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Unit 1 AP Gov Review
| Question | Answer | null |
|---|---|---|
| The ability to mobilize people or institutions to achieve a desired result. Highly Sought after/Always shifting | Power | |
| The right, assumed, acquired or granted to use power | Authority | |
| The source of power and authority is recognized and accepted. (Must have especially in a democratic government) | Legitimacy | |
| All citizens participate directly in holding office or making policy decisions | Direct Democracy | |
| Leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote | Representative Democracy | |
| The activity by which an issue is causing conflict, is settled or creating a consensus | Politics | |
| A purposive course of government action to deal with a matter of public concern. (The public cares soo much abt an issue the gov feels they need change) | Public Policy | |
| Issues people believe require governmental action | Political Agenda | |
| Factors Impacting Public Policy | Constitution, Federalism, Media, Public Opinion, Political Parties, Interest Groups, Elections, Courts | |
| Types of Public Policy | Majoritarian, Entrepreneurial, Client, Interest Group | |
| Any burden people must or believe they bear from a policy | Perceived Cost | |
| Any satisfaction people believe they’ll enjoy from the policy | Perceived Benefits | |
| Governors determined by majority opinion of the people and broad participation is strongly encouraged in politics (everyone) | Participatory Democracy | |
| Governors determined by social/economic class, power flow reflects relationship between capitalists and workers. $$$=Power | Class Democracy | |
| Governors decided by small group of elites, encourages limited participation in government by masses. $, influence snd organization allows them to govern | Elite Democracy | |
| Governors determined by federal workers who implement government policies. (They are isolated from politics and are experts in their fields) | Bureaucratic Democracy | |
| There is no place where power is specifically spotlighted on because the u.s gov is too complex to determine. The gov structure prevents monopolies of power | Pluralist Democracy | |
| Place of popular sovereignty origin and early forms of representative democracy | Ancient Roman Republic | |
| Went from oligarchy to monarchy to direct democracy | Ancient Greek Government | |
| Early ideas of judges deciding cases based on set precedents/other case decisions | English Common Law | |
| Early ideas of Rule of law applies to all by limited government (No one is above the law) | Magna Carta | |
| Early ideas of bicameral legislature (two houses) | British Parliament | |
| First ideas of a list of guaranteed rights and civil liberties for citizens | English Bill of Rights | |
| Creator of the idea of a social contract where citizens give up certain liberties to maintain peace, stability and order | Thomas Hobbes | |
| Creator of our natural rights (Life, Liberty, Property—Now pursuit of happiness) | John Locke | |
| Introduces seperation of powers and checks and balances in government | Baron de montesquieu | |
| A document written because people felt no representation in their government and felt they were under tyrannical rule/not enough freedoms | The Declaration of Independence | |
| Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are found where? | Declaration of independence | |
| Troops being there during peace time, laws take forever to form, no representation in parliament | Complaints to england | |
| A government that protects citizens rights, has power from the people, answers petitions, gives rights to abolish the government if it fails and independence from British Parliament | Future of us | |
| Ancient Roman Republic, Ancient Greek Gov, English Bill of Rights, John Locke | Historical Influences | |
| A system that set up a confederacy based system where states give or take the national gov’s power, State government is above the national gov | Articles of confederation | |
| Laws were almost impossible to pass | Articles issue | |
| No specific executive powers | Articles issue | |
| No national courts | articles issue | |
| congress couldn’t raise funds well at all (no taxing) | articles issue | |
| Congress couldn’t regulate trade and there was no national currency | articles issue | |
| Strong nat gov. 3 Branches, Bicameral, based on population, benefits bigger states | Virginia Plan | |
| National Government is weaker, representatives equal for every state, benefits littler states, unicameral legislature | New Jersey Plan | |
| Having a bicameral legislature, two houses, one based on population, one has equal reps for every state and broad enumerated powers | Great Compromise | |
| In slave states, slaves count as 3/5ths of a population number for representation in congress. | 3/5 compromise | |
| What issue involves Federal law is supreme law of the land and enumerated, reserved and concurrent powers, commerce clause, amendment process involves federal and state governments | federal-state relations | |
| What issue involves Trials, ex post facto, writ of habeas corpus | Individual Rights Protection | |
| What issue involves Necessary and proper/elastic clase, impeachment and amendments | Flexibility | |
| What issue involves checks and balances, overiding presidentsl vetos, impeachment, 4 year presidential terms | Restricting Executive Power | |
| What issue involves electoral college/indirect elections, state legislatures selecting us senators, Judges are appointed for life terms, amendment and impeachment process | Avoiding Pure Democracy | |
| what issue involves the us senate having 2 senators per state, each state gets electoral votes and federalism | Satisfying Small States | |
| what issue involves the house of reps being based on population, the electoral votes based on population, 3/5th compromise | Satisfying large states | |
| What issue involved Federalism, 3 branches of government relying on eachother and 2 houses of congress | Dividing Power | |
| What issue relates to interstate commerce clause/congress regulates trade, patent protections, common currency, congressional taxing power, no taxing on exports | Fostering Economic Relations | |
| Those who debated on balance of power between federal and state governments and the ratification of the US Constitution | Federalists and Antifederalists | |
| Those who believe in a strong gov, flexible interpretation, NO bill of rights, common man was no good (For the constitution ratification) | Federalists | |
| Those who believed in strong state gov, strict interpretation, NEED bill of rights, thought the common man was capable (against ratification) | Antifederalists | |
| Factions are inevitable under democratic government but they must be controlled, best way to limit faction power is to control their affects. | Madison #10 | |
| You can counter this by having republican principles so majority will outweigh minority (majority rule) | Minority Faction | |
| You can counter this by having elected reps who protect minority beliefs, minorities will still have their voices heard | Majority Faction | |
| Paper speaking about checks and balances, each branch/department has its own ideals on making decisions, republican government counters the fact that men by nature will be power hungry | Madison #51 | |
| Paper describing that the constitution concentrates too much power on too few and once people give up power they will never get it back. | Brutus #1 | |
| Process in which 2/3 in congress and 3/4 ratified in states or a ‘new’ constitutional convention. an amendment is actually added | Formal Amendment Process | |
| The meaning of a declaration in the constitution is changed, or changes of how words are applied to society | Informal Amendment Process |
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