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What was Shay's Rebellion?
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Shay's Rebellion was a post-Revolitionary clash between New England farmers that wanted to end high taxes and merchants that wanted a trans-Atlantic trade.
It led to the Constitution in order to strengthen the government and trade some freedom for order. |
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| the idea that all individuals no matter their race, gender, religion, or disability should have an equal opportunity to achieve |
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| the idea that everyone in a society should receive the same results and eliminate material differences between individuals. |
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| the shared belief of how a government should operate |
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| refers to what a government should do |
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| confidence in one's own ability to shape and take part in politics |
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| belief that the system will respond to what citizens do (has declined since the 60s and 70s- Vietnam and Watergate) |
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| Majoritan Model of Democracy |
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| classic theory of democracy, government by the people interpreted as government by the majority of people |
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| Pluralist Model of Democracy |
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| an interpretation of democracy, government by the people interpreted as government by the people operating through competing interest groups |
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Lockean Theory
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positive freedom states that people will gladly abide by rules of society in order to enjoy the freedom society provides and protects
and that people have ability to reason and therefore rule themselves and that any other form of rule is illegitimate
John Locke |
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| Classic/ Participatory Model |
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| citizens should decide matters of public policy through direct participation in government |
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| public policy decision should be made by elected representatives chosen by the people |
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| People's natural self-fulfillment and desire-driven attitude make them incapable of ruling themselves |
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| the decision of a group must reflect the preference of half of those participating |
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| benefits of a government that can't be denied to any citizens by a majority decision |
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| view that a small group of people makes most of the important government decisions |
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| equality in political decision making; 1 vote per person with all votes counted equally |
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| Procedural Democracy Theory |
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| view of democracy as being embodied in a decision-making process that involves universal part, political equality, majoritarian rule, and responsiveness |
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| Substantive Democracy Theory |
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| view that democracy is embodied in the sub of government policies rather than in the policy making procedure |
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Orthodox
laws relative to indvidual preferance |
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| a belief that morality and religion ought to be of decisive importance; laws are unchanging and independent of individual preference |
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| a belief that personal freedom and solving social problems are greater than religion; rules and laws must be reevaluated in light of modern light |
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| a political system in which the national government shares power with local government |
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| the effort to transfer responsibility from federal to state government |
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| money from national government that states can spend within broad guidelines determined by Washington |
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| terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants |
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| supreme or ultimate political authority |
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| government that's legally and politically independent of any other government |
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| sovereign is wholly in national government's hands; all states and localities depend on its will |
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| Confederation/ Confederal System |
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| states are sovereign and national government is allowed to do only that which states permit |
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| sovereignty is shared; in some matters national government is supreme and state in others |
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