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What were Yecat's views concerning American government? |
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Government |
The rule or authority of a state or country that legitimately controls the actions and affairs of people. |
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Politics |
The science or art of government or the allocation of political, economic, and social resources within a social unit. |
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Constitutional Democracy |
A government that regularly enforces recognized limits on those who govern, and allows the voice of people to be regularly heard through free and fair elections. |
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Constitutionalism |
How power is granted, dispersed, and limited. |
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Representative Democracy |
Those who have power gain and retain it by winning free and fair elections. |
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Niccolo Machiavelli |
Author of 'The Prince'. (Explanation of 'The Prince' will be in another flashcard.) |
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Thomas Hobbes |
Hobbes believe that government was needed to maintain peace, and law & order, because men were selfish, brutal, and wicked. |
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Figure 1 |
Figure 1 shows how the government and politics become a reality in our lives. (Govt. can and does influence the food we can eat and the clothes that we wear.) |
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Figure 2 |
The Reality of Government 1) Revelation of Govt: Reveals its values and beliefs to its citizens. 2) Inspiration of Govt: Writes down their values and beliefs in a document such as a constitution. 3) Illumination: How government applies to you on a daily basis. |
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Box 1-1 |
Box 1-1 Raises The Question Of The Absence Of Government. 1. Weak overtaken by the strong 2. No protection for one's Civil Liberties 3. No protection for one's Civil Rights 4. No collective or public goods 5. Life = State of confusion and short-lived 6. There would be the proliferation of Demagogues 7. How would crime be stopped? 8. How would we get out mail? 9. Who would regulate businesses and multinational corporations? 10. What would be the basis of laws? 11. Killing-how would that person be dealt with? 12. No social welfare (for both rich and poor) 13. No protection of minorities and women 14. Poor will be at the mercy of the rich 15. No protection from external aggression outside the U.S. |
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The Prince |
Written by N. Machiavelli, he described that the origin of government as standing between week individuals who were no able to protect themselves from the aggression of the strong and mighty, thus, needed the state in order to survive. |
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Leviathan |
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Give a few examples of the role of government in our society. |
1. Drug prescriptions 2. Determine which schools out children attend 3. Deciding who gets tax breaks and who doesn't 4. Deciding bonds issues 5. Regulating corporations and other businesses 6. Promoting our civil liberties and rights |
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Identify the four major principles that are allowed in the American political system. |
1. Majority rules expressed in fair and free elections 2. The protection of minority rights 3. The protection of individual's rights, known as Civil Liberties 4. Equality of law for all citizens, which are usually know as Civil Rights |
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Explain the six major purposes that successful governments have a tendency to possess. |
1. Establish peace and justice within its society 2. Provide for the common defense 3. Promote the general welfare of the people 4. Regulate society 5. Secure the blessing of liberty 6. Transfer incomes |
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List at least seven politicians or elected officials the average American citizen probably could NOT identify. |
1. Major of one's city 2. Chair person of one's school board 3. City council person of one's district 4. State representative of one's district 5. State senator of one's district 6. U.S. representative of one's district 7. U.S. senators of one's state |
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Who controls America's government and politics? |
The 13 Bloodlines of the Illuminati: Astro, Bundry, Collins, DuPont, Freeman, Kennedy, Li, Onasis, Reynolds, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russell, & VanDyn. |
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List the six elements in the preamble of the U.S. constitution. |
1. Establishment of justice and ensuring domestic tranquility 2. Providing for the common defense 3. Promoting the general welfare of the people 4. Regulating society 5. Securing the blessing of liberty 6. Transferring income |
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What was the conclusion of chapter one? |
Government is the only social organization which extends to society as a whole and which can legitimately use force when necessary. |
