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36 Cards in this Set
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agenda setting |
determining the subject of a conflict |
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checks and balances |
each branch check each other
ex: -congress can veto override -judicial review *TIP: pick two from each |
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primary election |
happens before general election *determine candidates for general |
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midterm/congressional elections |
-HOR every two years -1/3 Senate is election *between presidential elections |
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general election |
president, senator, congress *who wins office position |
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oversight |
ability for one branch to oversee other branches
*check and balance |
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republic |
type of gov't where you vote who represents you |
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direct democracy |
govern themselves |
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judicial review |
deem other two branches acts unconstitutional |
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supremacy clause |
national gov't is supreme gov't of land |
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federalist |
-wrote federalist paper -in favor of new constitution -large national gov't |
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3/5 compromise |
slave counted as 3/5 of vote
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great compromise |
created senate= equal rep HOR= based on pop. *between large/small states |
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equal protection clause |
every person got same protection |
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necessary & proper clause |
amend/interpret constitution |
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14th amendment |
protect due proces |
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shays rebellion |
needed stronger gov't *after revolution war couldn't pay soldiers |
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appropriations |
budgeting money (-what money goes where -appropriate funds -done in committees) |
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federalism |
separation between national/state gov't |
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separation of powers |
each branch has powers |
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natural rights |
principles of classical liberalism * life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
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due process |
way right are taken away *15th & 14th amendments |
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congressional committee |
-write laws -division of labors -gate keeping/agenda setting -oversight -chair |
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direct democracy |
people are involved in election |
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conference committee
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looks at bill= think of one bill *inter=HOR + Senate
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pork barrel spending |
representatives sending money that helps them (constituents) |
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fillabuster |
delay vote |
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bicameralism |
national gov't split into HOR and Senate |
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Speaker of the House |
3rd in line to proceed president |
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civil rights |
collective rights (group) |
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civil liberties |
individual rights |
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separate but equal |
segregation is okay |
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Jim Crow Laws |
laws used to keep slaves from voting -literacy tests -poll tax |
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equal rights amendment |
not official amendment (gender equality) |
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progessivism |
make gov't more accountable - ex: women voting *turn of the century to make things better |
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jacksonian mass democracy |
-shift power back to people -states and people to have power *decentralized gov't |
