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am government 2

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articles of confederation   basis of government for thirteen original states, written in 1776, adopted by all states by 1781  
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constitution   establishes structure, function, and limits of government  
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natural law   doctrine where society should be ruled by ethics and reason  
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democracy   govt gives power to people, directly or through elected individuals  
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confederation   government where national derives powers from states, league of individual states  
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committee of correspondence   kept colonists informed about the british, served to mold public opinion about british  
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social contract theory   people are free and equal by god-given right and consent to be governed and give up some rights to preserve social order. john locke, dec of independence.  
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federalists   first party, favored constitution and a strong national government  
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libertarian   favors free market economy with no government interference on personal property  
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full faith and credit clause   ensures judicial decree and contracts made in one state are binding and enforcable in another  
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New Jersey Plan   proposition for constitution, one vote for each state, congress had supreme law  
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Virginia Plan   first plan for constitution, proposed by J. Madison, legislature to choose executive and judicial  
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reserved or police powers   powers reserved to states by tenth am. lie at the foundation of right to legislate for welfare of people  
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(elastic)necessary and proper clause   congress can pass all laws to carry out enumerated powers from constitution  
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implied powers   derived from enumerated powers and implied through delegated powers to congress  
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thirteenth amendment   one of three civil war am, bans slavery in the united states  
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fourteenth amendment   one of three civil war am, equal protection and due process to all  
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fifteenth amendment   one of three civil war am, african americans can actually vote, enfranchised newly freed male slaves  
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nineteenth amendment   granted women the right to vote  
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public interest group   groups for a collective good, not monetary benefit  
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political action committee   fund-raisers for political interest groups  
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coalition   groups join forces for purpose of electing public officials  
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civil service laws   acts removed by staffing of bureaucracy and created a professional bureaucracy filled through competition  
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majority rule   central premise of direct democracy. only policies that collectively garner the support of a majority of voters will be made to law  
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critical election   signals party realignment through voter polarization around new issues  
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Great Compromise   constitutional convention, each state given same number of people in senate and in the House it's measured by population of the state  
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social capital   facilitate resolution of community problems through collective action  
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republic   govt rooted in consent of governed. Rep've or indirect democracy  
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interest group   groups that influence public policy  
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exclusionary rule   police can't use illegally obtained evidence in a trial  
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enumerated powers   taxation, coinage, commerce, national defense. powers to congress  
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patron   person who finances a group or activity  
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collective good   value that can't be taken from a group's non-member  
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equal rights amendment   am to bar discrimination against women by fed/state gov  
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indirect democracy (representative)   govt give people chance to vote for people who will work on their behalf  
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cooperative federalism   relationship between national and state govt that began with the New Deal  
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due process clause   fifth, fourteenth amend. protection from economic liberty to criminal procedure to arbritrary govt action  
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strict scrutiny   heightened standard of review by supreme court to determine validity of a challenged practice  
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personal liberty   demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices free from govt discrim'n. initially meant freedom from govt interference  
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new federalism   fed/state relationship by Reagan in 80s. returned administrative power to state govts  
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