Political science test 1

The process determining the leaders we select and the policies the pursue.

Politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues.

The institutions through which public policies are made for a society.

A system of selecting policy makers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences.

A form of democracy in which people decide policy initiatives directly

A form of democracy in which citizens elect representatives to make laws on their behalf.

An ideal democratic process that satisfies five criteria.

1. equality in voting, 2. effective participation, 3. enlightened understanding, 4. citizen control of the agenda, 5. inclusion

Congress, president, courts, federal administrative agencies (bureaucracy).

Democracy, theocracy, monarchy, totalitarianism, oligarchy

Direct, indirect, procedual

Democracy, monarchy, oligarchy

Liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, laissez-faire, populism

A trend of thought that favors equality for all people.

Freedom

The belief that people can and should get ahead on their own.

Promotes free market and limited government

A political philosophy supporting the rights of average citizens in their struggle against privileged elites

1.loss of traditional values, 2.unfavorable comparrison with citizens of other countries in key values, 3.division of society into groups

A nation's basic law.

It creates political institutions, assigns or divided powers in government, and often provides certain garuntees to citizens.

An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government into serparate bodies.

Features of the constitution that require each branch of the federal government to obtain the consent of the others for its action.

They limit the power of each branch.

clause in article VI. of constitution that makes the constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state law.

Clause in article IV. requiring each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial procedures of other states.

1. Create political institutions, 2. assign powers and basic laws, 3. provides garuntees to citizens

Declaration of independence, revolutionary war, conservative revolution, articles of confederation, aborted annapolis meeting, revision con.

central gov, executive, legislature, courts, regulation of commerce, taxation, ammendment of articles, national defense, power over state

weak central gov,no exec,one chamber legislature,no court/reg of commerce,no direct tax,req unanimous consent to ammend, no power over state

Equality, representation of states, slavery, equality in voting, economic, individual rights

One of the most influential philosophers read by the founders, wrote The 2nd treatise of civil gov,built philosophy on natural rights.

Natural rights, gov must be built on consent of the governed, limited gov

Supported the constitution

opposed the constitution

Opposition of anti-feds, had to be unanimous, no bill of rights

Congress has no one main religion

right to bear arms

Can't house soldiers without home owner's permission

Right to property

punishment equals crime

Right to a trial

right to bail?

no cruel or unusual punishment

no construing of anything in the constitution to deny any person

The powers not dealt with by national government is confined to state power only

judicial power can't be extended to other countries

Voters must vote in their own state and one of their choice elective must not be from their state.

Slavery shall not exsist

No state can deny anyone equal protection of the law

Voters will not be denied based on race, ethnicity, previous servitude

No taxation without apportionmet among several states

The senate shall consist of two senators from the same state elected by the people.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited

Voters rights should not be denied because of sex

The end dates of presidential and senate terms

Repeal of 18th amendment

President may only get two terms

Voters can't be denied right to vote due to unpaid fees

in case of removal or death of president the vice president fills in

Voting age made eighteen

No raise for government officials until next election

Government's final structure, place gov beyond direct contol of majority, sparate powers of dif inst, construct system of checks and balance

A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of gov share formal authority over the same area and people

Powers of the federal gov that are listed explicitly in the constitution.

Powers of federal gov that go beyond those enumerated in the constitution.

The final paragraph of article 1, sec.8 which authorizes congress to pass all lawws necessary and proper to carry out the enumerated powers.

The entire set of interactons among national, state, and local gov that constitute the workings of the federal system.

pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the fed system; the cornerstone of national gov's relations w/ state and local gov.s

Theory that the judicial branch has a place in the check and balance system in U.S. federalism

Transferring responsibility for policies fron the federal gocernnment to state and local governments.

Dual, cooperative

A system of government in which states and national gov each remain supreme w/in their own spheres, each w/ dif powers and policy responsibi

A system of government in which states and the national government share powers and policy assignments.