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| system of government in which the supreme power is vested with the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through elected representatives |
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| sytem of government in which the power to govern is concentrated in the hands of a powerful few, usually wealthy individuals |
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| System of government that assigns power to a single person who inherits that position and rules until death |
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| Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law |
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| What is the political spectrum? |
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left is liberal and right is conservative
far left=Tyranny far right=anarchy |
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| What future president defended the soldiers of the Boston Massacre? |
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| What are your natural rights? |
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rights that are so fundamental the government can't take them away.
(Ex. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| What is the difference between civil rights and liberties? |
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| liberties are right so fundemental everyone has them civil rights are centered around equal treatment which the government is obliged to protect. |
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| What are the three natural rights? |
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| life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| What was the population of the thirteen colonies at the time of independence? |
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| A document or set of documents that set forth the basic rules and procedures for how a society shall be governed. |
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| What is another word for republic? |
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| What is a Confederal sytem of government? |
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| system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional or state governments. |
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| What is a unitary system of government? |
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| system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government |
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| sytem of government in which soverenity is constitutionally divided between national and state government |
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| What are the three types of Federalism? |
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| Dual Federalism, Cooperative Federalism, and New Federalism. |
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| where do the republican and democrat parties fall on the political spectrum? |
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Democrat is left
Republican is right |
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| Economic system in which businesses and key industries are privately owned and in which others, are free to create businesses. |
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| Economic system in which the government owns major industries. |
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| 1765 tax on paper that had to be bought from london |
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| 1764 tax on sugar mollasses coffee and tea |
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| What was the townshend acts? |
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| Why did britain put so many taxes on the colonists? |
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| To pay for the French-Indian War |
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| Who said give me liberty or give me death? |
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| What was the 1st Continental Congress? |
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1774 gathering to ask the king for a peaceful reconciliation
sent a list of grievances |
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| When did the revolitionary war outbreak? |
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| What does the 2nd Continental Congress set out to accomplish? |
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| appoint a general and act as the common government for the colonies |
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| What did the constitutional convention set out to accomplish? |
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| to amend the articles of confederation so that the national government could work more effectively. |
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| what was shays rebellion? |
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| Revolt by massachusetts farmers against heavy debts helping everyone see that neither or federal government were functioning properly |
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| What were the principles of the Virginia plan? |
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| Bicameral with each house having proportional representation judiciaries and executive are chosen by the legislature. |
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| What was the New Jersey Plan? |
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Unicameral where every state has equal say
executive chosen by legislature
judiciary chosen by executive |
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| What were the principles of the connecticut compromise? |
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Bicameral lower house would be proportional and upper house would have equal representation
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| What was the three fifths compromise? |
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| compromise over slavery at the constitutional convention that granted states extra representation in the house of representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of three fifths. |
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| What was the 13th amendment? |
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| ended slavery and the only way to hold someone against there will except in punishment for a crime |
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| What is the 14 amendment? |
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citizenship clause.
due process clause.
equal protection clause. |
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| What was the 15 Amendment? |
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| Prohibits any government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or past slavery |
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| What article and section are the powers of congress found? |
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| you can not be held without being charged |
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| What is the supremecy clause? |
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| States that federal law is above state law |
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| Where are civil liberties found in the constitution? |
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| Where are the rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness found in the constitution? |
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| Whats the difference between anarchy and tyranny? |
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Tyranny is complete government control
Anarchy is no government control |
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| What are ex post facto laws? |
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| Laws that make something a crime after the act was committed. |
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| What are Bills of Attainder? |
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| legislative acts that declare individuals guilty of a crime. |
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| What is the 2nd amendment? |
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| What is the 4th amendment? |
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| protection against unlawful search and seizure |
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| What is the 9th amendment? |
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| protects right not listed that may exist |
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| What is the 19th amendment? |
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| gave women the right to vote |
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| preventing something from being published |
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| Supreme court case that ruled slaves are property not people therefore he could not be free because the government is not allowed to take someone elses property |
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| What was Plessy vs. Furgeson? |
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| Supreme court ruling that racial segregation was ok if it was seperate but equal |
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| Supreme court decision that overturned plessy and outlawed state sponsered segregation |
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| What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964? |
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| Outlawed discrimation and racial segregation |
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| What is the Voting rights act of 1965? |
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| Gave the federal government more power when it came to voting |
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| enabled multi-lingual voting |
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| What is the difference between civil right and civil liberties? |
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liberties are rights everybody has
rights are given to us by the government |
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| What is the difference between equality of oppurtinity and equality of outcome? |
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In equal oppurtunity everyone is given the oppurtunity to achieve great results
in equal outcome everyone is given the same results no matter what |
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| What were the problems with the articles of confederation? |
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Gave to much power to the states and not enough power to the national government
federal government could not raise taxes to pay debts, could not get 9 votes to pass any measures, no federal judiciary, and no central treasury to bank currency. |
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| What the difference of a representative acting as a trustee or as a delgate? |
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When they act as a trustee they feel they do what they want because the people elected them because they thought they would know what was best for them.
when they act as a delegate they do exactly as the people want. |
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| Explain the controversy over proportional vs equal representation at the constitutional convention of 1787? |
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they fought over proportional representation because samller states didnt think it was fair that bigger states would have more votes then them and ultimately there voice wouldnt matter.
they fought over equal representation because bigger states didnt think it was fair that smaller states had the same number of votes and the little could control the many in a certain situation.
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