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| 272536519 | Constitution | A nation's basic law | |
| 272536520 | Declaration of Independence | document approved by representatives of the American colonies in 1776 that stated their independence from the British monarchy | |
| 272536521 | natural rights | Rights inherited by human beings | |
| 272536522 | consent of the governed | when people must decide who their rulers should be | |
| 272536523 | limited government | there must be restrictions on government | |
| 272536524 | the Articles of Confederation | 1776, the congress appointed a group to draw up a plan for a permanent union of the states. this plan was called... | |
| 272536525 | Shay's Rebellion | 1786 - a small band of farmers in western Massachusetts rebelled at losing their land to creditors | |
| 272536526 | New Jersey Plan | Each state should be equally represented in congress (proposed by William Paterson) | |
| 272536527 | Virginia Plan | Each state should be represented in Congress according to population | |
| 272536528 | Connecticut Compromise | •The Senate: two members from each state •The House: representation based on population | |
| 272536529 | 3/5 compromise | taxation and representation were to be based on the number of free persons plus three-fifths of the number of all other persons.aka slaves | |
| 272536530 | Traditional Democratic Theory | Equality in Voting Effective Participation Enlightened Understanding Citizen Control of the Agenda Inclusion | |
| 272536531 | Equality in Voting | o One person, one vote o Not universal; representative | |
| 272536532 | Effective Participation | o Citizens must have adequate and equal opportunities to express their preferences | |
| 272536533 | Enlightened Understanding | o Democratic society = marketplace of ideas o Free press and speech are essential to civic understanding | |
| 272536534 | Citizen Control of the Agenda | o Citizens have the collective right to control the gov's policy agenda | |
| 272536535 | Inclusion | o Gov. must include and extend rights to all subject to its laws o Must be open to all within a nation | |
| 272536536 | majority rule | The gov. must practice this; when voting or choosing, the will of over half the voters must be followed | |
| 272536537 | minority rights | Minorities still have a right to basic principles like freedom or speech and assemble | |
| 272536538 | Representation | Relationship between the few leaders and many people | |
| 272536539 | Pluralist Theory | Groups of shared interests can interest public policy by pressing their concerns through organized efforts | |
| 272536540 | pluralists | people that are optimistic that public interest will come through sometime in the making of public policy through a process of bargaining and compromise | |
| 272536541 | elite and class theory | society is devided along class line aand and upper class runs the government | |
| 272536542 | elite class theorists | People that believe that o Wealth is the basis of power (holding property, stocks, and bonds) o 1/3 of the nation's wealth is held by 1% of the population aka rich peoplez o ...only because they can afford to finance election campaigns and control key institutions | |
| 272536543 | Hyperpluralism | pluralism gone bad - groups are so strong the government is weakened and the influence of all these groups cripples the governments ability to make policy | |
| 272536544 | policy gridlock | - A condition that occurs when no cloalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy is called | |
| 272536545 | Government | institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society | |
| 272536546 | American Institutions | a. Congress b. The President c. The Courts d. The Federal Administrative Agencies (bureaucracy) | |
| 272536547 | Things all governments should have in common | a. Maintain a national defense b. Provide public services c. Preserve order d. Socialize the young e. Collect taxes | |
| 272536548 | Public Goods | - Governments spend billions on schools, libraries, hospitals, highways, and public parks - Since these services cannot be refused to anyone, they are called | |
| 272536549 | Politics | the process in which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. This produces authoritative decisions about public issues | |
| 272536550 | Political Participation | a. Voting b. Supporting c. Compromising d. Lobbying | |
| 272536551 | single-issue group | people who vote for a politician based on their view on a single issue | |
| 272536552 | policymaking system | process in which policy is made and evolves over time. | |
| 272536553 | Linkage institutions | political channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the policy agenda | |
| 272536554 | examples of linkage instutitions | a. Elections b. Political parties c. Interest groups d. The media | |
| 272536555 | political issue | when people disagree about a problem or about the public policy that is needed to fix it | |
| 272536556 | three policymaking institutions | a. Congress b. The presidency c. The courts | |
| 272536557 | Public Policy | a choice that the government makes in response to a political issue (every law passed, budget established, and ruling) | |
| 272536558 | Policy Impacts | the effects that a policy has on people and on society's problems | |
| 272536559 | Democracy | the means of selecting a policymakers and of organizing government so that policy reflects citizens' choices | |
| 272536560 | Gross Domestic Product | (29% spent by national, state, and local govs) the total value of all goods and services produced annually by the United States | |
| 272536561 | Equal Rights Amendment | proposed by Susan B. Anthony, "Euqality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridges by the United States or by any State on account of sex." |
