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GOVT 2305 Spiker Rainey Spring 2013 Exam 1 Study Gui
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06/14/2014

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Political thinking
Definition
the process through which conclusions are reached. It involves the careful evaluation of information in the process of forming a judgement about the issue at hand.
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What is the major barrier to political thinking?
Definition
People are unwilling to make the effort that is required
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___________ is the means by which society settles its conflicts and allocates the resulting benefits and costs
Definition
Politics
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Political culture
Definition
The widely shared and deep-seated beliefs of its people about politics
Liberty, individualism, equality, and self-government are widely regarded as America’s core political values
Term
Compared with Great Britain or France the US spends about ____% more per pupil annually on its primary and secondary schools
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 5%
Definition
C. 30%
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_________ is a theory of American politics that holds that society’s interests are substantially represented through power exercised by groups.
Definition
Pluralism
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Townshend Act
Definition
imposed taxes on all glass, paper, tea, and lead sold in the colonies
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What did the 3/5ths compromise determine?
Definition
each slave was to count as 3/5ths of a person for seats in House of Representatives
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Federalists
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Supported the constitution
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Anti-federalists
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Opposed the constitution
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System where sovereignty is vested solely in the national government. Local or regional governments in a unitary system do not have sovereignty. They have authority only to the degree that it is granted by the national government, which can also withdraw any such grant.
Definition
Unitary System
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Judicial Review
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The power of courts to decide whether a governmental institution has acted within its constitutional powers and, if not, to declare its action null and void.
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____________ are elected representatives whose obligation is to act in accordance with their own consciences as to what policies are in the best interests of the public.
Definition
Trustees
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Federalist paper No.28
Definition
Stated that the American people could shift their loyalties back and forth between the national and state governments in order to keep each under control.
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based on shared policy responsibilities rather than sharply divided ones
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Cooperative federalism
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A governmental system in which authority is divided between two sovereign levels of government: national and regional.
Definition
federalism
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Block grants
Definition
Less restrictive than categorical. The federal government specifies the general area in which the funds must be used, but the state and local governments select the specific program.
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__________ is the idea that American federalism can be strengthened by a partial shift in power from the federal government to the state and local governments, more strongly believed by republicans
Definition
Devolution
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Fiscal Federalism
Definition
A term that refers to the expenditure of federal funds on programs run in part through states and localities.
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Dual Federalism
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A doctrine based on the idea that a precise separation of national power and state power is both possible and desirable.
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