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38 Cards in this Set
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What is a democracy?
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A political community where popular soveriegnty (people rule), political equality and liberty all exist.
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What provides an appropriate beginning point to begin to understand and evaluate political system?
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Democracy
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What are the two types of Democracy?
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Direct and Indirect
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What are the characteristics of Democracy?
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1)Majority Rule (50%+1)
2)Minority Rights 3)Individual rights 4)Equality under the law |
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What is a plurality?
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Recieves the most votes, but is not a majority.
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What is minority rights?
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Protection from a tyrannical majority.
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What is individual rights?
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Our Civil Liberties
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Where are the individual rights found?
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Bill of Rights
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What are civil liberties?
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Our legally protected freedoms to act or not to act and to be protected from unwarranted govt intrusion.
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What is equality under the law?
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Civil Rights
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What are Civil Rights?
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Governmental responsibilities that guarantees that all citizens can participate in American Democratic life.
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What is Direct Democracy?
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We the people directly determine what the government does.
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What is Indirect Democracy?
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We the people elect candidates to represent our opinnions in the govt.
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What did Harold Laswell define politics?
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Who gets what, when and how.
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What did David Easton define politics?
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Authorative allocation of values
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What is the definition of politics?
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A moral process that attempts to reconcile social and economic differences in society.
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What is politics used for?
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It is a mechanism used to reach a compromise when there is no single acceptable solution.
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What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
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Eliminate racial discrimination barrier on voting.
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What is a minimalist state views on collective goods?
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Too large and too inefficient and should only produce goods and services all individuals can not provide for themselves. Take a restrictive role.
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What is Jim Crow laws?
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An official law requiring segregation of races.
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What are the two types of Jim Crow laws?
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De Jure and De Facto
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What is dejure segregation?
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Official and public laws
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What is defacto segregation?
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private forms of segregation
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What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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The most comprehensive anti discrimination legislation ever enacted by Congress to eliminate all forms of segregation in public accomdations.
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What is popular soverignty?
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Where the people rule
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What is public policy?
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the decision, commitment, and actions taken by a goverment.
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Public policy is simply?
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What the govt chooses to do or not to do
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What are purposes of Public Policy?
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Regulate, protect, encourage and assist
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What is national deficit?
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what is spent vs. what is brought in
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What is foriegn policy?
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Policy that directly impacts our relationship with other countries.
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What is domestic policy?
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Policy that directly effects individuals living in a country.
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What is national debt?
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Total outstanding amount owed including deficit
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The constitution established what five principles?
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Popular Soveriegnty, republican form of govt, limited government, separation of powers, a federal system
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Where was the constitutional convention held?
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Philadelphia
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Who was invited/attended the constitutional convention?
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74 delegates from 13 colonies
55 showed up, no more than 30 at any meeting. |
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Who attended every constitutional convention?
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James Madison
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What makes up the constitution?
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Pre-Amble, 7 Articles and 27 ammendments
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What is judicial review?
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Authority of court to declare legislative/executive acts unconstitutional.
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