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30 Cards in this Set
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Social Institution
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An ongoing organization within a society that performs important social functions.
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Process of Politics
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The struggle over power or influence within an organization in determining how benfits and privileges will be allocated.
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Institution of Govt
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It's the only instit that has ultimate authority w/in a society.
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The basic purpose of
Govt is... |
To maintain order by providing for peace and security.
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Concept of Liberty
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The greatest freedom of individuals that is consistent with the freedom of other individs in society.
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The authority of govt in the most basic sense refers to...
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Power to enforce its decisions and compel obedience.
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The legitimacy of govt
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The govt is popularly accepted as having the right to exercise authority.
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Democratic Republic
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A form of govt in which sovereignty rests with the ppl, who elect agents to rep them in lawmaking and other decisions.
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Limited Government
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The principle that powers of govt are restrained or controlled by the power of law in a written constit.
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The Political Culture
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The collection of beliefs and attitudes toward govt and th political process held by a community or nation.
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Political Socialization
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The process through which individs learn political attitudes and form opinions about social issues.
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Dominant political culture in the US with roots in Western Europe is based upon...
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Individual Liberty
& Property Rights |
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According to principles of the philosopher John Locke, property is..
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Anything that may be the subject of ownership.
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Social Contract
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A voluntary agreement among individs to secure their rights and welfare by creating a govt and abiding by its rules
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Confederation
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A voluntary association of independent states, in which the member states agree to limited restraints on their freedom of action.
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Immediately following the Revolution, govt in the US could be described as...
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The central govt could make little headway in attending to urgent national affairs due to distrust by the common man.
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Shay's Rebellion
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Signaled the "Rule of Law" was breaking down in which town farmers reacted violently to national financial problems. Demonstrated the need for a revised govt.
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Federal System
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A sys of govt in which power is divided between central govt and regional, or subdiv'l govts and where genuine political or constit'l authority exists at each level.
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Federalists
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The name given to those in favor of adoption of the Constit. of 1787.
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The Great Compromise of 1787 provided...
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A bicameral legislature with the lower chamber chosen by the ppl and the smaller upper chamber to be chosen by the state legislatures.
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Anti Federalists
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Opposed ratification of the new Constit during the debate over the Constit. of 1787.
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Separation of Powers
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A major principle of the American Constit of 1787 whereby each branch of govt exercises a check on the actions of the others
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Supremacy Doctrine
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A principle that asserts the priority of nat'l law over state laws found in Article VI of the Constit drafted in 1787.
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Federal System
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A system of govt in which power is divided between a central govt and regional or subdivisional govts, with constit'l guarantees of preservation of powers unique to the domain of govt at each level.
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Ratification of the new Constit.
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Was to be accomplished by special convention held in each state and was to be effective upon approval by 9 states.
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Marbury vs. Madison
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While the US Constit. does not specifically mention the power of judicial review, Marbury v. Madison proved evidence of its existence.
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Amendment X of the
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A clear statement of the intent of the framers of the US Constit to divide the powers between the states and a strong central govt.
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The Bill of Rights were added as the first 10 amendments and were intended to only apply to
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The National Govt.
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Barron vs. Baltimore in 1833 held that the Bill of Rights
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Did not apply to the states at all.
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Incorporation Theory
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The view that most of the protections of the US Bill of Rights apply to state govts through the 14th amendment due process clause.
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