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Government by the people both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections |
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Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly |
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Government in which the people elect those who govern and pass laws; also called a republic |
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Government that enforces recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard through free, fair and relatively frequent elections |
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The term we apply to arrangements;
checks & balances, federalism, separation of powers, rule of law, due process, bill of rights, that require our leaders to think, listen, bargain and explain before they make laws. We then hold them accountable for how they exercise their powers. |
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Conditions conducive to
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1. Educational Conditions
2. Economic Conditions
3. Social Condiditions
4. Social Conditions
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Voting privileges requires an educated citizenry. However high level of citizenry does not guarantee democratic government. Voting makes little sense unless voters can read and write and express their opinions
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| Where economic power is concentrated, political power is also concentrated. this well-to-do nations have a better chance of sustaining democratic gvt's than do those with widespread poverty. Private ownership and a market economy are also related. There are no democracies with a highly centralized, government-run economy and little private ownership of property. |
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| In a society fragmented into warring groups that fiercely disagree on fundamental issues, govt by discussion and compromise is difficult. |
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| American adults have beliefs that are based on social conditions of individual experience. Like the general acceptance of Democracy; the democratic consensus: One person, one vote, majority rule and freedom of assembly. |
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The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation |
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The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs |
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Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority (the basic rule of democracy) |
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The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election |
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The candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election, not necessarily more than half |
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Government by religious leaders, who claim divine guidance |
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Articles of Confederation |
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The 1st governing document of the confederated states, drafted in 1777, ratified in 1781, and replaced by the present constitution in 1789 |
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Constitutional Convention |
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| The convention in Philly from May 25th to Sept 17th 1787 that debated and agreed on the constitution of the US |
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| A rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786 to 1787 protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out |
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| The principle of a two-house legislature-reflected delegates' belief in the need for a balanced government |
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| The initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states. |
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| Proposed for a central government with a single house legislature in which each state would be represented equally |
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The compromise agreement by states at the C.C. for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators |
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Three fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. |
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Supporters of ratification of the constitution and of a strong central govt |
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Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central govt generally |
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Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution, published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in 1787 and 1788 |
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