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26 Cards in this Set
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Enlightenment Philosophers |
Thomas Paine- Common Sense and The Rights of Man John Locke- Hobbes and Rousseau |
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American Core Values |
Liberty, Self-Government, Equality, Individualism |
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The Declaration of Independence(1776) |
Philosophy of John Locke Thomas Jefferson wrote it paraphrasing Locke |
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The Magna Carta(1215) |
Rebelling Lords forced King John to sign the Magna Carta |
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The Mayflower Compact(1620) |
While still aboard the Mayflower in route to the US, British colonists signed |
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Colonial Charters(1624-1732) |
Granted by the British King |
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Articles of Confederation |
1781 |
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What was some of the challenges of the Articles of Confederation? |
No check and balances No bill of rights States made their own taxes and currency Adopted during the revolutionary War Created a weak national govt |
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The Shay's Rebellion |
Daniel Shay got angry about taxes and his land being taken away. The govt couldn't stop the farmers and that caused them to revise the AOC. |
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The Great Compromise: A Two-Chamber Congress |
Consists of Virginia plan or large state plan and new Jersey plan or small state plan |
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The Federalist Papers |
85 essays by Federalist that appeared in NY papers. Written by Alexander Hamilton and john Jay. Federalist ideas like strong govt. And banks went into the Constitution |
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The Ratification Debate |
Anti-federalist- didn't want govt to be too powerful and advocated for personal rights Federalist- federalist papers |
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Federalist paper #10 |
Beware of factions (a group of people who gather for their own personal interests) |
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Federalist paper #51 |
All men are imperfect, rulers and ruled. Separation of powers is necessary |
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The Framers Goals |
Govt. Strong enough to meet the country's needs, based on popular consent, wound not threaten the existence of the seperate states or liberty |
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When was the Constitution last amended? |
1992 and the 27th was amended because of Gregory Watson (UNI of TX Austin) |
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How many people in each branch? |
L branch- 100 E branch- 1 J branch- 9 |
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Bill of Rights(1789) |
Freedom of speech Freedom of assembly Freedom of religion Trial by jury Limits the power of govt |
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What was the only amendment that was appealed? |
Prohibition- outlaws alcohol, illegal to transport, produce alcohol |
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Judicial review |
The power of the judiciary to decide whether a govt official or institution has acted within the limits of the Constitution and if not to declare it null and void |
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Marbury v Madison (1803) |
James Madison was secretary of State, marbury wanted his position of a judge and went to court against James Madison. First case that had judicial review and established the importance of the branch. |
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Faithless Elector |
Elector who didn't vote in who won the popular vote |
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Jefferson Democracy |
Govt belonged to all not just the elite |
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Jacksonian Democracy |
States urged to give their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote |
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The Progressives |
Championed primary elections giving ordinary voters the power to select party nominees |
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Today is more like a representative govt because |
More frequent elections than any democracy Only major democracy to rely heavily on primary elections Less democratic than other major democracies |
