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Government Exam I
1-15th amendments, machavelli and conservatism
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Undergraduate 2
02/28/2011

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1st Amendment
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Religion, Press, Speech and assembly
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2nd Amendment
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Bear Arms
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3rd Amendment
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Prohibits quartering of soldiers
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4th Amendment
Definition
Unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant
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5th Amendment
Definition
Self incrimination, double jeaprody, eminent domain
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6th Amendment
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Criminally accused-right to speedy trial and counsel. Info about charges
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7th Amendment
Definition
Government settles disputes between private individuals. No civil suit can have double jepordy.
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8th Amendment
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Excessive Bail, Cruel and unusual punishment
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13 Amendment
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Banned Slavery
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14th Amendment
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All levels of government must treat citizens equally and follow the bill of rights.
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15th Amendment
Definition
Ensured that all citizens (includeing newly freed slave) could vote.
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Who was the largest contributer to the design of our country?
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John Locke
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John Locke
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The world is mainly good. People are selfish and the government exsists to keep him honest and productive
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Thomas Hobbes
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Lief before government was solitary nasty short. The government exists to make man good.
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John Jaques Rousseau
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Hippie. Governemtn property and morality are artificial. Man is good and government is bad.
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Machavelli
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Bad is good, fear is good. Rule with violence and trust no one.
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Republican government
Definition
Democracy through elected representatives ( America)
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Conservatism
Definition
Government should play a limited role in helping people
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Fascism
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A philosophy of systems of government that advocates dictatorship and No diversity.
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Liberalism
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Advacacy of government action to improve welfare, civil rights and political and social change.
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Libertarianism
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Skepticism of the government
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Socialism
Definition
Economic system seeks to reduce poverty, benefit the poor @ the expense of the wealthy (conservatists believe in this)
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Eminent Domain
Definition
Government can take private property by providing compensation
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Indiginant Defense
Definition
Criminally accuse person who cannot afford a lawyer.
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Habeas Corpus
Definition
You have been informed of the charges and have the right to question them.
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reserved powers
Definition
powers not delegated to the US are reserved for the states
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Police Powers
Definition
States reserved power to delegate health safety and morals.
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Enumerated Powers
Definition
Powers listed in Art. I Sec.8 that lays out powers of congress
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Concurrent Power
Definition
Shared by the state and national government
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Article I Section 8
Definition
Listes the powers of congress (enumerated powers)
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Neccesary and proper clause
Definition
Gives the government flexability to do more than stipulated in Artcile I
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Federalism
Definition
Shared power between national and state government
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Commerce Clause
Definition
Ability of congress to regulate all trade and comerce that goes outside the US boundaries.
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Right to privacy
Definition
Maximum protection given to an individual in their home (mainly regaurding sex)
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We do not live in a democrazy "rule by many" we live in a
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Republic
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Republican Democracy
Definition
Is ruled by those elected to represent the interest of the citizens
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Incorporation
Definition
Bill of rights applies to all levels of government (national state and local.)
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Rule of Law
Definition
Uniform and limited application of the law to EVERYONE regaurdless of financial ability status ect.
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Communism
Definition
A hyper socialist economy with no private property, no freedom of religion, press, job choice, housing -ANYTHING
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Schneck V US
Definition
PA and RI violated the establishment clause-this created "clear and prensent danger" free speech can be censored.
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Lemon V Kurtzman
Definition
State aid cannot be used to subsidize other income (in religious schools) This determined how much government could be involved and how much many can go towards religious things.
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New York Times V US
Definition
Dealt with PROPR RESTRAINT. Governemnt can censor the news.
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Gideon V Wainright
Definition
Ruled that the 4th amendment right to counsel also means theat the state must provide counsel if the accused cannot afford one.
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Mcullough V Maryland
Definition
Banking-No state or other entity could tax the US
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Roe V Wade
Definition
Abortion is legal in the first trimester, after that there are more restrictions.
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Lawrence V Texas
Definition
Sexual acts of gays in own home that are private are legal
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Dred Scott V Sanford
Definition
(1857) Free blacks and slaves were not citizens and are not eligable for benefits of citizenship -This helped start the civil war.
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Plessy V Furgesson
Definition
Seperate but equal, allowed segregation as long as facilities are equal. This overturned Brown V BOE
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Brown V Board of Education Topeka
Definition
Over ruled plessy V Furgesson said seperate facilities based on race were unequal-Led to the desegregation of schools
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