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25 Cards in this Set
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Democracy
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Government by the people; Majority Rule
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Direct Democracy
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The citizens or people make the laws for themselves collectively instead of having an elected official do it for them
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Representative Democracy
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Citizens elect officials to rule and make laws
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Constitutional Democracy
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The government is based on the people, and the people make the laws, and directly make decisions with limited the government restrictions.
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Constitutionalism
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Following the rules of a government and its constitutional principles.
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Statism
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Putting control of money and policies into the hands of a government designed specifically for it
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Popular Consent
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The will of the people governs them all
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Majority Rule
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Whatever side of the poll has more people to vote for it wins
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Majority
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The greater number of to parts; a number more than half of the total
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Plurality
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Having a larger number than the others, but not having half or more than half
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Social Capital
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Connections between people that can be economically and socially valuable
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Ideology
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The way that a person thinks about the world, and how they believe one should live
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Theocracy
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Rule by people in the same or similar parties who share the same religious beliefs and preferences.
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Articles of Confederation
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A document established to form a league of friendship between our 13 original colonies; common action for the common good
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Annapolis Convention
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Called by Virginia to discuss uniform regulation of commerce and change Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional Convention
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Held to revise, and possibly replace the Articles of confederation and create a strong federal government
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Shays’ Rebellion
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Rebellion of farmers who were protesting due to the foreclosures of farms in western Massachusetts
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Bicameralism
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The practice of having two chambers of parliament and legislature
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Virginia Plan
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Proposed a strong government that could make and enforce laws and collect taxes
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New Jersey Plan
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Small states have the same power as larger states
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Connecticut Compromise
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Provided states with equal representation in the senate
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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Under this compromise, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a human being
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Federalists
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a member of a former political party in the U.S. that favored a strong centralized federal government
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Antifederalists
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Central government should be equal to or inferior to the State government
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The Federalist
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Series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to persuade voters in New York to adopt the Constitution.
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