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| What are the principles of democracy?(5 fundamental principles) |
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-Equality in voting
-Freedom
-Equal protection of the law
-majority rule and minority rights
-Voluntary consent to be governed |
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| set of ideas/values about the governemt held by a nation |
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| What are 3 American fundamental political values? |
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| The rights to liberty, equality, and property. |
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| What is liberty? (American political values) |
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-free from external ctrls
-free religion,speech,opinions,act
-does not infringe on rights of other individuals
-basic requirement in democracy
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| What is equality? (American political values) |
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-central part of American political culture
-equal protection under the law |
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| what is property? (American political values) |
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-poperty, possessions ect
-capitalism:eco. system based on private ownership of producers |
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| Separate-but-equal-doctrine |
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14th amendment allowed racial segregation as long as the facilities are equal.
turned over in Brown vs. board |
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| racial segregation b/c of laws/decisions of the government. |
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| racial segregation b/c of social/economic conditions and residential patterns |
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political policy
do not get involved in world affairs |
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| Direct involvement in another countrys affairs |
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| Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) |
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| chemical,biological, or nuclear weapons that cause massive casualties |
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| Drawn up on the Mayflower, laws were to be made of the general good of the people. |
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| Direct tax on legal documents,stamps,cards,dice,newspapers. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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-1st national constitution
-est. national form of gov. after revolution
-confederal government: central gov. had few powers |
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-Favor large states
-bicameral (2) legislature:lower chosen by ppl, upper by members in lower chamber. Number of reps.equal to population.
-nat. executive branch, elected by legislature
-National courty system, created by legislature |
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-favor smaller states
-Congress regulate trade/impose tax
-each state=1 vote
-acts of congress=supreme law of the land
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-bicameral legislature
-composed to House of Representatives and the Senate |
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-During constitutional convention
-3/5 of all slaves countred for pruposes of rep. in House of Rep. |
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-Divided governmental powers
-No one group can exercise exclusive control |
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| Legislative checks on executive |
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-override presidential veteos
=impeach president
-senate confirms pres. appointments and ratify treaties |
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| Executive check on legislature |
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| Executive checks on judicial |
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| -appoint memebers of supreme courts/federal courts |
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| Judicial checks on executive |
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| -declare an executive action unconstitutional |
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| legislative checks on judicial |
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| -declare legislative act unconstitutional |
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| Centralized government where local governments exercise powers given by the central government. |
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| League of independent sovereign states, joined by a central government that has limited power over them. |
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Shared sovereignty between 2 levels of government
-1 national
-1 subnational |
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| Necessary and proper clause |
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Congress makes laws for the federal government to carry out its responsibilities
-elastic clause |
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| Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state/local laws |
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| Powers held by both the federal and the state governments |
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-coin money
-conduct foreign relations
-regulate interstate commerce
-declare war
-raise and support military
-establish post offices
-admit new states
-powers implied by the necessary and proper clause |
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-regulate intrastate commerce
-conduct elections
=provide public health,safety,welfare,and morals
-establish local government
-ratify mendments to the federal constitution
-establis a state militia |
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-categorical grants-targeted for a specific purpose
-block grants-fed. grant given to a state for a broad area |
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| Individual rights protected by the Constitution against the powers of the government |
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Constitutional guarantee
-4th and 5th amendment
-government will not illegally take away a persons life, liberty or property |
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-ratified by the states
-protects rights of the majority |
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-prohibits Congress from passing laws "respecting an establishment of religion"
-issues deal with prayer in schools,theories of creation |
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| government cannot pass laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion |
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| -expression of beliefs, opinions or ideas through actions and nonverbal expression |
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| Rights of criminal defendants |
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-4th:unreasonable searches and seizures
-4th:no warrant for a search
-5th:no one be deprived of life,liberty, or property
-5th:tried twice for the same criminal offense
-5h:no person can be required to be a witness against themself
-6th:trial by jury,public,speedy trial |
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| What is a interest group? |
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| Organized group of individuals sharing a common objective attempting to influence policymakers |
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-political action committees
-established by a corporation,labor union, or special interest group to raise funds and make compaign contributions on the establishing organizations behalf |
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| Strategies interest groups use to shape policy |
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| -put on flash card please |
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group of individuals who organize to win election,operate the government, and determine policy.
-serve as a major vehicle for citizen participation |
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| Political Party structure(3 components) |
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-party in the electorate:largest component, regular everyday members
-Party organization:has different positions to help party organize conventions, win elections, and recruit candidates
-Party in government:all candidates who win elections and hold public offices. |
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-Form of opinion polling
-Each person in the entire population being polled has an equal chance of being chosen (to be sacrificed to Obama) |
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| Agents of political socialization |
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| People and institutions that influence the political views of others. |
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-Group of electors selected by voters in each state to elect the president and V.P.
-Number of electors equal to number of representatives in both chambers of congress |
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-Election to choose president,vp,senators, and representatives.
-Held on even number years, on the tuesday after the first monday in november |
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| Election where voters choose candidates who will run in the general/presidential election |
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-put on flash card
-pg.207 |
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-campaign contributions not regulated by federal law
-contributions made to political parties and NOT candidates |
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| Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission |
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-allowed ads that attack/praise specific candidates
-no limit on funding for advertising as long as it does not DIRECTLY contribute to the candidates campaign |
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| Distribution of House seats among the states, based on population |
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| What are Congress's 3 types of representation? |
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| Trustee,Instructed-delegate, and partisan |
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| Trustee (1 of 4 types of Congress's representation) |
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| serve interests of entire society |
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| Instructed-Delegate (1 of 4 types of Congress's representation) |
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| Mirrors views of majority of constituents |
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| Partisan (1 of 4 types of Congress's representation) |
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| Vote in interest of their party |
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| Politicao (1 of 4 types of Congress's representation) |
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(I added this one because it was under the same thing)
-Mixture of everything |
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-House of Rep.:Speaker of the House
-Senate:vice president
-any needed extra info you want to add is on pg.254 |
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| How does a bill become a law?? |
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-refer to flash card
-pg.257
-check spiral too |
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| What are the roles of the president? |
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-Chief executive:enfore law, court decisions
-Commander in chief:lead armed forces
-Head of state:perform ceremonial activites b/c he is america
-Chief diplomat:direct foreign policy, representative
-Political party leader:yas |
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-serve as commander in chief of armed forces
-appoint(w/ consent of senate)executive dep. heads, ambassadors, supreme court justices
-make treaties
-pardons
-deliver state of union address
-special sessions with house/congress
-receive ambassadors
-commission officers of U.S
-ensure law passed are faithfully executed |
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| -Presidential order to carry out policy described in a law |
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| court decisions based on past cases that are similar |
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