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rule by king/queen; hereditary
Saudi Arabia |
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rule by a religious person or group
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rule by the military
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Rule by the people: the people of a country elect their representatives
Parlimentary: which ever party is in the majority gets to choose te next prime minister. (England)
Presidential: people elect through electoral college (United States) |
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ruled by one party (communist)
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messed up country usually in civil war or being invaded
Iraq |
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| fair trial; legal proceedings carried out in accordance with established rules and precedings |
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| jurors have not formed an opinion |
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| infamous crimes, people decide wheter or not there will be a trial |
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| can only be tried once for a specific crime. (if you are found innocent you can tell the world you are guilty and nothing can happen to you) |
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| old trick done by whites to keep the blacks in the south from voting |
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| government can take private property if they have a legitimate reason |
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paper that allows the police to search and/or seize someone
obtained by providing evidence and proving probable cause |
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paper that allows the police to arrest someone
obtained by providing evidence and proving probable cause |
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| a reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed and is the basis for all lawful searches and arrests |
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free exercise
no establishment |
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| quote on what individuals can do/believe |
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| "absolute freedom of belief and qualified freedom of action" |
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| public vs. private people |
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a public person is someone who is famous (movie star, political figure)
a private person is just a regualar nobody
if a private person wants to sue someone for slander/libel stuff then they only have to prove it's false.
if a public person wanted to sue they would have to prove that it was false and that there was actual malice. |
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| Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. |
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| the time period where people are in office but they don't accomplish anything because other people have already been elected to replace them in the upcoming term |
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someone who advocates for suffrage
(specifically women in the women's rights movement) |
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| "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford one, one will be provided for you free of charge. Do you understand these rights?" |
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| something for something else |
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| person could go to prison |
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| has to do with the violation or upkeep of someone's constitutional rights |
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| wrongful act that results in the injury of another’s person, property, or reputation and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation. |
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| idea/philosophy on government |
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| money to punish guilty party |
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-"Utopia"
-literally means no place, but now
is referred to as the perfect place
-from england
-didn't like kings making unwise decisions that hurt the people
-thought there were too many rich and too many poor people
-said everyone should work/go to school for six hours
-free house/clothes
-gold wasn't valuable, gave it to babies
-makeup was bad
-not too many laws because they aren't needed
-saint and knight
-killed by Henry VIII because he refused to agree |
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-"The Prince"
-"the ends justify the means" (do whatever it takes to reach the goal)
-book about how a tyrant like prince should rule
-not happy, but realistic
-insults "Utopia" |
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-"The Republic"
-Greece
-taught by Socrates who killed himself because he was going to be arrested and killed for teaching his students to question
-New way to pick leaders: educate everyone and select the best - became the guardians |
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| "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" |
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| ancient people were called ________ because... |
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| hunter-gatherers because they hunted/gathered their food |
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1st written code of laws
(an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth) |
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Sparta: military strength, boys 8-10 taken to serve in the military for 30 years
Athens: more about democracy, learning/culture. Males could vote, not a strong army, had the philosphers (socrates, plato, aristotle) |
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"the great prophet"
-important leader |
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| system that denies private ownership, claiming the right of the state to own, and to control through the equitable division of labor, all means of production, distribution, and consumption. |
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| the economic process is entrsted to private initiative for private profit, so the means of production are controlled by individuals or private corporations |
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A political theory advocating the use of democratic means to achieve a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism.
government takes really good care of the people, free medicine and education |
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nationalist movement led by Mussolini; depending on rule by dictatorship, the nation was believed superior to others, war was glorified and power-politics ensured oppressive measures for "the benefit of the people"
(term is associated with right-wing, repressive nationalism) |
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Prohibition
(what was it, why did it fail) |
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| Prohibition was when the government banned alcohol. Failed because they wrote the law incorrectly. They said that it was illegal to make it, buy it, and sell it, but not to drink it. |
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| Why do we allow people to express unpopular/false beliefs |
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| because that is the main principle of democracy. Political speech is the most free of any other type of speech because by living under a democracy we are given the right to think and say whatever we want about the government. Even if it is stupid and idiotic an totally wrong we can still say it. |
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Explain what each one is, and list pros/cons.
Choose one and say why you would want to live in that type of rule |
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