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| How often are members of House of Representatives and Senate up for reelection? |
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House: 2 years
Senate: 6 years |
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| Executive branch main function |
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| judicial branch main function |
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| What is the source of power of the Constitution? |
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| Where is the judicial powers of the US centered? |
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| What year was the Constitution convention completed? |
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| What did the 14th Ammendment do? |
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| It gave the right to all races to vote |
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| What powers does the Executive Branch have over the Legislative branch? |
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| What powers does the Executive branch have over the Judicial branch? |
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| What powers does the Legislative have over the Executive Branch? |
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| What powers does the Legislative have over the Judicial? |
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| What powers does the Judicial branch have over the other two? |
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| declare laws unconstitutional |
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| INDIRECT democracy with elected representatives (Roman Empire) |
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| People rule government DIRECTLY (Athens-Greece) |
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Served Medici family
Wrote The Prince
Be like a fox and a lion
Ends justify the means
Feared than loved
Do unto others before they Do to You
Don't ally with stronger prince |
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Wrote the Leviathan
Absolute monarchy
"Life is nasty,brutish,short "
social contract: people give up their rights to absolute ruler for protection. |
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Wrote the Two Treatises of Government
Social contract: government must protect people's natural rights or they can replace him |
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Wrote Candide
Separation of church and state
"I may not agree with what you have to say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it"
Freedom of religion speech and expression |
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Wrote the Social Contract
Humans are naturally good
Civilization and laws corrupt man
"Man is born free but everywhere is in chains"
Man must give up natural right up general will of the people in a civil society |
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Wrote the Spirit of Laws
3 branches of government
Checks and balances
Separation of powers
Prevent branch from becoming too powerful |
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Wrote the Wealth of Nations
Lassiez faire
Capitalism
Private ownership
Competition regulates free market |
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Wrote Communist Manifesto and Das Kapitel
Socialism: government Is owner of production
Communism: violent overthrow of government
No private ownership
Classless society
Government withers away |
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| science of meaning, study of meaning and language |
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| expressing approval or dispproval |
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REPUBLICANS
big business
man is imperfect and evil.
survival of the fittest.
status quo
law & order
less gov intervention |
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DEMOCRATS
Change through voting
equal opportunity
pro-choice |
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MARXIST/COMMUNIST
violent revolutions
no private ownership
classless society |
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FACISTS/NAZI
absolute monarch
return to the past
obedience to ruler |
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| What is the seperation of three branches called? |
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| The process to ammend constitution starts where? |
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| The minimum age for voting is found where in the constitution? |
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| If a leader of the government is elected, what form of government is it? |
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| Adam Smiths economic ideas? |
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| political philosopher that favored absolute monarch and people give up natural rights? |
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| What is considered a report? |
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| Obama is in his second term of office |
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| Who influenced the Bill of Rights? |
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| What philosopher influenced society with natural rights of life, liberty and property? |
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| What kind of economy exists where the government is the main operator in the economy? |
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| Power held by the state and the government is called what? |
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| What political philosopher empasized general will of the people? |
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