress has the power to declare war

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Federalism

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The division between state and national government in which they share powers

Example: Dual, New and Coopertive Federalism

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Dual Federalism

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National government is more limited and the powers are strictly divided between national/state government (state has more power)

Example: layer cake

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Cooperative Federalism

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When federal and state governments work together and share power to solve problems for the good of the people

Example: marble cake

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New Federalism

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Much more limited central government (provides more power to states)–>with Reagan

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Federalist Papers

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Written by Madison, he wrote newspaper articles trying to convince NY to support and ratify the constitution

Example: No. 10- factions

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Formal Amendment

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2/3 of congress vote and 3/4 of the states ratify an amendment

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Indirect Democracy

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When people indirectly participate in government by voting for politicians

Aka- representative republic

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Informal Amendment

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Elastic Clause allows for the government to make laws as time goes on and society calls for new rules and laws

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Inherent Powers

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Deals with foreign affairs (national government)

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Judicial Review

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Power of the courts to deem a law or presidential action to be unconstitutional

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Marbury vs Madison

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Court case that established judicial review–>Adams stacked the judges before leaving his term as president and Jefferson refused to deliver the court commissions so Marbury filed for a writ of mandamus, but it was denied and considered unconstitutional

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McCulloch vs Maryland

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Declared national supremacy when the state of Maryland tried to tax the national government–>in a tied dispute the national government has more power/authority

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Policing Powers

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Powers given to the local government

Example: speeding or parking

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Popular Sovereignty

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Government by the people

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Reserved Powers

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Powers reserved for the state because they were not declared in the Constitution to the national government

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Seperation of Powers

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3 branches–>
Executive
Legislative
Judicial

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Shay’s Rebellion

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An uprising by the farmers who felt that they were being treated unfairly through the Articles

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Supermajority

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2/3

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Unicameral

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One house–>British Parliament

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