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52 Cards in this Set
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Fiscal Policy |
Relating to matters of finance (laizzer-fair) |
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Social policy |
Issues dealing with ppl’s well being |
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Foreign policy |
Issues involving other countries |
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Budget Deficit |
Federal finds spent at faster rate than tax revenues |
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Keynesianism |
Belief in economic crisis, Gvt. should increase spending & lower taxes |
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National budget |
dispersed event amongst governmental departments, controlled by congress |
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Social Security |
Provides U.S citizens aged 65 (now 66) & up with a monthly living stipend |
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War powers |
Congress has power to declare war 5 wars: War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish Ame. War, WWI, WWII |
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U.S military size |
More than that of the next 17 countries combined |
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Primacy |
Belief U.S should maintain an unparalleled military |
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American exceptionalism |
Belief U.S plays special role in world affairs |
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Soft power |
Cultural influence |
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Realism |
International system in anarchic- no international Gvt. / order |
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Liberalism |
Through coordination, conflict can be avoided |
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Constructivism |
International system is believed in how you interpret it (own interpretation) |
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Civil rights |
Requires Gvt. action to help secure individual rights |
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Civil liberties |
Limits on Gvt. allows ppl to freely exercise their rights (restricts Gvt. action in order to protect individual rights) |
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1st Amendment |
Freedom of religion, speech, press |
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Establishment clause |
Gvt. May not create an official state religion |
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Free exercise clause |
Gvt. May not interfere in religious practice |
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Lemon test (strict separation) |
Test for judging if Gvtmental action violates the establishment clauses |
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Strict separation |
criteria laid out in the lemon test |
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Accommodation |
Belief Gvt. doesn’t violate establishment clause doesn’t favor one religion over other |
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Sherbert Test (accommodation) |
Evaluated Gvt. : infringed on freedom of religion |
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Neutrality test (accommodation) |
Ask if Gvt. action was neutral & applied in a neutral way |
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Clear & present danger clauses |
Allows restriction of freedom of speech if it can prohibit action |
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Brandenburg V Ohio |
Revised clear & present clauses |
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Prior restraint |
Attempting to stop freedom of press/speech before it occurs |
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Obscenity |
Things deemed obscene are not protected by the first amendment |
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Libel |
Writing false things about a person |
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Slander |
Spoken falsehood |
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Purpose of miller test |
Supreme Court created a 3 pronged test for judging what is obscene |
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4th Amendment |
Search & seizure |
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5th Amendment |
Right to trial |
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6th Amendment |
Right to counsel & affair & speedy trial by impartial jury |
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8th Amendment |
State must provide lawyer if can’t afford one |
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Dred Scott V Sanford |
Slaves that entered free states were still slaves |
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Which Amendments are the civil war Amendment? |
13th Amendment: outlawed slavery 14th Amendment: citizens have right to vote 15th Amendment: all citizens have a right to vote |
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Reconstruction |
Attempt to rebuild the south; with emphasis on civil justice |
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Abolitionism |
Anti-slavery, against slavery |
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Jim Crow Laws |
System of segregation built in the south |
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Plessy V Ferguson |
Upheld segregation laws “separate but equal” |
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Brown V board of education |
Overturned Plessy V Ferguson |
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Equality V equity |
Equality: state of being equal Equity: giving everyone what they need to succeed |
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Obergefell V Hodges |
Legalized same sex marriage on a national lvl |
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Social movement |
Organizations who work outside of political channels to gain public’s attention |
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Grassroots social movement |
Using public for political/economic movement |
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Social movement tactics |
Strikes, marches, demonstrations, civil disobedience, occupation, boycotts, non-cooperations |
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Medicare |
Supplemented healthcare to those over 65 |
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Medicaid |
Supplemented healthcare to low income citizens |
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Federal reserve |
Executive branch |
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Unemployment |
First implemented by Wisconsin in 1932 |
