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48 Cards in this Set
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famous work was Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
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life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"
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Thomas Hobbes
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argued best way to protect life was to give total power to absolute monarch
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Thomas Hobbes
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Enlightenment Philosophers
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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau
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famous work was Second Treatise on Civil Government
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John Locke
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argued that there were natural rights by God and government should protect and respect these rights
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John Locke
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the natural rights of God according to John Locke
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life, liberty, and property
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famous work was De l'Esprit des Lois (The Spirit of Laws)
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Charles de Montesquieu
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argued for the seperation of powers into three branches
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Charles de Montesquieu
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argued for the "social contract" among the people
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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What were some notable accomplishments achieved under the Articles of Confederation? (4)
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-won the Revolutionary war
-established the Northwest Ordinance -negotiated the treaty that ended the war -set the precedent of federalism |
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methods in which states could enter the Union
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Northwest Ordinance
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Name 10 things that the government could not do under the Articles of Confederation
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-could not draft soldiers
-was completely dependent on state legislatures for revenue -could not pay off the Revolutionary War debt -could not control interstate trade -had no executive branch to enforce national law -had no national currency -had no control over import and export taxes imported between states -needed unanimity to amend the Articles -needed approval from 9 states to pass legislation |
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Are the framers today known as an elitist conspiracy of the rich to protect their wealth or a meeting of political pragmatists who tried to protect everyone's rights in order to protect their own?
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pragmatists
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the enforcer of the law and second check on the power of the legislature
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President
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What are the Federalist papers?
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A series of newspapers articles supporting the Constitution
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Who wrote the Federalist papers?
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Alexander Hamilton
James Madison John Jay |
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What is the Federalist No. 10?
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The most famous article in the Federalist Papers.
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What is Article I Section 8 of the Constitution?
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necessary and proper clause
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What does the necessary and proper clause indicate?
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Congress can make all laws that appear necessary and proper
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Another name for the necessary and proper clause?
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elastic clause
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Example of necessary and proper clause
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Federal Reserve System
Federal District Courts Courts of Appeals |
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executive orders
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-have the same effect as law
-bypass Congress in policy making (not in Constitution) |
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what are executive orders used for?
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used as enforcement duties of the executive branch
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agreement between heads of countries
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executive agreements
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executive agreements
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-bypass the ratification power of the Senate (not in Constitution)
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Extreme example of executive order
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Executive Order 9066- Frankin D. Roosevelt ordered people removed from military zone (Japanese and German)
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important ruling of Marbury vs. Madison in 1803
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Supreme Court increased its power by granting itself judicial review
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names to the power of the national government
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-delegated powers
-expressed powers -enumerated powers |
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powers of the national government (4)
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-printing money
-regulating interstate and international trade -making treaties and conducting foreign policy -declaring war |
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name of the powers that belong to state
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reserved powers
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powers of the state
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-the power to issue licenses
-the regulation of interstate businesses -the responsibility to run and pay for federal elections |
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another name for shared powers
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concurrent powers
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shared powers
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-collect taxes
-build roads -operate courts of law -borrow money |
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states are required to accept the court judgements, licenses, contracts, and other civil acts of all the other states
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full faith and credit clause
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states may not refuse police protection or access to courts to a US citizen of another state
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privileges and immunities clause
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must return fugitives to the state they had fled
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extradition
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requires conflicts between state and federal law to be resolved in favor of federal laws
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supremacy clause
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first part of the nation's history, the federal and state govs remained separate and independent. What's the name of that relationship?
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dual federalism
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federal government does not have the power to (5)
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-suspend the writ of habeas corpus
-pass ex post facto laws or issuance bills of attainder -impose export taxes -use money from the treasury without approval of appropriations -grant titles of nobility |
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state governments don't have the power to (7)
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-enter into treaties with foreign countries
-declare war -maintain a standing army -print money -pass ex post facto or issuance bills of attainder -grant titles of nobility -impose import or export duties |
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what kind of grants do nationalists like?
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categorical grants
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what kind of grants do states' rightists like?
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block grants
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what are the advantages of federalism?
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-mass participation
-regional autonomy -government on many levels -innovative methods |
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what are the disadvantages of federalism?
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-lack of consistency
-inefficiency -bureaucracy -overgovernment |
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governor's powers (4)
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-direct state executive agencies
-command state National Guard -grant pardons and reprieves -most can appoint state judges |
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gubernatorial veto
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veto by the governor
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What kind of veto can governors use that president's can't?
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line-item veto
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