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37 Cards in this Set
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What is a democracy?
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government by the people.
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What was Shay's Rebellion?
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A protest of mortgage foreclosures.
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What is bicameralism?
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The principal of two-house legislature
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What was the Conneticut Plan?
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the atgreement at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature.
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What is the difference between separation of powers and checks of balances?
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SoP is for assigning the actual rights of each branch, CoB decides how these interact and keep each other in line.
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What is an autocracy?
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a type of government in which one person with unlimited power rules.
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What is a federal mandate?
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A requirement the national government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds.
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What are "concurrent powers"?
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Powers that the Constitution gives both the national and state government.
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What is the "full faith and credit" clause?
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The clause requiring each state to recognize civil judgments rendered by courts of other states.
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What is "national supremacy"?
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The constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of the state, the national prevail.
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What is a centrist?
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Someone who favor national action over action at the state levels.
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What is devolution?
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powers returning to the states.
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Differentiate between federalism/federal system and federal government.
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Federal government is the government located in Washington. Federalism is about the political theory.
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What is the single model for diving authority between national and regional governments?
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There isn't one.
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Why was federalism chosen??
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It was a compromise between centrists and decenttralizationists.
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Which powers do the national government has?
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Only powers delegated to it, or powers over foreign affairs.
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Who is supreme?
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national government.
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State governments have which powers?
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powers not delegated to the Constitution, except those denied to them by the constitution.
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What is pre-emption?
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Saying that the national government can create laws that the state can not negate, only add to.
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What is the War Power?
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The power to wage war by the national government.
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What did the Founding Fathers think about democracy?
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They distrusted it.
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What did the Founding Fathers not want?
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A mob, nor a king.
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What were the political conditions of the Continental Congress?
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Not everyone was against Britain.
Soldiers were not freqently paid. Caste issues. |
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Why was the Continental Congress secret?
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The Shay Rebellion.
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What is the 3/5ths compromise?
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Giving black people 3/5ths representation and in taxes.
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Which court was established by the Constitution?
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ONLY the Supreme court.
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How many colonies were needed to ratify the Constitution?
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9 out of 13.
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What were Publius?
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Documents and pampletes written by Hamilton and Maddison, convincing people to ratify the constitution.
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Who wrote Publius?
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Maddison and Hamilton
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What led to the VA ratification of the Constitution?
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Maddison promising the Bill of Rights.
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Checks and Balances, and Separation of Power, are both ____.
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interlocking issues.
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What do many people think about the Primaries?
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they are not involved
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What is a Ballot Initiative?
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A referendum?
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What is the National Supremacy Article?
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Article VI: States may not override national policies, just add to them.
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What is the War Power?
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The power to wage war, which also allows the creation of no-fly zones and stuff.
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What does political science study?
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The interaction among politics, the government, and our Constitutional Democracy.
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What do the first three articles of the Constitution establish?
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Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches.
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