Chs 1-3 Flashcards by Brett Hormann

The institution in which decisions are made that resolve conflicts or allocates benefits and privileges is known as

Government

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Totalitarianism

The system of government, usually a dictatorship, using force to lead and control people

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The procedures by which voters can propose a law or constitutional amendment is

Initiative

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The framers of the constitution chose to create a

Republic

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The framers of the constitution viewed direct democracy as

Dangerous and representative democracy was more reliable

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Majoritarianism

A political theory holding that in a democracy, the government should do what the majority of the people want

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Why do many scholars believe that majoritarianism is a poor description of the how U.S. democracy works

Many people don’t know about politics/ low level voter turnout

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The perspective that society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self interest is

Elite theory

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The theory that views conflicts among interest groups using bargaining and compromise is

Pluralism

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The concept that ultimate power authority is based on the will of the people

Popular sovereignty

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—– is one of our most prized liberties because democracy could not endure without it

Freedom of speech

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As a political value, equality is defined as the idea that all people

Are of equal worth

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Economic system characterized by the private ownership of wealth creating assets, free markets, and freedom of contract

Capitalism

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The comprehensive set of beliefs about the nature of people and the role of the government

Ideology

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Set of beliefs that includes a limited role for the national government in helping individuals, support for policies favoring traditional values and lifestyles and a cautious response to change

Conservatism

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Set of beliefs that includes the advocacy of positive government action to improve the welfare of individuals, support for civil rights, and tolerance for political and social change

Liberalism

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Like other economically advanced countries the U.S. has in recent decades experienced

Falling birth rates and increase in a number of older citizens

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The most recent statistics show that the greatest percentage of immigrants to the U.S. came from

Mexico

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Which of the following is true about voter turnout in the U.S.

50%-50% or 51%-49%

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The centralized government system in which local government exercise only those powers given to them by the central government

Unitary government system

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The system consisting of a league of independent states, each having essentially sovereign powers and a central government with limited powers

Confederal government system

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System of government in which authority is divided between central and regional governments

Federal government system

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The U.S. employs a

Federal system

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Powers granted to the national government by the constitution

Enumerated powers

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The special category of national powers that derive from the fact that the U.S. is a sovereign power among nations and thus it's national government must be the only government that deals with other nations

Inherent powers

Powers not given to the federal government by the constitution are

Reserved by the states or the people

Power held jointly by the national and state governments

Concurrent powers

Constitutional provision that makes it and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws

Supremacy clause

Legislation enacted on the national level is said to---conflicting state or local laws in that area

Preempt

Article IV of the constitution requires states to give full faith and credit to

The acts and judicial decisions of other states

Decision of government power in Canada is different from that in the U.S. because

Canada is a constitutional monarchy

Civil unions

Recognized by the government as legal couples

The principle of ----requires states to extend citizens of other states the protection of the laws and other privileges that they grant their own citizens

Principle of principles and immunities

In McCullough vs Maryland the Supreme Court

Ruled in a manse that enabled the national government to grow and meet problems the farmers were never able to foresee/ government has implied powers

Chief Justice---did much to increase the power of the national government and to reduce that of the states in the early part of the 19th century

John Marshall

The controversy over---took the form of a dispute over national government supremacy versus the rights of the separate clauses

Slavery

The first national income tax was passes to

Pay for the debt caused by the civil war

In what way was the constitution amended in the years immediately following the civil war so that the power of states was limited

National government tells state governments what to do---less state power

In the civil war era the Supreme Court

Lost influence because it had supported slavery up to the beginning of the civil war

States and the national government each remain supreme within their own sphere in the system of

Dual federalism

Federal grants to states or local governments that are for specific programs or projects

Categorical grants

Federal programs that provide funds to state and local government for general functional areas

Block grants

The transfer of power from the national government to state and local government is

Devolution

The Boston tea party was prompted by

British taxes on a wide range of goods and products

The first Continental congress that met in 1774

Approved a resolution requesting that the colonies send a petition to king George III expressing their grievances

The second continental congress that met in 1775

Established an army and named George Washington commander in chief

Common sense written by

Thomas Paine

The Declaration of Independence

Jefferson declared separation from king

After the U.S. gained its independence, the first system of government was created by

Articles of confederation

The articles of confederation operated in manner that

Prevented congress from having the power to demand revenues from the states or the ability to enforce its decisions

The actions of---demonstrated the inability of the federal government under the articles of confederation to protect....

Daniel shay

"Master builder or father of constitution"

James Madison

The delegates to the constitutional convention were

Experienced in politics and the military

Edmund Randolph's Virginia plan

Called for a national executive that would be elected by the legislative body

The 3/5's compromise,

Avoided the use of the word slave instead referring to all people

James Madison argued in federalist paper #51 that the " greatest security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department" was

Identification in the constitution of the specific powers that the branches of government would possess

Electoral college

A group of people who are selected by the voters in each state---elect president and Vice President

The framers established the constitution would be ratified if approved

9/13 state legislatures

The federalist papers were written by

Alexander Hamilton

Some historian have suggested that if a Gallup poll could have been taken at the time of the ratification of the constitution

There would have been more anti-federalists than federalists

Constitutional amendments can be proposed by

2/3 of both houses of congress

According to the constitution, a national constitutional convention can be called by

2/3 of the states

Constitutional amendments can be ratified by

3/4 of state legislatures

Congress chose to use state conventions instead of state legislatures as the method of ratification of the amendment

Repealing prohibition

The constitutional amendment process has been used to

- Limit the # of terms a president can serve | - Allow congress to propose an income tax

Which practice was abolished by a constitutional amendment

13th- slavery

The ----prohibited the denial of the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

15 amendment

The power of the supreme court to declare actions of the other branches of government to be unconstitutional is

Judicial review

The right of people to peacefully assemble is protected by

1st amendment

Protection from unreasonable search and seizures is guaranteed by

4th amendment

Cruel and unusually punishment is prohibited by

8th amendment

Because of the frustrations with king George, the continental congress used the articles of confederation to create a government that had

Very little power