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43 Cards in this Set
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What is the difference between elitism and pluralism?
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Elitism is the theory that government responds to a small group of powerful people whereas pluralism is the theory that government responds to the people based on their involvement in groups
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Which amendments led to the expansion of civil rights?
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13 14 24
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Which amendments led to the expansion of voting rights?
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15 17 19 23 26
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Which amendments dealt directly with slavery?
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13 14 15
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What are the first ten amendments known as?
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The Bill of Rights
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Amendments 5 through 8 are protections for those...
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Accused of a crime
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Article 1 of the Constitution describes which branch?
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The legislative branch
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Article 2 of the Constitution describes which branch?
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The executive branch
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Article 3 of the Constitution describes which branch?
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The judicial branch
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The judicial branch deals with both the...
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Supreme Court and federal court system
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The fourth article of the Constitution states...
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The federal government has the final say ( federal law trumps state law)
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The 6th article of the Constitution states...
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The Constitution is the supreme law of the land
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Article 7 of the Constitution deals with...
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The procedure for ratifying amendments.
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How many votes are needed for an amendment to be ratified?
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2/3 from both houses
3/4 from all states |
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The Federalist Papers were designed to get the ____ accepted.
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Constitution
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The 5th article of the Constitution explains...
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How to add an amendment
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Which was the only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention?
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Rhode Island
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Who was the Virginia Plan tailored towards?
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Big states, it called for a House of Representatives based on population
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Who was the New Jersey Plan tailored towards?
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Little states, called for The Senate based on equal representation for each state.
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What is a representative democracy?
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When those eligible choose representatives to make laws on their behalf.
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What is a republic?
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A nation that chooses its representatives
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Which characteristics did the Framers have in common?
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They were all well educated, land-owning farmers, and white males.
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Why did the colonist feel disenfranchised?
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They were being taxed by Britain but they were not represented in Parliament.
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What does an election driven responsiveness do?
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It keeps people in office accountable because they can be replaced.
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The state of nature is when...
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People can do whatever they want but no protection will be provided for them.
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A social contract is...
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A general idea that we all agree to follow some rules in exchange for some sort of protection.
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What did John Locke believe?
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Government gets its authority from the government. He was a social contract theorist.
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What are two components of common law?
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We are innocent until proven guilty.
We are all equal before the law. |
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What is Napoleonic Law?
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Guilty until proven innocent.
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What are the characteristics of voters?
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Full time employment, own houses, have children
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What are characteristics of non voters?
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Distrust of the government, belief that their vote doesn't matter, belief that its too difficult to make an informed decision
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What was the significance of the Bush vs Gore election?
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The people of Florida felt disenfranchised because they didn't actually vote for Bush but he still won so they felt like their vote didn't count. (Butterfly Ballots)
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What are the four necessities of a political actor?
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Resources, Power, Authority, and Legitimacy.
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Legitimacy can only be acquired through which type of elections?
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Free and fair
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Which groups of people hold the control in the elitist theory?
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Corporate and academic leaders, military chiefs, people who own big media outlets, and members of the permanent government bureaucracy.
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According to the pluralism theory, who controls government?
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Service organizations, unions, religious groups, school and neighborhood groups.
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What is a normative statement?
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A judgment or opinion. What should happen, this doesn't mean that it will.
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What is an empirical statement?
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A statement that is factual and can be proven with scientific reasoning. Although factual it can also be worded in a way that shows bias.
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Who is in control in an authoritarian government?
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One person or a small group.
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What is political openness?
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When political matters are discussed publicly and not carried out behind closed doors.
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Why did Montesquieu think that separation of powers was a good idea?
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He believed that government would not be able to get a lot done if a majority of people did not agree on it.
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What did the Connecticut Compromise produced?
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A bicameral legislature
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What are the powers of the legislature?
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Gives power to Congress, rights laws, interprets written and implied laws
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