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28 Cards in this Set
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Democracy |
The rule of the many |
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Issues people believe require governmental action |
Political agenda |
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Representative democracy |
A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular.vote |
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1787 |
When the Constitutional Convention was held |
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Coalition |
An alliance of groups |
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Faction |
A group w a distinct political interest |
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Federalists |
Those who favor a stronger national government |
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Concurrent powers |
Powers shared by the national and state governments |
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Reserved powers |
Powers given to the state government alone |
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Enumerated powers |
Powers given to the national government alone |
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Creedal passion view |
View that morally impassioned elites drive important political changes |
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Pluralist view |
View that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy |
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Direct or participatory democracy |
A government in which all or most citizens participate directly |
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Legitamacy |
Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution |
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Federalism |
Political/government authority divided between a national government and several state/local governments |
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Republic |
A government in which elected representatives make the decisions |
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Judicial review |
The power of the Supreme court to declare ab act of Congress unconstitutional |
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1781 |
When did the articles of confederation go into effect? |
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Unalienable |
A human right based on nature or god |
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1789 |
Federal government of the United States was founded |
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Cost |
A burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is adopted |
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Great Compromise |
Plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state-selected senate w two members for each state. Reconciled the interests of small and large states |
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A republican form of government |
In the Constitution what form of government did the men use? |
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Authority |
The right to use power |
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Politics |
The activity by which an issue is agitated or settled |
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1776 |
Signed the declaration of independence |
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Liberty |
What was the goal of the american revolution? |
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1787 |
The signing of the Constitution |
