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18 Cards in this Set
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a way that people (individuals or groups – political parties) shape government’s impact on goals and issues
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Politics
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competing for public resources based on the organizational basis of race, sex, or ethnicity
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Identity Politics
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a count of all United States inhabitants done every ten years (in years divisible by ten)
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US Census
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– inalienable rights that everyone is born with
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Natural Rights
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the idea that every person of a democracy has the equal opportunity to influence government
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Political equality
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rule by the people
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Popular sovereignty
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a system of government in which citizens have sovereignty
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democracy
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individual rights of people outside the political or religious majority
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minority rights
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the right of individuals to own private property
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right to own property
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a system of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them
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indirect democracy/republic
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wrote about politics; argued that individuals pursue their own needs and interests through political participation
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Aristotle
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wrote “The New Colossus”; made people realize that the statue of liberty dealt with immigration
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Emma Lazarus
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wrote a textbook promoting a new national language
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Noah Webster
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thought that only educated citizens would be able to understand politics
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Thomas Jefferson
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English philosopher; individuals give up certain rights in exchange for law governed society
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Thomas Hobbes
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English philosopher; shared Hobbes’ beliefs, wanted people to give up certain rights to the government in exchange for a law governed society
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John Locke
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Frenchman who travelled through United States; noticed that Americans felt more equal than Europeans, thought this was because there was no hereditary monarchy and aristocracy
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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president; believed in popular sovereignty, led to a democracy
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Abraham Lincoln
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