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| 5 expansions of the electorate |
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1. 1800-1850 property/tax/religion dropped by states
2. 15th amendment allowed all adult males to vote above 21
3. 19th amendment allowing women to vote
4. civil rights movement
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| 6 purposes of the constitution |
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1. form a more perfect union
2. establish justice
3. insure domestic tranquility
4. provide for the common defense
5. promote the general welfare
6. secure blessings of liberty |
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| 6 principles of constitution |
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1. popular sovereignty: the people have the power
2. limited government: gov is not all powerful
3. separation of powers: legislative executive and judicial
4. checks and balances: each branch is subject to constitutional checks by other branches
5. judicial review: courts determine what is constitutional not the gov
6. federalism: some power goes to gov, some to states |
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| when was the constitution signed? |
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| Complete failure, not enough people hosted up. let to constitutional convention because james madison promised George washington would be there |
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| political action committe |
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1. chief of state
2. administrator
3. diplomat
4. commander (in chief)
5. executive
6. legislator |
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| someone who elated officials serve |
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| barons forced king john to sign, because they wanted protection from the kind. trial by jury, due process of law |
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| money given to a party or PAC |
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| money given to the candidate |
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| 2 groups formed while debating ratification: |
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Fereralist: faavored ratification (madison and halmilton)
Anti- federalists: apposed ratification (richared henry lee, john hancock, sam adams, patrick henry) |
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| now federal gov chose NY as 1st capital |
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| First presidential election was in...? |
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| George washington won with john adams as vp |
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| made his trip form mt. vernon to ny to take office (wahsington) |
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| corn farmers around pits burgh harassed tax collectors because of the new whiskey tax |
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read in an hour
7 sections called articles
legislative, executive, judicial |
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| the founding fathers didn't want to take all the powers from the states. so they established ferdralsim |
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| powers given to the federal gov |
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| powers given to the states |
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| marriage, drivers license, traffic laws, etc |
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| the potential voting population: history has been marked by the expansion of the... |
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| the people are the souce of the governments power |
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| non voter voters(ballot fatigue) |
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| people who vote for somethings, but not all |
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| resident alians, to ill, unexpected trips and travels, mental health facilitates, or legal restart, religious reasons, adulates in jail, election laws, etc |
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pople who could vote ut just didn't
they're happy or don't agree with either person
"my vote wont make a difference" |
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| things that affect turnouts |
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| long lines, long ballots, bad weather, time zone fallout |
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1. be a U.S. citizen
2. At least 18
3. you have to be registered
4. you have to be a resident |
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| only take place on even numbered years |
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| chooses the candidate on one day |
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| people choose who they want as a neighbor hood |
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| look up what party you belong to and thats your ballot |
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| adopt the parties plaform |
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| permanent and specific4 years |
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| represetavies come from... |
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| congressional districts the party in charge decides the districts. this is called gerrymandering |
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| manipulating a congressional ldistric in favor of the party in charge |
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| one third of the senate is up for re- election |
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| every even year the house |
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1. magna carta
2. petition of right
3. english bill of rich
4. mayflower compact |
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| limited power of kind. charles asks dfor more power. people said king can't impose martial law in time of peace. can't raise taxes without permission form parliament. |
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| signed by william and mary ardwn. prevent abuse of power. individual righs, rich to a fair trail |
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| signed 41 men on mayflower. "just and equal for the general good of the colony" for the good of the whole |
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| declaration of independence |
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| ben frankilin, john adams, rovery livignston, THOMAS JEFFERSON |
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| allowed people to apple as state |
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| daniel shay ledf armers who were loosing money, unsuccessful uprising he fled. |
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| strengths of articles of confederation |
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| make war, peace treaties, borrow moeny |
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| no power to tax, debts went unpaid, no executive or judicial branch |
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| commerce and slave trade compromise |
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| no tax on exports between states and no touching sale trade for 20 years |
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| collection of essays written in favor of the constitution |
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1. era of the democrats
2. era of the republicans
3. return of the democrats
4. start of the new era |
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| upset with economic situation |
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| split off of major parties |
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1. ideoligical
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3. economic protest
4. splinter |
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1. nomination
2. naming of those who will seek office
3. D or R |
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1. self announcement
2. caucus
3. convention
4. direct primary
5. petition (gather signatures) |
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| the place where voters live |
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| wha tpoll takesrs rely on |
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random sampling
systematic sampling
stratiied sampling
cluster sampling |
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2 houses
upper: senate 9 yr residency 6 yr terms 35 Y.O
lower house: 7 yr residency 2 yr terms 25 Y.O |
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expressed: written
implied: asked from another group
inherent: cannot change |
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| oldest dude at constitutional convention |
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