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32 Cards in this Set
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Define Government |
A group of people that governs a territory |
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Politics |
Study of struggle for power |
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How a policy agenda works |
Political issues get on the agenda, policymakers make policy, policies effect the people. |
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List the four key linkage institutions |
Political parties, Interests groups, Media, Elections |
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What is a policy agenda |
A set of issues, problem, or subjects that get attention by the policy makers |
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How does a government's policy agenda change? |
Leaders don't act on an issue until it's high on the policy agenda |
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List the four major policymaking institutions in the U.S. |
Legislature, Executive, Courts, Bureaucracy |
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Define "Majority rule and minority rights" |
Majority rule is limited in order to protect minority rights |
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Describe English heritage of the U.S. |
Using ideas of English philosophers, which are used in the constitution. Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights |
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Grievances under Britsh Rule |
No taxation without representation, Armed troops taking over home, and trial with no Jury |
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Major components of John Locke's philosophy of government. |
Rights of life, liberty, and property. Government purpose to preserve itself, liberty, and property. Equality, limited government, consent of the governed, right to revolt, |
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American government under Articles |
A league of friendship between strong state governments and a very weak national government. |
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Reasons the Articles failed |
National government was in debt, no power to regulate trade, no judicial, no executive, |
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Founding fathers views on Human nature |
Self-interest |
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Founding fathers views on Conflict |
Leads to factions |
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Founding fathers views on Nature of government |
sets power against power so that no one faction rises above |
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Issues related to equality at the constitutional convention |
Small states favored the New Jersey plan because they believed it opted for Equality over representation by population. They were worried big states were going to dominate the conventions. They resolved it by having states have 2 chosen state senators for equality |
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Major economic problems addressed at the Constitutional Convention |
Government had no power to tax. Congress was given the power to tax |
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Why did the founding fathers not want to address individual right issues? |
because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal government. |
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Differences between federalists and Anti-Federalists |
Federalists wanted a strong national government, separation of powers and check and balances. Anti-Federalists believed that states should have more power than the national gov. and they needed a bill of rights |
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How can the Constitution be amended |
two-thirds of the House and Senate approve the proposal and send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment. |
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How does federalism decentralize politics and policies |
Having states and local governments decide their laws |
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Three obligations each state has to do to other states |
Full faith and credit, privileges and immunities, Extradition |
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Obligations for the states to the national government |
Conduct and pay for elections and Consider proposed amendments |
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Obligations of the national government to the states |
Keep a republican form of gov, provide protection, respect the integrity of the states, uniform taxes, and equal representation in the senate |
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Dual federalism is like a layer cake how? |
Federal and state governments are co-equals, a very large group of powers belonging to the states, and the federal government is limited to those powers listed in the constitution |
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Cooperative federalism is like a marble cake how? |
powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the gov. |
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Why might a state not want to accept federal aid? |
The state might have to follow through with mandate or have potentially expensive requirements |
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Four advantages of federalism |
Limits gov power. power is more distributed, diverse representation, one political party can't control the government. |
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four disadvantages of federalism |
Expensive, conflict, slows down policy making, less overall control of the country, too complex |
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States rights |
Power of the gov. = with the state |
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National Rights |
Power of gov = with national/federal government |
