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| What led the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain 3 reasons |
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-Taxation without representation
-Wanted to limit the powers of the king
-Wanted certain lierties
-didn't like that they were required to quarter brittish soldiers in their homes |
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| Contrast the US constitution with the articles of condederation 3 ways they differ |
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1-the constitution gave federal government more power
2-Articles were unicameral while constitution changed it to bi-cameral
3-constitution created a cour system that didn't exist under articles |
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| Arguments for and against the USA Patriot Act |
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For: Protection of our citizens, Tracking down U.S. threats
Against:- It isn't constitutional
-denys 4th and 6th amendment rights |
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The First Amendment
rights it guarentees
exceptions to that rights |
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freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association
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-defamation
-fighting words and Hate speech |
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| advantages and disadvantages of federalism |
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advantages
-prevents tyranny
-leads to political stability
-encourages pluralism
disadvantages
-prevents creation of a national policy
-leads to a lack of accountability
-citizens might ignore state and local governments due to ignorance |
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| philosophers who influenced founding father |
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| Philosophies that influenced American government |
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social contract
natural rights
state of nature |
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| Theory that government has only the authority accorded it by the consent of the governd |
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| rights that every individual has and that gov. can't take away. (life, liberty, property) |
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| form of democracy in qhich political power is exercised directly by citizens |
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| system of government inqhich sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments |
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| articles of confederation function and limitations |
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no chief executive
no federal control of states
no taz enforcement powers |
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| what ere the weaknesses of the articles of confederation? |
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no seperation of powers
no power to tax |
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| how did the us constitution ensure that those weaknesses would be avoided under the new government? |
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| what elements of the us constitution resolved the problems of the articles of confederation? |
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| madison's proposal to radically strengthen the national government |
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| counterproposal to virginia plan, aimed at strengthening articles but leaving them intact |
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| federalist v antifederalisht |
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| suported the constitution and opposed the constitution |
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violence of factions:
a large republic, diverse interests will prevent any faction from gaining a majority |
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| seperation of powers/checks and balances |
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| people set up and agree on the basic rules and procedure that will govern them |
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three branches and the functions of each
legislative
executive
judiciary |
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(congress) makes laws
(pres./government dept, beurocracy)executes the laws
(supreme/federal courts)-interprets the laws |
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design of the constitution
reasons for checks and balances
examples for each branch |
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| to share powers w/ other branches, limiting over control |
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| separation of poewrs and its definition reasoning |
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| authority is divided among branches minimized too much power in one |
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added after constitution ratified
first 10 amendments
provided basic political rights |
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| implied powers vs. enumeratied power of congress |
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powers not explicitly granted to congress
powers listed in the constitution |
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| supremacy clause of us constitution |
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| makes federal law supreme over state laws |
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| full faith and credit clause between states |
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| requires states to accept civil proceedings from other staets |
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| hurricane katrina:what could the fed. govt have done differently |
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| hurrican katrina: what could have states done differently |
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| what were some of the obligations that the fed. govt. has to the people of the us and in particular to the people of new orleans during the storm |
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| mcCullough v. maryland: significance of that case |
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| 1819 supreme court decision upholding the right of congress to create a bank |
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| why did the court decide in favor of mccullough |
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| over time the federal gov has expanded its power by creating new institutions to meet new challenges and by interpreting its constitutionially expressed powers in new ways. what do strict constructionists have to say about this? Loose constructionists? |
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| what are vivil liberties? |
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| rights such as freedom of speech, and freedom of religion gov. can not regulate them |
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| what did the fourteenth amendment do? |
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| restricts what states can do and later allows the court to bind protections and fundamental rights to the states |
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| significance for state government? |
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| freedome of religion/establishment clause. |
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| govt. may not establish or endorse any particular religion |
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| separation of church and state |
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| Free speech and some of its limits |
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clear and presnet danger
harm to others
obsenity |
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| rights of the accused. fed gov is prevented from denying any person due process of law |
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| what rights are provided to the accused? |
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