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who gets what when and how
power-the ability to get others to do what you want
resources- an asset or advantage that a group has like government jobs,tax revenues and laws that help you get your way |
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| a system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people |
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| american politics v. american govt. |
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ap is what happens in congress. it is the making of promises, deals and laws
ag is the constitutions and instituions set up by the constitution for the excerise of authority by the citizens |
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the people dont have any power and have a dominant leader in charge
the state holds all power of the social order
ex. spain and chile |
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a type of an authoritarian govt. with power in a king
ex. england has a constitutional moarch parliment and not the moarch is soverign |
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| a type of authortarian govt. that claims to draw its power from divine or religious authority |
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a type of an authortarism govt
one leader like an absolute monarchy
a dictator is an ex
comes to power through an uprising or force |
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type of authoritarism
remakes society
has control over everything
ex nazi / communism |
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citzens participate in the governing process(voting)
the selection of govt. officials is through free & fair elections
this is made by and for the people |
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individuals have the ability to vote
votes are made in secret
canadiates are free to run for office and campaign |
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individuals have access to polling places and only eligable voters are counted
all voters are counted equally
the electoral process is monitored by an impartial group |
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| what is a direct democracy? |
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representative democracy is the will of the majority is expressed through small groups(elected)
ex.ancient athen |
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| public attitudes toward politics and their role within the political system |
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(beliefs about authority)
what is vertical social relations |
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| hierachy so its ok if there are people on top that decide everything for the rest |
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(beliefs about authority)
what is horizontal social relations? |
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everyone is on the same level(equality)
the us is more horizontal |
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| does the us have a high level of political system legitmacy? |
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| what is a political community? |
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the attachment to national identity
US has a high level |
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| what is the system level? |
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| feelings of national pride are considered to be an emtional tie to a poltical system |
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| what is popular legitmacy? |
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| citizens may grant legitmacy for different reasons like tradition,ideology and elections |
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| what is the process level? |
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there are 3 different patterns of indivduals:
participants-involved in politics
subjects-passively obey the law and govt. officals but just not interested
parochials-hardly aware of gov. and policies
the us is a participant society |
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| what are core american vaues? |
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| demcracy,freedom,order and equality |
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| what are political socialization? |
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| political cultures are sustained or changed as people aquire their attitudes and values and they refer to the way in which values are formed and poltical culture is transmitted |
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being in favor of big govt. having the govt. interfere w/ groups in need, promoted equality ,church and state
new deal(history) |
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| family rights and divided |
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| what is the mayflower compact? |
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the first social contract that had been drafted
it wasa written document for the settlers, ruler for govt. |
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| how many british colonies in america were there? |
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| what was the 7 yr war(french/indian war)? |
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british victory
destroyed the britsh/colonists relationship
b. had war debts so they had to tax the colonists |
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1764
british imposed a tax on sugar coming from britian
a boycott was proposed on british products |
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first direct tax on america (1765)
all paper had to be made by british govt. |
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| what is taxation without representation? |
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| colonists had no reps in a parliment so they had no say in policies being made |
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| what is the boston tea party? |
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| britian tried to contain the mass. harbor so colonsists threw tea into the harbor as a act of rebellion |
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| what happened at the first contential congress? |
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the colonies sent a petition to the king but it wasnt recognized
each colony was told to establish its own army |
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april 1775
first battle of the revolution
shot heard around the world |
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| what happened at the 2nd contiental congress? |
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| george washington became commander in cheif |
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| what did thomas paine do? |
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| wrote common sense pamphlet which started to make people rrealize that formal seperation was necessary |
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| when was the declaration of independence signed? |
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july 4 1776
thomas jefferson wrote the first draft |
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| what is the articles of confederation? |
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1781
it established armed forces,could enter into treaties,reguate coinage and created govt. departments
problems:
no power to raise an army,difficult to pass laws,no judicial system or executive branch nationally |
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| when did the revolution end and what ended it? |
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oct. 1781
treaty of paris(thomas jefferson) |
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| what is the virgina plan? |
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it was the big state plan proposed by james madison
had 15resolutions like a bicameral legislature,national executive branch and national court system |
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| what is the new jersey plan? |
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the small state plan
proposed by william patterson
wanted equal rep,add supreme court,be able to impose tax,executive branch to have more than 1 person |
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| what was the great compromise? |
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roger sherman proposed it
legislature w/ 2 houses-lower and upper house |
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| when was the ratification on the constituion? |
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| what is the difference of federalists and antifeds.? |
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| feds strongly for central govt. pro constitution |
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| what are the methods of proposing an amendment? |
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2/3 vote in the house and senate
2/3 vote of the state legislature |
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| what are the methods of ratifying an amendment? |
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3/4 state legislature vote
states can call special conventions |
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(geographical dist. of power)
what is confederal? |
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the ultimate power(states)
defense,foreign affairs(central govt.) |
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a.geopoltical divison-the country is divided into mutually exclusive govt. (state govt)
1. divided and constitution recognzies it
2. national govt. cant take their powers
b. independence
1.regional and national authority established by the const. and elected seperatly
c. direct governance
1. authority must be shared with national and state govt. |
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| central govt. has authroity over all other govt. |
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| what are advantages for federalism? |
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for large countries
regional differences(in ideas) so choice and diversity |
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| what are disadvantages for federalism? |
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choice and diversity can affect things like education quality
lack of unity of policies throughout the state |
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| what were the federalist papers? |
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| alexander hamilton,john jay and james madison wrote them as a way to calm fears about the constitution |
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| what powers are delegated to the national govt.? |
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expressed powers
implied powers
inherent powers(few and important) |
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| what powers prohibited to the national government? |
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no taxes on exports
retaining certain liberties
national public school system |
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| what are the powers of the state? |
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they are reserved to the states or to th people
police powers are able to regulate its own internal affairs
marriage and divorce |
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| what powers are prohibited from the states? |
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| taxing goods transported from the states,treaties,war and coining money |
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| what are the concurrent powers? |
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collect taxes
pass and enforce laws
borrow money
establish courts
provide for general welfare |
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