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55 Cards in this Set
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private ownership of business based on supply and demand competition in market |
Capitalism |
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Gov't owns/ controls major industires little-no competition |
Socialism |
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Both capitalism and socialimsm |
Mixed economy |
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Examples of mixed economy |
u.s. and canada |
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Marxism |
Classless society
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Absolute monarcchy |
king, queen, has power over all aspects hereditary of self-proclaimed
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Modern communism |
single party property/production are owned/controlled by gov't strict |
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fascism |
"state" is supreme strong dictatorship supremacy of race/citizenship
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theocracy |
laws of religion=laws of state gov't based on religion |
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Plutocracy |
disproportianate influence by wealthy in society and gov't
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modern democracy |
participation free and fair elections high importance on individual freedom, human rights
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representative democracy |
citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them |
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trustees |
you trust representative to make decisions by applying his/her expertise/ expirence |
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delegates |
you want your representatives to make decisions based on the specific will of you the voters:check w/ us first and be our "mouthpiece" |
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Direct democracy |
citizens vote on every single issue |
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Citizenship |
One who under the constitution and laws of the United States, or of a particular state is a member of the political community, owing allegiance and being entitled to the enjoyment of full civil rights |
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political ideology |
an assemblage of political ideas and beliefs used to describe an individual's political value system |
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Liberalism |
^ economy V personal issues |
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conservatism |
V economy ^personal issues |
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moderates |
somewhere between conservatives and liberals |
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Examples of liberals |
Obama Madonna David Letterman |
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Examples of Conservatives |
Bill o'riley Sarah Palin Glenn Beck |
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Supports affirmative action program |
Liberals |
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Affirmative action programs infringe the rights of the majority |
Conservative |
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french and indian war |
french and the indians against us and british. we won |
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Article of conferderation failed because |
no central gov't no $ for an army no authority for taxing |
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Rule of law |
written law governs over people |
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Individual rights and liberty |
all persons have unalienable right |
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popular sovereignty through representative democracy |
republicanism- educated people elected to represent the masses |
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national supermacy |
the federal gov't is more powerful than the states |
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limited gov't |
people get some power, gov't is more powerful than states |
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division of power |
so no one becomes too powerful |
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legislative |
makes laws Congress article 1 section 8 |
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executive |
enforce and carry out laws president bureaucracy article 2
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Judicial |
interpret laws supreme court article 3 |
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federalism |
the division of power between national government and state government |
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bicameralism |
the division of power between house and senate senate= 100 people house= 435 people |
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change constitution by formal amendment |
2/3 vote of both houses of congress 3/4 of state legislative votes to approve |
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change constitution by supreme court judicial action |
supreme court's power to interpret the constitutionality of any act of congress, executive branch, or the states Can be narrow or far-reaching, strict constuctionalists vs. loose constructionalists |
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social evolution |
technology, social normals, etc. change over time and affect the types of cases brought to the court |
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tenth amendment |
state's rights are reserved powers |
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14th amendment |
due process clause equal protection clause used to apply the bill of rights to the states |
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federalism |
division of power between a national and state gov't |
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dual federalism |
shared powers (all have votes in each topic) |
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cooperative federalism |
revenue sharing through grants |
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coersive feederalism |
action of state powers which occurs when the national gov't proposes and increase or decrease in grant $ awarded to state in effort to control changes in state policies |
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new federalism |
devolution of power back to the states |
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federal mandate |
requirement that the federal gov't imposes on states regarding particular policies |
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formula grants |
awarded for funding programs with qualifications criteria for reciptiants (every applicant meets the criteria, recieves fund) |
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Federal grants |
Federal money given to states and local gov't |
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categorical grants |
awarded for funding a specific program with very specific guidelines and requirements |
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block grants |
awarded for very broad program areas with fewer strict punishments |
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politics |
the PROCESS that determines who shall occupy the roles of leadership in government and how the power of government shall be excercised competition for power and resources |
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Govrnment |
institution with the authority to set up policy for society |
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social contract theory |
john locke's- we agree to be governed to keep from harming one another |
