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19 Cards in this Set
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Democratic Debate
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Elite or Popular democracy
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Elite Democracy
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leaders act as trustees, citizens choose leaders and then let them lead, federalists
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Popular Democracy
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anti federalists, leaders act as delegates (do what the people want), citizens participate as much as possible.
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republicanism
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1. civil and political liberties of the people
2. trust in legislatures (House) distrust in executives 3. trust in american people virtue (they will do whats best for everyone) 4. small national government. |
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Federalists
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James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. Strong national government, property rights, opposed to redistribution of wealth. elite.
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Anti Federalists
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Articles of Confederation, small national government, power to the people ex; farmers
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factions
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a group of citizens who want to take away the rights of the people or do something to harm the community
now: 1. political parties 2. special interest groups 3. social movements |
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Articles of confederation v. the constitution
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No president, only a congress (like the house), national government did not have the right to tax or make military. Problems: defense & law enforcement, economy, foreign policy
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separation of powers
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executive, legislative and judicial branches balance each other out. checks and balances
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federalism
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separate state and national government.
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Great Compromise
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inculded and senate (small states benefit) and house of representatives (large states benefit)
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3/5 Compromise
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slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person.
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Obamanomics
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obama is in between a liberal and conservative president. he supports tax cuts, he sympathizes with the common people but also pushes big government programs like government run health care
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economic libertarian
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milton friedman, small government, cant have democracy without capitalism, too much taxing to pay for government programs, too many government regulations, opposed to corporate welfare, eliminate debt.
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Progressive Economic Approach
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Big Government Libertarianism. 1. regulation of business 2. moderate taxes (progressive) 3. social welfare 4. fiscal responsibility 5. equality 6. opposed to corporate welfare 7.
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big government conservatism
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fred barnes. george bush. low taxes high spending on conservative programs. starving the beast. eventually we wont have any money and will have to do away with these programs.
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automatic punishing recoil
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businesses are in a privileged position because if we pass law against them they can punish us. ex: min wage or environmental laws may lead to higher prices or less employment.
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market as a prison
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friedman is half right. big businesses have too much power over government. not always completely right, we still pass the laws to protect us.
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corporate welfare
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subsidies, tax breaks, bail outs to help big businesses
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