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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Patronage

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Political officials choose qualified employees to fill gov’t positions

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Traditional Model

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Rational voter model in which. Others vote for politicians who make them happier

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States rights

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2nd and 10th Amendments = rights and powers held by US states

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4
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Teapot Metaphor

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Senate is where political idea go to cool off

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Power elite model

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Powerful elite control politics

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Democracy

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Rule of the many in which majority rules

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Politics

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Resolution of a conflict through the use of power

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Procedural rights

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Rights that limit gov’t’s power in the enforcement of law

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Populism

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Anti-elite mvmt

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Public policy

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Actions of the gov’t that affect the public

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Soft money

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Contribution to a political party that’s not accounted as going to a particular candidate (avoidance / legal limitations)

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Pluralist model

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Numerous groups in competition and no group or coalition always wins

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Weberian model

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Buearucrafic supremacy in which powerful bureaucracies control American politics

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14
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Natural rights

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Life, liberty, property according to Locke

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15
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SMDP

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Single member distributive plurality system

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16
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Republic

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“Natural” form of gov’t in which the many rule, universal rights

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17
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Bill of Rights

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Created bc of ratification and convention in debates, includes political rights, procedural rughts, and states rights

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18
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Political rights

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Rights that limit govt’s power to limit political participation by the people

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19
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Liberty

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Individual rights and feeedoms

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20
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Federalism

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Strong central gov’t and semi-autonomous state govt’s

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21
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PAC

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Political action committee

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Lobbyist

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Political professionals

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527 Organization

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A group created to influence the selection, normalization election, appointment or defeat of candidates to office

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Federalists

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Hamiltonians pro-constitution, industrial federal gov’t

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Anti-federalists

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Jeffersonians, agrarian, state gov’t

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26
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Incentive compat

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Incentives motivating the actions of individual participants are consistent with following the rules established by the group

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27
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Marxist Model

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Corporate dominance = powerful corporations control American politics

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28
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Band wagon

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Entire media covers the same thing because it’s popular

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29
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Aristotelian bias

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The rich are smarter than the poor

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30
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Hamiltonians

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federalists who support industrialization and bank of US

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Jeffersonians

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Anitfederalists who are agrarian and states rights

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Liberalism

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Divides political parties in America between liberalism for happiness and property

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Necrocracy

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A gov’t operating under rule if dead leader = rule of the dead

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34
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Alien and Sedition

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1978 laws to deport foreigners and prevent immigrants from voting

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35
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Checks and balances

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Each branch of gov’t has power over others

36
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John Locke

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Political philosopher whose ideology is used in the Declaration of Independence to justify the American revolution

37
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Property

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Natural right, republican side of American liberalism

38
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Polyarchy

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Rule of many

39
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Mercantilism

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State controls economy to expand state power

40
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Third World

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Raw materials exporter (mercantilism)

41
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Articles of Confederation

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1st American gov’t, confederal state gov’t > central, no taxation or power or nat’l executive power

42
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Shay’s Rebellion

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Populist, rural movement which emphasized Art Confed lack of power

43
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Grease

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Personal connections between lobbyists and politicians

44
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14th Amendment

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Equal protection to enfranchise under the state

45
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22nd Amendment

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No person elected president more than 2 terms

46
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19th Amendment

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Women’s right to vote

47
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24th Amendment

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Poll tax

48
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Institutional IG

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Groups whose purpose becomes political, includes social and economic groups

49
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Electoral College

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Institution w 538 electors to elect president and Vice President

50
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Super PAC

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PACs which can raise unlimited sums of $ as independent associations which donate to candidate

51
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Heller Case

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1st Supreme Court case to decide 2nd amendment protects the individual right to keep and bear arms

52
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Propaganda

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Information with political motivations < giving info to benefit political cause

53
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Gerrymandering

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Drawing voting districts to benefit political parties

54
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Plurality

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Many groups in competition but no one always wins

55
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Supremacy clause

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Establishes that the federal constitution/ law takes precedence over state laws (article 6)

56
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Double Jeopardy

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Procedural right which protects a defendant from being tried for the same change twice

57
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English Civil War

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Fought between Parliamentarians and Royalists over manner of England’s gov’t

58
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Confederal

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S > N (rare, unstable, articles of confed)

59
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Federal

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N >= S

60
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Unitary System

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N> S

61
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Citizens united

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Regulates campaign spending by organizations

62
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Article I

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Legislative

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Article II

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Executive

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Article III

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Judiciary

65
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Article IV

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Full faith and credit

66
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Article V

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Amendments process

67
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Article VI

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National supremacy = states obey fed gov’t

68
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Article VII

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Ratification (10 states)

69
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full faith and credit

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All states obey/recognizes leg acts, public records, and judicial decisions of other state

70
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1st Amendment

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Participatory = freedom from religion

71
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2nd Amendment

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Right to bear arms

72
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3rd Amendment

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Quartering (gov’t pays for cost of military)

73
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4th Amendment

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Search and seizure

74
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5th Amendment

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Due process

75
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6th Amendment

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Fair trial (speedy and public trial, impartial jury, transparency)

76
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7th Amendment

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Civil trial

77
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8th Amendment

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Punishment (no cruel and unusual punishment)

78
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9th Amendment

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Limitations clause

79
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10th Amendment

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States rights

80
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Establishment clause

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Prohibits gov’t from making laws to establish and official religion or to favor any religion

81
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Admin amendments

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Clarify functioning gov’t

82
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Civil rights Amendment

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Amendments estab = rights for blacks and women, voting rights

83
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Progressive amendments

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Amendments of the progressive era from 1890s - 1930s, including A16 & A17

84
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Populist Amendment

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Anti-economic and political elite, including progressive era amends

85
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Separation of powers

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Power is distributed between branches of gov’t

Poli Sci Semester 2 (3 decks)

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