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| a sequence of events in time |
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| A person who plays on people's fears/emotions and in doing so tries to direct them in a particular direction |
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| Political essay; ex: Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" |
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| Practical, feasible; having the ability to grow, expand, or develop (when looking at a new government, you should ask yourself, is it viable?) |
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| "I believe in the people, not the government" mentality |
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| Very mixed, varied society |
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| Study of knowledge; study the process by which we know what we know |
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| One of the ways you learn. The process of learning through questioning (you don't take anything at face value and question everything). |
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| You start with a thesis and then set out to prove it; flawed b/c you ignore evidence that doesn't support your thesis |
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| Start w/one fact ad build up to the thesis |
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| Deals with the equality of people (races, ethnicity, gender) |
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| Inherent, individual rights you are born with - your birthrights (ex. you are born into freedom) |
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| De jure ("by law") segregation |
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| Segregation by law - it was done away with with Brown v. the Board of Education |
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| Segregation that occurs naturally b/c of sociology and economics (ex. predominantly black neighborhoods) |
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| Social engineering. An attempt by the government to do away with the effects of segregation/racism; a commonly known form of affirmative action is preferential treatment for minorities by colleges |
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| A secret meeting (this word usually has a negative connotation) |
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| Dividing up states into counties to maximize the number of Democrats/Republicans there |
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| When you commit a gaffe, you say something stupid - in the case of politicians, it occurs when they go off of their talking points and decide to ad-lib |
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| Democrats are much less uniform constituents than Republicans, and a Democratic presidential candidate must "put the big tent together" and get a lot of different constituencies to vote for him if he wants to win the presidential election |
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1. The people from whom an individual or organization hopes to attract support
2. The people or geographical area that a particular elected official represents |
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| Polling the people who voted early in the presidential elections and using mathematical formulas to predict who will win the election |
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| Smaller level than a county; counties are composed of precincts |
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