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| The institutions and procedures through which people are ruled |
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| Process by which individuals and groups reach agreement or a common course of action even as they continue to dissagree on the goal that action is intended to achieve |
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| 18th Century political movement focusing on the use of reason over tradition to solve social dilemas |
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| said humans will always create chaos and violence without government |
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| Hobbs said total power must go to what? |
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| John Locke said what three rights are granted by god for all white men? |
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| Under Locke's philosophy government must do what? |
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| Locke- Government must respect and protect those rights |
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| Locke- What happens if they don't? |
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| Citizens has da right to revolts. |
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| What did Charles de Montesquieu advocate for? |
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| Separation of power - 3 branches |
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| John Jacques Rousseau said what the only good government was what? |
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| one freely formed with the consent of the people who agree on "social contract" |
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| What formed our first government? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| What did the Articles win? |
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| What did the articles establish? |
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| what are rules by which new states enter the union |
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| What did the articles set the precedent for? |
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| Weaknesses of the Articles 1-4 |
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-Could not draft soldiers or raise an army
-Had a unicameral congress
-Could not levy taxes
-Had to rely on states for revenue |
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| Weaknesses of the articles 5-8 |
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-Could not pay off war debt
-Could not regulate interstate trade
-Had no supreme court
-No executive pranch |
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| Weaknesses of the Articles 9-11 |
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-No national currency
-Needed 9/13 states' approval to pass legislation
-Needed unanimity to amend articles |
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| Farmers in massachusetts rebel against farm forclosures |
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| they had no f***ing idea what to do |
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| The delegates elected to rewrite the Articles protecting everyones rights and |
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| property would be the same as protecting thier own. |
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| Strong government with each state represented proportionally to the population |
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| each state will be represented equally |
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| slaves would count as 3/5ths |
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| President - chief executive had to approve or what? |
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| Congress could do what tho? |
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| override those sombitches |
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| Supreme court - originally created to arbitrate what? |
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| divisions within a society |
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| what are factions usually? |
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| divisions of property (wealthy, wealthy few) |
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| Wanted a strong centeralised government |
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| essays bitching about how they wanted federalism |
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| Federalist NO. 10 James madison argues that |
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| mischevious political factions are shitty, but inevitable |
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| Federalist No. 10 wanted a |
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| republican government w/written constitution |
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| Fed. no 10 believed a large republic would |
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| fragment political power and curb threat caused by minority/majority factions |
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| Federalist No. 51 madison argues that |
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| a system of checks and balances is essential to guard against the concentration of powah in one branch of government, so shit doesn't get real. |
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| Feared for der lives of a strong government |
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| because they thought strong gvmt would threaten personal liberties and make president seem like king |
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| bill of rights to be added to COnst. to protect individual liberties |
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| a vague skeletal document of 5000 words |
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| Constitution - set up the |
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| structure of our government |
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| Constitution - Clearly reflected |
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| the framers commitment to the principle of LIMITED GOVERNMENT |
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| Constitution - Guaranteed |
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| Constitution - Originally had numerous |
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| provisions that limited majority rule |
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| Constitution - allows for.. |
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| Constitution - the fragmentation of powah it created made it what? |
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| American public policy relatively stable |
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| Necessary and Proper clause |
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| allowed congress to make all laws that were necessary and proper |
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| elastic/ necessaryproper clause - used to create |
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| things like federal district courts and federal reserve |
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| elastic/ necessaryproper clause - used to improve things like |
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| workplace and saftey standards |
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| State- its members were to elected by |
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| executive orders allowed the president to |
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| bypass congress and constitution |
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| Judicial review - the supreme court |
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| granted itself power to overturn laws by congress |
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| judical review never mentioned in |
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| later added to protect individual rights |
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