Test 1

Question 1

Monarchy

Answer 1

One person- King/ emperor

acquires power through inheritance from God

Divine right theory

Question 2

Dictatorship

Answer 2

Not supported by tradition, just power

Not accountable to anyone else- totalitarian

Question 3

Direct democracy

Answer 3

The people make the laws

Question 4

Representative democracy

Answer 4

People elect the representatives who then make the laws

Question 5

Political culture

Answer 5

set of ideas, values and attitudes about government and the political process that are held by a nation

Question 6

Natural rights

Answer 6

Rights that you are born with - life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Question 7

Totalitarian government

Answer 7

leader has control over all aspects of social and economic life

Question 8

Capitalism

Answer 8

economic system based on the private ownership of wealth and property

Question 9

Ideology

Answer 9

System of political ideas- usually religious or philosophical

Conservatives and liberals = ideologies

Question 10

Liberalism

Answer 10

social and economic outcomes that exist int he absence of government action are frequently unfair

Medicare, supportive of minority rights

Separation of church and state- not follow bible for laws

Question 11

Conservatism

Answer 11

Distribution of social and economic benefits is best if it is left alone by government.

Church and state should be combines

Question 12

Libertarianism

Answer 12

Oppose almost all government regulation of economy and redistribution of income

Strong in US

Question 13

Socialism

Answer 13

Even more liberal = more government control

Sometimes compared to communists

Weak in the US

Question 14

Boston Massacre

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British kills several colonists in the street- started rampage for freedom

Question 15

Confederation

Answer 15

independent states as one- allowed for central government but doesn’t allow the central government to place restrictions on the states

Question 16

Unicameral legislature

Answer 16

legislature with only one chamber

Question 17

Articles of confederation

Answer 17

established congreee as governing body

Each state could send 2-7 representatives, but each state only had one vote

Needed approval of 9 states to get anything done- tedious

Weak central government- didn’t have the power to enforce laws

Question 18

Issues with articles of confederation

Answer 18

states could print their own money= inflation

No central military

Can’t enforce laws
Can’t tax

Question 19

Shays Rebellion

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Rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts because of economic depression

Question 20

Virginia Plan

Answer 20

Bicameral legislature- lower and higher chamber

Number of representatives are in proportion to each state’s population

Question 21

New Jersey Plan

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Acts of congress are the supreme law of the land

Each state has only one vote in congress

Question 22

New Jersey Plan

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Acts of congress are the supreme law of the land

Each state has only one vote in congress

Question 23

Great Compromise

Answer 23

bicameral legislature- lower chamber (house of reps)- number of people from each state determined amount of reps

higher chamber (senate)- two members from each state

Question 24

3/5 compromise

Answer 24

each slave counts for 3/5 of a person

Question 25

Slave importation clause

Answer 25

agreed congress could prohibit importation of slaves beginning 1808 Never addressed slave trading = south had unrestricted slave trading and escaped slaves had to be returned

Question 26

Commerce clause

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Gave the national government the power to coin money, levy and collect taxes, and to regulate interstate commerce

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Federalism

Answer 27

central government shares sovereign powers with the state governments

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Republicanism

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Make people the basis of power | Direct election of representatives

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Double security

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Separation of powers Branches separately elected policy making power is shared between federal government and states

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Separation of powers

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Each branch has a different power- hard to get anything done

Question 31

Bill of Rights

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Suggested by federalists to add to constitution Amendments that states the rights of the people and what the Government is not allowed to do Way to protect us from all public majorities

Question 32

Federalists

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Madison and Hamilton stronger, effective federal govt Separation of powers- three branches

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Anti Federalists

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Jefferson and Henry Feared powerful federal government/ tyranny Preferred stronger state government- Like Articles of confederation- didn't work

Question 34

Enumerated/ expressed powers

Answer 34

Powers that are expressed power to coin money and regulate interstate commerce

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Necessary and proper clause (implied powers)

Answer 35

congress has the power to make laws that are necessary to create structures organizing the government

Question 36

Implied powers

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Powers the government has that are not listed but are implied Law that gives government power to print paper money

Question 37

Inherent powers

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powers the government must have to ensure the nation's survival as a political unit power to make treaties and wage war

Question 38

Expressed powers

Answer 38

explicitly given to the government

Question 39

Era where modern day liberalism took form

Answer 39

1960's civil rights moveemnt

Question 40

Gave Supreme Court power of judicial review

Answer 40

Marbury vs madison

Question 41

Caused shift from dual federalism to cooperative federalism

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Depression and new deal

Question 42

What did the constitution create as its legislater

Answer 42

bicameral congress

Question 43

Supremacy clause

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Makes constitution main law of the land

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Civil liberties

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government can't taken away- freedoms you have when you are born

Question 45

Civil rights

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privileges the government must guarantee

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What was missing in the original constitution

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Said what the government could do but not what they could not do Provides protection from state actors only

Question 47

Freedom of religion

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establishment clause Free exercise clause

Question 48

Establishment clause

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congress cannot prioritize a religion

Question 49

Free exercise clause

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can't limit the abilities/ exercises of any religions

Question 50

Limits on free speech

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fighting words- immediate threat to public safety libel/slander- knowingly harmful statements about a public figure Commercial speech Obscenity

Question 51

Free speech when using money for office

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Can use as much of your own money as you want There is a limit with the amount of money you can donate for another person

Question 52

Rights of the accused

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Unlawful search and seizure (4th amendment) Miranda decision`

Question 53

Right to privacy and bill of rights

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No exact amendment for privacy, but is implied in a lot of amendments

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Exclusionary rule

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cannot use evidence that was found unlawfully

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Habeas corpus (article 1, section 9)

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Someone who is accused must go before a judge and there must be a valid reason for the accusal

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Ex post facto law (article 1, section 9)

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Cannot be accused for doing something that at the time was legal

Question 57

First amendment

Answer 57

freedom of speech

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2nd amendment

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right to bear arms

Question 59

third amendment

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Soldier quartering

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fourth amrndment

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Unreasonable search and seizure

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fifth amendment

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Cant be tried for same offense twice

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sixth amendemnt

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Right to trial

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eighth amendement

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Cruel and unusual punsihment