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| the period of tense relations between the US and the Soviet Union from the late 1940s to the late 1980s |
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a system of self -government by the people, rule by the many
direct democracy: a form of political decision making in which the public business is decided by all citizens meeting in small assemblies.
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| elected representatives of the states whose votes formally elect the President of the US, the number of electors in each state is equal to the total number of its senators and representatives in the House and are almost always cast in a block for the candidate who wins a plurality of the cote in a state in the quadrennial presidential election |
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| popular term for the system of legally sanctioned racial segregation that existed in the American South until the middle of the twentieth century |
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| a device used by the southern states to prevent African American from voting before the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned its use; usually involved interpretation of a section of a state’s constitution. |
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| the form of political decision making in which policies are decided on the basis of what a majority of the people want |
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| Suppression of the rights and liberties of a minority by the majority |
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rule by the one, where power rests in an individual leader, such as dictator or heredity
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rule by the few, where a majority group holds power over a majority, as in an aristocracy clerical establishment.
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the principle that says that each person carries equal weight in the conduct of the public business
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| the principle that citizens in a democracy are protected from government interference in the exercise of a range of basic freedoms, such as the freedoms of speech, association, and conscience. |
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| the basic principle of democracy that the people ultimately rule |
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| indirect democracy, in which the people rule through elected representatives. |
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| a philosophical device, used by Enlightenment thinkers, such as Locke, Rousseau, and Harrington, to suggest that governments are only legitimate if they are created by a voluntary compact among the people |
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| a government that systematically violates the rights of individuals |
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