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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Locke | - life, liberty, process - consent of the governed - limited gov -due process |
| Thomas Hobbes | -authoritarian -favored monarchy -cynical -believed in a strong central gov |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | -social contract -democracy -give up freedoms for protection from gov -state representation based off of population |
| Baron de Montesquieu | -opposed idea of absolute ruler -gov should be split into 3 branches -checks and balances -separation of power |
| Voltaire | -free speech -free exercise of religion -separation of church and state |
| politics | the process of influencing the actions and policies of the government |
| government | the rules and institutions that make up that system of policymaking |
| democracy | a system of government where the power is held by the people |
| natural rights | the right to life, liberty, and property, which the government cannot take away |
| social contract | people allow their governments to rule over them to ensure an orderly and functioning society |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that the governments right to rule comes from the people |
| republicanism | a system in which government's authority comes from the people through their representatives |
| inalienable rights | rights the government cannot take away |
| liberty | social, political, and economic freedoms |
| participatory democracy | a theory that widespread political participation is essential for democratic government |
| civil society groups | independent associations outside the governments control |
| pluralist theory | a theory of democracy that emphasizes the role of groups in the policymaking process |
| elitist theory | a theory of democracy that the elites have a disproportionate amount of influence in the policymaking process |
| political institutions | the structure of government, including the executive, legislative, and judiciary |
| constitutional republic | a democratic system with elected representatives in which the constitution is the supreme law |
| constitution | a document that sets out the fundamental principles of governance & establishes the institutions of government |
| republic | a government ruled by representatives of the people |
| articles of confederation & perpetual union | a governing document that created a union of 13 sovereign states in which the states, not the notional government, were supreme |
| unicameral | a one house legislature |
| Shay's rebellion | A popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts |
| constitutional convention | a meeting attended by state delegates in 1787 to fix the articles of confederation |
| writ of habeas corpus | the right of people detained by the government to know the charges against them |
| bills of attainder | when legislature declares someone guilty w/o trial |
| ex post facto laws | laws punishing people for acts that were not crimes at the time they were committed |
| Virginia plan | a plan of government calling for a 3 branch government w/ a bicameral legislature, which more populous states would have more representation |
| new Jersey plan | a plan of government that provided for a unicameral legislature w/ equal votes for each state |
| grand committee | a committee at the constitutional convention that worked out the compromise on representation |
| great (Connecticut) compromise | an agreement for a plan of government that drew upon both the Virginia and new jersey plan; it settled issues of state representation but calling for a bicameral legislature w/ a house of reps apportioned proportionally and a senator apportioned equally |
| bicameral | a 2 house legislature |
| 3/5 compromise | an agreement reached by delegates at the constitutional convention that a slave could count as 3/5 of a person in calculating a states representation |
| compromise on importation | Congress could not restrict slave trade until 1808 |
| federalism | the sharing of power between the national government and the states |
| expressed/enumerated powers | authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the constitution |
| necessary & proper/ elastic c;lause | Article 1 section 8 grants Congress the powers necessary to carry out its enumerated powers |
| implied powers | authority of the federal government that goes beyond its expressed powers |
| supremacy clause | constitutional division declaring that the constitution and all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land |
| federalist no. 51 | an essay in which Madison argues that separation of powers and federalism will prevent tyranny |
| federalist no.10 | an essay in which Madison argues that the dangers of faction can be mitigated by a large republic and Republican government |
| Brutus no. 1 | an antifederalist paper arguing that the country was too large to be governed as a republic and that the constitution gave too much power to the national government |
| Article 1 | -legislative -makes laws |
| Article 2 | executive, carries out laws (pres and vice pres) |
| Article 3 | judicial, interprets laws |
| Article 4 | relations between states |
| Article 5 | amendment process 2/3 houses 3/4 all states |
| Article 6 | supreme law of the land |
| Article 7 | ratification |
| unitary system | a system where the central government has all of the power of subnational governments |
| confederal system | a system where the subnational governments have most of the power |
| federal system | a system where power is divided between the national and state governments |
| exclusive powers | powers only the national government may exercise |
| commerce clause | grants Congress the authority to regulate interstate business and commercial activity |
| 10th amendment | reserves powers not delegated to the national government to the states and the people; the basis of federalism |
| reserved powers | powers not given to the national government, which are retained by the states and the people |
| concurrent powers | powers granted to both states and the federal government in the constitution |
| full faith and credit clause | constitutional clause requiring states to recognize the public acts, records, and civil court proceedings from another state |
| extradition | the requirement that officials in one state return a defendant to another state where a crime was committed |
| privileges and immunities clause | constitutional clause that prevents states from discriminating against people from out of the state |
| 13th amendment | constitutional amendment that outlaws slavery |
| 14th amendment | constitutional amendment that provides that persons born in the US are citizens and prohibits states from denying persons due process or equal protection under the law |
| 15 amendment | constitutional amendment that gave African American males the right to vote |
| dual federalism | a form of American federalism in which the states and national government operate independently in their own areas of public policy |
| selective incorporation | the process through which the supreme court applies fundamental right in the bill of rights to the states on a case-by-case basis |
| cooperative federalism | a form of American federalism in which the states and national government work together to shape public policy |
| grants-in-aid | federal money provided to states to implement public policy objectives |
| fiscal federalism | a federal government's use of grants-in-aid to influence policies in the states |
| categorical grants | grants-in-aid provided to states with specific provisions on their use |
| unfunded mandate | federal requirements that states must follow without being provided with funding |
| revenue sharing | when the federal government apportions tax money to the states with no strings attached |
| devolution | returning more authority to state or local governments |
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