midterm Flashcards
1
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Responsible Party Model
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- approach to politics by political scientists
- popular in Europe
- parties unify under a certain platform and if elected, will implement these ideas.
- 1994- last time- rep. elected majority had issues implementing ideas.
- contract for America
- govt shut down
2
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Bureaucracy
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- all agencies of federal government under direction of president
- weber characteristics
- operates on basis of written rues and procedures
- make decisions consistent with past
- precedence
3
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Speaker of the House
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- chooses how house is organized
- 435 people to preside over
- speaker and majority leader determine who, what, when can talk
- rules committee- all bills have rules that determine how it is discussed.
- open vs restricted
4
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Executive Agreements
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- president and heads of countries to resolve short- term issues like military bases
- way to bypass congress
- not treaties
- need to be approed
5
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Legislative Branch
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(congress)
- art.1
- make laws
- great compromise
- base of popular (house of reps) and equal representation (senate)
- necessary and proper clause
6
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Executive Branch
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(president)
- art.2
- inforce/execute laws
- appoint people
- commander/chief of armed forces
- persuasion, focus of country and press
7
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Judicial Branch
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(courts)
- art.3
- appointed by president
- approved by congress
8
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Elect President
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- electoral college because people are not ready for popular vote
- each state gets a number of electoral votes
- DC gets 3
- limit of 435 in house, 100 senate
- territories get delegates
9
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Flaws of Constitution
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- rights to vote left to states
- landowning, white males can vote
- 13: outlaw slavery
- 14: equal protection/ due process
- 15: African voting rights
10
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Locke
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- glorious revolution
- social contract- people may work out peace without violence
- rule of law, not rule of man
- state of nature (peace, rational)
- came with William and Mary
- executive power (monarchy)
- legislative (parliament is key over king; taxation)
11
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Hobbes
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- wrote book: Laviathon
- state of nature (what is life without gov?)
- social contract theory- make an agreement by all for all
- elected dictator
- wanted all powerful government
- don’t mess with taxes, women, horses, or land
- don’t use death penalty unreasonably
- don’t go off on foreign adventures
12
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Federalism
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-papers: Madison, jay, alexander Hamilton to promote constitution
-#10: factions
(-group of like minded people
-if you take it away, you remove freedom and liberty)
-#51: functions and powers
(-three powers
-checks and balances
-avoid tyranny)
Common complaints:
-violates states’ rights
-too much federal government
13
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Civil Rights
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- Dawson’s point:
- race/racial policies are still important/critical issues
- “black nationalism is solution”
- black self help
- need to compete with white nationalism
- don’t resort to violence
- should be equal
14
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Segregation
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1870-1969
- starts in reconstruction of the south
- troops in south making sure all is well
- hayes vs tildon
- hayes says he’ll remove troops if elected- wins
- when troops are removed states get to choose voting rights, they make it hard for blacks
- 1960s tries to fix it- civil rights act/ voting right
- gives feds some control of voting
15
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Brown vs. Board
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- segregation- Linda Brown- school close to home
- separate but equal
- unanimous- not equal
- need to desegregate with all deliberate speed
- Virginia- whites started in private schools
- 1970: forced busing, everyone hated it
