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Power flows from the people to the government - what kind of ideal is this?
Imperfectly realized Ideal
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Authoritarian Government
Government is completely controlled by a dictator or elite group - social and economic system is not under government control
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Legitimacy
Perception by the people that the government has the right to establish rules and laws
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What takes the pulse of America?
Public Opinion Polls
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What concept is important in a Democratic Republic?
Majority Rule
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Who votes?
The People - every 2 and 4 years
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Democracy
Rule by the people
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Politics is the process of...?
Deciding who gets what, when, and how.
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Totalitarian
A dictator - every aspect political, social, and economic is controlled by government
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How do people impact the government?
Power flows from the people to the government
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Direct Democracy
Important governmental decisions are made in the town meeting attended by all eligible voters
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Each voter's vote is equal to others
Equality
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Aristocracy
"Rule by the Best" or wealthiest
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What are some examples of direct action?
Protests (non-violent), Bombings (violent)
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Who did the people of the Republic elect?
Representatives
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Security
The order in society; We depend on government to keep up security to a point
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What are some issues confronting the US?
- Economy
- War (terror, Iraq, Afghanistan)
- Globalization
- Race
- Social Security
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What are politics?
Process that makes government work
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Politics is not what?
Not a neutral process
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Sovereignity rested with the people
Republic
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Republic... or...
Popular Sovereignity
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What is government?
Individuals, Institutes, and Processes that make the rules for society and possess the power to enforce them.
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Power generally follows what in democracy?
Office - Power can be abused
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Does the public will translate to public policy?
Yes
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Prevent political decisions based on the whims or amitions of the people in government
Limited Government
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Does the person with the most votes always win?
No - ex: Bush vs. Gore
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Power from the people exercise by elected representatives?
Republic
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Equality of all people
Universal Suffrage
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Theocracy
Rule by the Church or religious leaders
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Why were the constitutional framers suspiscious of direct democracy?
They were afraid of passions of the majority
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Liberty
Greatest freedom of an individual - consistent with the freedom of other individuals
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What is the best way people can effect government?
Voting
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What do political parties do for the people?
Help manage choices
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Representatives of the Republic were what?
Amateurs at government
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Do National & State levels have direct democracy?
no
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Authority
Right and power of government to enforce decisions
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What is the foremost purpose of government?
To protect
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What are some examples of public policy?
Healthcare Reform, Clean Water
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Passions that would erode or destroy the rights of the minority?
Mob Rule
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What are our fundamental political values?
- Civil Liberties
- Equality
- Property Rights
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What are some Civil Liberties?
Bill of Rights, the right to bare arms etc
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What percent of people feel the government is spending and being wasteful? How many feel they have a responsibility to provide financially?
61%/69%
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What are Political Ideologies?
One's set of beliefs about politics (liberal, moderate, conservative)
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What is conservative ideology?
The idea that government should play only a limited role in helping individuals - anti-abortion, anti-gay
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What is liberal ideology?
Advocacy of governmental action to improve the welfare of individuals, support for civil rights, and tolerance for political and social change
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A system has what?
inputs, outputs, and feedback
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What are inputs?
demands and supports - what people want - like a write-in candidate
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What are outputs?
laws and public policies - answers to the inputs
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Where is feedback seen?
In elections and polls
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How is America's "system"? Why?
Adaptable - surviving political tormoil including wars, depressions, and crises
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What is our Constitution?
Supreme law of the land
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The US is the first nation to have what?
a formal and written constitution
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How many times has the Constitution been amended?
27
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Where did he gets his concept from?
Thomas Jefferson - John Locke
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What were some antecedents to the Constitution?
- The Magna Carta (1215)
- Habaes Corpus Act (1679)
- Bill of Rights (1689)
- Mayflower Compact (1620)
- The Colonial Experience (1620-1776)
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When did the Continental Congress happen?
1776-1781
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When were the Articles of Confederation written?
1781-1787
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Under the Articles, the government could not what?
collect taxes, could not regulate commerce, or enforce law
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The Constitutional met where and whento do what to the Articles of Confederation?
Philidelphia - 1787 - amend
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Before the Articles were revised, what happened?
Shay's Rebellion
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Who was chairman on the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
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The Great Compromise was what?
- Bicameral Cognress (Senate/House)
- Supreme Court & President
- Numerous other Issues
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Marbury vs. Madison was what?
First time an act of Congress was declared Unconstitutional
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American Constitutional System had what significant features?
- A Federal System of Government
- The Supremacy Clause
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Representative Democracy... or?
Republic
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When were the first ten amendments adopted?
1791
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When was the Constitution Ratfied?
1788
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How many states had to approve the Constitution to be ratified?
9
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What state never ratified the Constitution?
Rhode Island
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How did Washington assume spot as president?
The People assumed he would be
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How did Washington get to New York to his inauguration? When?
By horse, spring of 1789
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What are some benefits included in Article One?
Establish post office, create lower courts, declare war/maintain armed forces, outlaws titles of nobility, money spent must be appropriated
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What are some things included in Article Two?
The executive branch, creates president, election by electoral college, president is commander in chief, summon congress into special session
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What does Article Three deal with?
- Supreme Court
- President appoints judges
- Congress can create smaller courts
- trial by jury
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Explain some things from Article 4?
- Relations among states
- recognizes the federal system
- grants priveleges and immunities
- provides extradition from state to state
- lets have new states
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What is Article Five dealing with?
- amendment of constitution
- ways of proposing amendments
- ways of ratifying amendments
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Talk about Article Six
- debt of US
- provides that constitution is supreme law of the land
- forbids religious test for holding office
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Talk about Article Seven
Conventions in 9 states must approve a document
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Amendment 1
seperation of church/state - free exercise of religion - free speech, press, petition
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Amendment 2
right to bare arms
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amendment 3
forbids housing of troops
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amendment 4
guarantees agsint unreasonable search and seizure
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amendment 5
no double jeopardy - due process
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amendment 6
speedy and public trial - witnseses - assistance of counsel
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amendment 7
trial by jury in civil cases
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amendment 8
no cruel & unusual punishment
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amendment 9
just because a freedom isn't written does not mean it doesn't exist
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amendment 10
powers not in congress are given to the state
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What amendments are parts of Civil War?
- 13 - abolishing slavery
- 14 - guarantees citizenship
- 15 - no sanctified voting
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What amendments effect voting?
- 17 - elect senators by popular vote
- 19 - women may vote
- 23 - citizens of DC vote for prez
- 24 - abolish poll tax
- 26 - extends vote to ppl 18 or older
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Amendments that effect presidency?
- 12 - corrects voting by electoral college
- 20 - changes date of inauguration to January 20th
- 22 - limits presidency to two 4 year terms
- 25 - provides succession in case of disability
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