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| Majority's desires have more influence than oficials |
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| Protestantism v. Catholicism |
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Protestantism -> Democracy
Catholicism -> Dictatorship |
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| isolation, natural resourses, middle class, money |
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Articles of Confederation
Establishes?
Lacks? |
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loose confederation
no military (state militia) or taxation power |
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| disgruntled with the federal government under articles |
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| American Constitution and Compromise |
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Slavery: 3/5 compromise
National Authority: Federalists v. Antifederalists
State Power: Big v. Small |
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| The new Constitution added (4) |
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| army, gov't regulates commerce, supremacy clause, separation of powers (3 branches) |
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| commerce, military, democracy, national disaster, |
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| voting, education, public safety |
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centralized government
small land, kings, ethnically homogeneus
UK, Japan, Sweden, France, Denmark |
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| diverse (ethnically and geographically) countries |
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| 1. Bare Bones Federalism 17887-1900 |
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Government+ mail, currency, diplomacy, the West
hands off
states protect civil liberties |
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| 2. Early Regulatory Federalism |
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1900-1932
Booms and busts in economy
progressive movement- regulation of economy, monopolies, job creations, workplace regulation |
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| 3. The Era of Big Government |
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1932-1968
Keynesian eccconomies, public work projects, social security, banking regulations |
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| Banks must have money down |
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| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulates stocks |
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1960-1980
Civil Rights Acts
War on Poverty- support programs like medicaid, medicare, section 8 housing,
Environmental Acts |
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1980-2008
Regan revolution- Tax cuts and deregulation
More military
Clinton- 92-00 NAFTA 1994 Smaller government, welform reform (5 years), 96 telecommunications Act
GW Bush- tax cuts military spending, Iraq, Afghanistan, Homeland Security
2008 Financial Crisis
Greenspan- oops market can't self regulate
Obama- auto bailout, unemployment, cash for clunkers,
Tea party backlash |
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| Protect citizens from government |
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government protections from private and public discrimination
People had to fight for them |
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| Do we need a Bill of Rights? |
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Constitution already has sufficient protections
-checks and balances, elections,
Listing rights may limit rights |
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| Crisis leads to government expansion |
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city dumps chemicals and harms barron's ships
Says BOR is for national government only! |
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| Applies the BOR to states |
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| Nationalizing the Bill of Rights |
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farm to assembly line
Only white landowners vote (Jefferson loves farmers)
Monopolies- loss of economic independence and national character |
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WASPS don't acccept them
Immigrant political power and unions |
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Darwinism, Social Darwinism (Spencer)
racism, eugenics, |
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Middle Class WASPS
Government regulates economy and workers rights
Stop immigration
Interest groups
-American Breeders and Human betterment foundation
-Funding Carnegie and Rockfeller
Culture
-Birth of a Nation, Passing of the Great Race |
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1. Inequality as natural
2. Prevent government expansion
3. Prevent racial mixing
4. End imigration |
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| Political Impacts of PISS |
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Education- standard curriculum 1910-1950 implements racism
Segregation- military, education, sports, cemetaries |
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social good, equality
More progresive and wanting change |
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Competition=social good
No government in the free market |
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Static vs. Change
Rural= rugged individualism
City=free flow of culture |
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parliment
best democracy > King
Jury, due proces |
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Literacy- important for democracy
Individual relationship with God
work ethic |
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no separation of church and state
run by the pope with powerful cardinals, bishops, priests, etc
Hierchy -> dictatorship |
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| demants tax councils, no GB military, local jury trials, |
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| Continental Congress demands (3) |
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| demants tax councils, no GB military, local jury trials, |
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drive out Native Americans
leads to stamp and sugar (repealed) but then tea |
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Two Treatises
Social contract= inalienable rights (natural rights) life, liberty, property are threatened by others therefore we need a social contract (based on Hobbes) |
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| The Declaration of Independence |
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A call to revolution, not framework
individual rights, self government, lawful powers, liberty equality |
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"Virginia Plan"
separate judicial and executive branch with a two part congress |
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"New Jersey"
Tax, commerce rights, 1 vote,
Senate= small |
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| Our Bi-Cameral Congress (2) |
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Senate: 100 members
House of Representatives: 435 |
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Declaration of Independence
2 Treaties of Government -Locke
Revolutionary war |
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The Constitution
The Bill of Right |
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Limits and Gives power; divides power
Lists natural rights the government can't infringe |
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| Three fifths Compromise (3) |
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Congress taxes imports, not exports
No touching slavery until 1808
3/5 citizen for house and taxation |
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A Hamilton and J. Madison
"Separation of powers restricts and empowers enough" |
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1. Not threaten states
2. liberty via checks and balances
3. Meet national needs (defense and commerce)
4. Popular Consent- indirect elections
Balance Power and Self-Government |
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separation of powers
Sharing powers bicameral |
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| foundation for judicial review |
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| Both National and State powers do... |
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| lending/ borrowing money, taxes, law enforcement, chartering banks, transport |
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| Why has the American Government expanded? |
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1. Interconnected
2. We want services
3. taxing powers |
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| Grants: Block and Categorical |
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Block: restrictive to one activity
Categorical: go to one area |
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Plessey v. Ferguson
Brown V. Board
and Federalism |
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P v. F: The states have supreme power
B v. B: The Federal gov't steps in |
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Civil Rights Acts
1964
1965
1968 |
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Jobs- 1964
1965- taxes, Grandfather clause, literary tests
Housing- 1968 |
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State legislature
6 yeaars |
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Senate nominates
indefinite term |
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| limits free speech if it endangers national security |
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can't ban before printing
Minnesota violated first amendment |
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| Florida denies attourney. Now they have to offer one |
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| grand jury, no double jeopardy, private property, witness against self |
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No excessive bail or fines
no cruel or unusual |
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| Just because these rights are listed in the Constitution doesn't mean that you don't have other rights too. |
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| Everything else is up to the states |
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Checks and Balances
President
Congress
Judicial |
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30 States
60,000 Americans |
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| Bans non NW Europeans until 1965 |
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1. Depression (not genetic)
2. Nazis
3. Brown v. Board
Loving (interracial marriage '69)
4. California appology
5. NC Settlement
6. Eugenics now? Human genetics |
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