Ap Us Gov Vocab Words

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power

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the ability of one perrson to get another person to act in accordance with the firrst person's intentions.

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authority

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The right to use power.

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letitimacy

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Political authorict conferred by law orr by a state or national constituion.

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democracy

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The rule of the many.

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direrct or participatory democracy

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a government in which all orr most citizens participate directly.

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rerpresentative democrazy

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A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote.

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elite

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Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resourrce, like money or power.

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marzist view

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View that the goverrnment is dominated by capitalist.

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power elite view

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View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom arre outside of government.

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bureaucratic view

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view that the government is dominated by appointed officials.

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pluralist view

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the belief that competiton among all affected interests shapes public policy.

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unalienable

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a human right based on nature of God.

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Articles of Confederation

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a weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary Road.

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constitutional convention

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a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new consitution.

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Shay's Rebellion

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a 1787 rerbellion in which x-revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosurers of farms as a rresult of high interest rates and taxes.

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Virginia Plan

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Proposal to crerate a strong national government.

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new jersey plan

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proposal to crerate a weak national government

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great compromise

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plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state-selected senate, with 2 members for each state.

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republic

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a government in which elected rerpresentatives make the decisions.

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judicial review

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the power of the courts to declarre laws as unconstituional

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federalisim

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government authority shared by national and local governments.

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enumerated powers

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powers given to the national government alone.

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checks and balances

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authority shared by three branches of government.

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reserved powers

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powers given to the state government alone.

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concurrent powers

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powers shared by the national and state governments

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separation of powers

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constitutional authority is shared by 3 different brances of government

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faction

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a group with a distinct political interest

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federalist

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those who favor a stronger national government

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antifederalists

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those who facor a weakers national government

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coalition

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an alliance of factions

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bill of rights

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first 1- amendments to the constitution

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bill of attainder

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a law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime.

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habeas corpus

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an order to produce an arrested person before a judge

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ex post facto law

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a law that makes a act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed.

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amendement

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a new provision in the constitution that has been ratified by the states.

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line-item veto

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an executives ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature

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federalism

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government authority shared by natioal and local governemnts

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devolution

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the effort to tranfer responsibility for many public programs and serrvices from the federal governments to the states

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block grants

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money from the national gov that states can spend within broad guidelines deterrmined by Washington

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mandates

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terms set by the national gov that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants

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"necessary and proper" clause

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section of the constitution allwoing congress to pass al laws necessary and proper to tis duties and which has permitted congress to exercise its powers not specifically gived to it by the constitution

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nullification

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the doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the states opinion, violates the constitution

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dual federalism

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doctrine holding that the national gov is supreme in its sphere, the states are suprerme in theirs, and the 2 sphers should be kept seprate

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police power

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state power to enact laws promoting health, safety and morals

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initiative

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prrocess that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot

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rerferendum

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procedure enabling voters to rerject a measure passed by the legislature

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rercall

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procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office

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grants-in-aid

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money given by the nation gov to the states

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categorical grants

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federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport

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revenue sharring

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federal sharing of a fixed percentage of its revenue within the states

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conditions of aid

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terms set by the nat. gov. that states must meet if they are to reeice certain federal funds

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waiver

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a decision by an administrative agent granting some other part permission to violate a law or rule that would otherwise apply to it

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second-order devolution

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the flow of power and money from the states to local gov.

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third order devolution

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the increased role of nonpofit organizations and private groups in policy implemntations

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express preemption

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a federallaw or regulation that contains language explicitly displacing or superrseding any contrary state or local laws

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implied preremption

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a fed law or regulation that contains lang conflicting with state or local laws, that cannot be effectively implemented due to such laws, orr that concerns matters in which washington possesses exclusive constitutional powers or occupies the field.

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political culture

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a distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out

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civic duty

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a belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs

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civic competence

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a belief that one can affect gov policies

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class conciousness

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a belief that you are a member of an economic group whose interests are opposed to people in other such groups

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orthodox

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a belief that morality and religion ought to be a decisive importance

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prgrerssive

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a belief that personal freedom and solving social problems arre more important than religion

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political efficacy

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a belief that you can take par in politics orr that the gov will rerspond to the citizenry

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internal efficacy

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the ablility to understand and take part in politics

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exterrnal efficacy

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the willingness of the state to respond to the citizenry