gov

Question 1

What is the Government supposed to do?

Answer 1

Acts for the benefits of the citizens.
Has a balanced power system and good defense
Punishes bad behavior and encourages good behavior
depends on ideas of good/just/right

Question 2

How should we act in relation to government

Answer 2

Submit to government
Participate when possible
As Christians, pray for government

Question 3

Thomas Hobbes: Sovereignty

Answer 3

Power entrusted to a ruler who is powerful enough to keep his subjects from killing each other

Question 4

Thomas hobbes: Legacy

Answer 4

Government is defined as an institution with a monopoly on legitimate use of force

Question 5

TH: Police power

Answer 5

Governments authority to maintain order and safety

Question 6

John Locke:

Answer 6

(1) Governments exist to protect the basic rights of individuals (life, liberty, property)
(2) Governments that don’t do this are illegitimate and can be replaced

Question 7

John Locke Legacy

Answer 7

Liberalism: Government exist to protect freedoms of individuals
Constitutionalism: Governments and rulers are bound by a basic law

Question 8

Dictatorship

Answer 8

Government rules without the consent or input from the governed

Question 9

Totalitarianism

Answer 9

The Government seeks to control every aspect of life

Question 10

Popular Government

Answer 10

The governed participate in the government

Question 11

Direct Democracy

Answer 11

Voters are directly involved in every decision

Question 12

indirect democracy

Answer 12

voters choose representatives to make laws and run the government

Question 13

Unitary

Answer 13

Power is centralized

Question 14

Federal

Answer 14

Division of powers among central, local, and state government

Question 15

Confedrate

Answer 15

Weak central government, strong state governments

Question 16

Opportunity

Answer 16

People must believe that democracy offers them the best chance at social and economic advancement as well security

Question 17

Education

Answer 17

People must be trained in how democratic governments works at how to participate intelligently

Question 18

responsibility

Answer 18

people must be willing to live with the consequences of their choices

Question 19

Majority Rule

Answer 19

The side with the biggest number of votes gets to make decisions that are binding on everyone

Question 20

popular majority

Answer 20

Of all citizens/voters

Question 21

Representative majority

Answer 21

of elected representatives

Question 22

Pluralism

Answer 22

differing opinions and political parties exist freely and are allowed to compete for popular supports

Question 23

Equality

Answer 23

Law treats everyone the same

Question 24

Compromise

Answer 24

Everyone gets some of what they want rather than nothing and another group getting everything they want

Question 25

Problems with the articles of confederation

Answer 25

1: Congress could make laws, but had little money/power to enforve them
2: Congress was controlled by and was dependent on state governments

Question 26

Popular Sovereignity

Answer 26

Government power is from the people

Question 27

Limited Government

Answer 27

Government powers are restricted by law

Question 28

Separation of powers

Answer 28

Avoids concentration/abuse of government powers in one branch

Question 29

Checks and balances

Answer 29

Each branch works to prevent overreach by other branches

Question 30

federalism

Answer 30

Separation of powers between national and local government

Question 31

Legislative Power

Answer 31

The power to make laws

Question 32

LOOK AT OTHER FLASH CARDS

Answer 32

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Question 33

1st amendment

Answer 33

Congress cant make laws that limit..
Religion: “Wall of separation between the church and state” comes from jeffersons letter to baptiste
Free Speech: Federal courts have ruled this doesnt protect slander (verbal defamation) libel (defamation in wiritng) endangering public safety but these are still broad protections compared to other countries

Question 34

4th amendment

Answer 34

No unreasonable searches or seizures

Searches/seizures require court-issued warrant based on probable cause

Question 35

5th amendment

Answer 35

Captial and other serious crimes usually involve indictment by a grand jury before trial
No double-jeopardy
No compulsion to testify against self
No deprivation of life/liberty/ property without due process

Question 36

10th amendment

Answer 36

Powers not given to the federal government by the constitution belong to the states or the people
Except if constitution says they can’t have such powers
Incorporation:some constitution restrictions now apply to states and the federal government

Question 37

Birthright Citizenship

Answer 37

included in the 14th amendment (1868) and states that everyone born in the US is a US citizen

Question 38

Equal protection clause

Answer 38

included in the 14th amendment (1868) and states that everyone has the same protections under law no matter what may differentiate them

Question 39

Protection of Voting right

Answer 39

included in 15th amendment and states that a citizens right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or having been a slave

Question 40

Goals

Answer 40

Govern the increasingly complex society

Question 41

17th amendment

Answer 41

direct election of the US senators

Question 42

24th amendment

Answer 42

No poll taxes- used by southern states to prevent poor (black) people from voting