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40 Cards in this Set
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Civic life |
Participation in the collective life of the community |
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Government |
The body or bodies charged with making official polices for citizens |
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Politics |
Process where we choose government officials & make decisions about public policy |
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Direct Democracy |
Political decisions making extends to the entire citizenry |
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Representative democracy |
Form of government where political decision making is restricted to electing or appointing the public officials who make public policy |
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Majority rule |
Requirement that electoral majorities determine who is elected to office and that majorities in power determine our laws and how they are administered |
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Minority rights |
Protections beyond the reach of majority control guaranteed to all citizens |
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Political power |
Ability to get things done by controlling or influencing the institutions of government |
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Ruling elite theory |
View positing that wealthy and well educated citizens exercise a disproportionate amount of influence over political decision making |
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Pluralism |
Various groups and coalitions constantly vie for government favor and he ability to exercise political power but no one enjoys dominance |
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Biased pluralism |
View that holds power and public policies tilt largely in the direction of the well off |
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Direct initiative |
Allow proposals backed by a sufficient number of citizen signatures to go directly on the ballot |
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Indirect initiative |
Submitted to lawmakers for approval before being submitted to voters |
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Popular referendum |
Allows citizens to approve or repeal measures already on the books |
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Legislative referendum |
Available in all 50 states that require legislative bodies to take proposed measures directly to voters for approval before taking effect |
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Recall |
Citizens can remove and replace a public official before the end of a term |
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Ideologies |
Ideas, values and beliefs about how governments should operate |
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Liberal democracy |
Ideology that guided framers of our constitution/ limited role for government |
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Political participation |
Taking part in activities aimed at influencing the policies or leadership of government |
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Social class |
Perceived combination of wealth, income, education, and occupation that contributes to one's status and power in society |
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Service learning programs |
Agencies that help connect volunteers with organizations in need of help |
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Civic engagement |
Involvement in any activity aimed at influencing the collective well-being of the community |
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House of Burgesses |
Nations first legislative body |
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Sovereign |
Independent units |
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Bicameral |
Two house legislator |
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Unicameral |
Single body legislator |
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Great compromise |
Introduction of the requirement that money bills originate in the lower house secured passage of the agreement |
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Elastic clause |
Provisions of article 1 of the constitution authorizing congress to make those laws necessary and proper for carrying out the other laws it passes |
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Supremacy clause |
Provisions of article 5 that the federal government in exercising any of the powers enumerated in the constitution, must prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent state exercise of power |
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Federalist |
Support of new constitution and believed the document sufficiently limited the power of federal bodies, making a bill of rights unnecessary |
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Antifederalists |
Opponents of document drawn from various quarters and expressed concerns over a range of issues |
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Factions |
Distinct groups most often driven by economic motives |
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Judicial review |
Power to review the acts of other political institutions and declare them unconstitutional |
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Enumerated powers |
Governmental powers specifically granted the national government by article 1 |
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Implied powers |
Powers necessary to carry out constitutionally enumerated functions of government |
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Inherent powers |
Powers that are part of very nature of each institution and necessary for institution to do job which it was created |
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Concurrent powers |
Shared jointly by federal and state governments |
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Reserved powers |
Granted by constitution specifically to the states |
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Prohibited powers |
Denied to either or both levels of government |
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Nullification |
States had authority to declare national acts unenforceable within their borders |
