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- author "me"
- tags "Gov final exam"
- description ""
- fileName "AP GOV 4"
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- Amendment process of constitution
- 2/3 congress vote 3/4 state vote
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Qualifications for senate
30 years old, us citizen for 9 years, live in state you run for...6 year term
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Qualifications for rep
25 years old citizen for 7 years...2 year term
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Qualifications for prez
35 years old, born in us citizen for 14 years...10 years term
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Incorporation
Forcing states to follow const
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Selective incorporation*
- Forcing states to follow const in case by case manner
- Most but not all of the protections in the bor are made applicable to the states through the 14 amendment
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Equal protection clause
14th amendment no state can deny somone equal protection under law
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Title 9
Prohibits gender discrimination of educational institutions or sporting scholorships
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Thomas hobbs
Gov't is to save people from themselves
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Legislative checks balances
Override veto/impeach prez/justices, senate confirms meetings
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Executive checks
Prez veto/appoints judges
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Judicial checks
Judicial reveiw
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Incumbent
Person who holds offics
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Emminent domain
State power to take private priperty for public use with just compensation
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Mccain feingold act
Outlaws soft money, name 60 days before election, made pacs and super pacs, $ given to party must be individual or PACs
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Necessary and proper clayus
Congress passes any law the want to fullfil enumerated piwers weakens 10 amendment
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Full faith and credit cluase
States honor other state laws and juducial proceengs of other states
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Frustrations with gov
Hard to get things done, lack of awarness of what gov does, dicontent with economy, and high expectaions not met
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shays rebellion
Gov needed strong nat gov, proved AOC didn't work, group of farmers in mass. Needed strong military
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Judicial review
Review of const of a legislative act...sc declares something unconst
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New fed
Gives administrative powers back to the states, prez reagan started it, block grants are an example
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Powers given to states
Education, marriage, police force, voting regulations
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Preemption
Nat gov tries to pass law preventing a state from making that law
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Nullification
When states try to override nat law
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Funded mandate
Americans with disabilities act
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Unfunded mandate
NCLB act
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Enumerated powers
Foriegn affairs, military, immigration, interstate commerce
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Democracy
Gov gives power to people wither directly of through reps
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Oligarchy
Gov where the right to participate is conditioned on wealth, social statue, or military position
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Aristocracy
Gov held by nobilities
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Crticisms with sep of powers
Hard to get things done,not very decisive, hard for gov to act quickley
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How can congress overturn a SC decision
Propose const amendments to overturn judicial decisions with 2/3 maj vote by both houses and rat of 3/4 of states. Amend the constitution
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Block grant
Grant with few strings attached
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Catagorical grant
Grant for a specific purpose
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Elite thory
Small group of key gov leaders that rule gov
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pluralist theory
People with some beliefs will come together
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Great compromise
House and senate
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Census
Count people every 10 years, detarmines # of reps/districts, determines # of electors grants
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Why pick vp
Balance out ticket
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Establishment clause
Gov can't make nat religion
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Free excercersie clause
Gov can;t prohibit religion
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Fed paper 10
Factions (political parties/interest groups)
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Fed papers 39
Lays out plan for having strong nat gov but still giving power to state
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Fed papers 45
Why prez won't be like a king
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Fed papers 51
Explains how sep of powers will work
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Groups of people who vote in low #
Young, minorities, poor/ uneducated
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Weakness of art of confed
No power to tax(state soverignty) no executive branch,amendments to articles required consent of all states no court system
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Political socialization
Political beliefs passed on by parents/events
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Principals of the constitution
Fed(shared power of state and fed gov) supremacy clause( in case of dispute, nat gov always wins) sep of powers (each branch of gov will have certain things that only it can do) checks and balances( each branch will be able to make sure no branch gets too powerful)
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Civil rights
Gov does to stop dicrimination
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Civil liberties
Right and feeedoms in BOR
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Limits under free speech
Direct insightment, clear and presnt danger, bad tendency
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Articles of the const
- 1 leg
- 2 exec
- 3 judge
- 4 federalism
- 5 amendment process
- 6 supremacy clause
- 7 ratification of the const
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PAC*
- Political action committee
- Officially registered fundraising committee that represents interest groups
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Voter turnout
Little over 1/2
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Open primarary
Can vote on either party
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Closed primary
No split ticket
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Criticisms of primary
Iowa and NH have too much say
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Federal system
How power is divided, things local gov't can't do, were not common is old days
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What is popular soverighty?
The right of the majority to govern themsleves
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what is a cross over?
- Unrelated strings attached to great funding to states by national gov
- Road $=new drunk driving standard
- Bridge $=asbestos removed
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