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| social contract and writers |
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| Agreement between governed and ruler giving permission to rule for public good. Locke/hobbes |
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| what is natural law and how does it interact with the written law |
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| Set of moral laws from nature which are used to check legitimacy of written laws |
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| function of legitimate government |
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| three legit forms of gov't |
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| Monarchy/aristocracy/democracy |
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| three illigit forms of gov |
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| Tyranny/oligarchy/anarchy |
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| according to aristotle const. says gov't is association of equals(citizens) and const. limits power of gov't |
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| name/describe four eras of federalism |
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Dual soveirnty/constitutional- comes from constitutional language, 10th amend. powers not given to fed. remain with states.
Early National- outcome of civil war, nat. supreme over states, new deal, taxes
nationally administered- great depression, reagan, 14th amendment, cut tax
new federalism- more efficient gov. spending, less fed. control but states still dependant on fed.
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| ruling/importance mcculloch v. maryland |
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rule: states can't tax fed. institution.
helped shift power to national gov't |
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| ruling/significance gibbons v. ogden |
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NY cannot grant monopoly over hudson.
violates interstate commerce clause. allowed nat. gov't to control all interstate activity |
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| why were federalists sucessful |
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| like a treaty, not true plan of gov't |
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| was american rev. a revolution? why |
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| no. no overthrow of gov't or change of rulers. |
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| relationship between central government and administrative subunits that is most prevelant in history |
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| political significance of enlightenment/reformation |
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enlightenment-shift from supernatural to natural reason: shift to social contract.
reformation- local economy replaces papal authority |
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| Gov't must protect private property and liberty. People can overthrow gov't if not doing so. |
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| significance of civil war |
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| Established supremacy of Fed. gov't. Made union involuntary. |
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| federalist/anti-federalists predictions of constitutional distribution of power and who was right? |
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federalists- sharing of power and federal gov't only has power granted by states.
anti-fed.- Fed. gov't has too much power and will eventually overstep bounds and take over states
anti-fed right. |
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| two mechanisms facilitated administration of national federalism |
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16th amendment - income tax/increaseed revenue
great depression |
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| which amendment most important why? |
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| 14th- equal protection- because it created standardized state laws through national judicial standard |
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| Regan policy platform and what was sucessfully administered |
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-cut tax/decrease spending
-cut tax, but couldnt decrease spending |
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| golden rule of public administration |
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| more people->more political power and that power flows top down |
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| what was directly responsible for advent of nationally administered federalism? |
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| unusual/significant about ruling dred scott v. sandford |
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| case dismissed/ said that missouri compromise was unconst. and that no african american could ever be a legal citizen. |
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