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| 122006959 | Authority | The right to use power | |
| 122006960 | Bureaucratic View | View that the government is dominated by appointed officials. | |
| 122006961 | Democracy | The rule of many | |
| 122006962 | Direct Democracy | A government in which all or most citizens participate directly | |
| 122006963 | Elite | Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power | |
| 122006964 | Legitimacy | Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution | |
| 122006965 | Marxist View | View that the government is dominated by capitalists | |
| 122006966 | Power Elite View | View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside the government | |
| 122006967 | Pluralist View | The belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy | |
| 122006968 | Power | The ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions | |
| 122006969 | Power Elite | A political theory espoused by C. Wright Mills which holds that an elite of corporate leaders, top military officers, and key political leaders make most political decisions | |
| 122006970 | Representative Democracy | A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote | |
| 122006971 | Amendment | A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states | |
| 122006972 | Antifederalists | Those who favor a weaker national government | |
| 122006973 | Federalism | Government authority shared by national and state governments | |
| 122006974 | Federalists | Those who favor a stronger national government | |
| 122006975 | Great Compromise | Plan to have popularity elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state | |
| 122006976 | Habeas Corpus | An order to produce an arrested person before a judge | |
| 122006977 | Inalienable | A human right based on nature or God | |
| 122006978 | Line-item Veto | An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature | |
| 122006979 | New Jersey Plan | Proposal to create a weak national government | |
| 122006980 | Republic | A government in which elected representatives make the decisions | |
| 122006981 | Reserved Powers | Powers given to the state governments alone | |
| 122006982 | Separation of Powers | Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of the government | |
| 122006983 | Shay's Rebellion | A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes | |
| 122006984 | Unalienable | A human right based on nature or God | |
| 122006985 | Virginia Plan | Proposal to create a strong national government | |
| 122006986 | Block Grants | Grants of money from the national government that states can spread within broad guidlines determined by Washington | |
| 122006987 | Conditions of Aid | Terms set by the national goernment that states must meet if they are to recieve certain federal funds | |
| 122006988 | Devolution | The effort to transfer responsibility for many public programs and services from the federal government to the states | |
| 122006989 | Dual Ferderalism | A constitutional theory that the national government and the state government each have defined areas of authority | |
| 122006990 | Grants-in-aid | Money given by the national government to the states | |
| 122006991 | Articles of Confederation | A weak constitution that governed America during and immediately after the Revolutionary War | |
| 122006992 | Bill of Attainder | A law that declares a person, without trial, to be guilty of a crime | |
| 122006993 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution | |
| 122006994 | Checks and Balances | The power of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to block some acts by the other two branches | |
| 122006995 | Coalition | An alliance of factions | |
| 122006996 | Concurrent Powers | Powers shared by the national and state governments | |
| 122006997 | Enumerated Powers | Powers given to the national government alone | |
| 122006998 | Ex Post Facto Law | A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was commited | |
| 122006999 | Faction | A group with a distinct political interest | |
| 122007000 | Initiative | Process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot | |
| 122007001 | Mandates | Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants | |
| 122007002 | Necessary and Proper Clause | Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to its duties, and which had permitted Congress to exercise powers not specifically given to it (enumerated by the Constitution | |
| 122007003 | Nullification | The doctrine that a stae can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the Constitution | |
| 122007004 | Police Power | The power of a government to effect laws that promote citizens' health, safety, and morals | |
| 122007005 | Recall | Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office | |
| 122007006 | Referendum | Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature | |
| 122007007 | Civic Competence | A belief that one can affect government policies | |
| 122007008 | Civic Duty | A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs | |
| 122007009 | Class Consciousness | Belief that you are a member of an economic group whose interests are opposed to people in other such groups | |
| 122007010 | Orthodox Religion | A belief that morality and religion ought to be of decisive importance | |
| 122007011 | Political Culture | A coherent way of thinking about how politics and government ought to be carried out | |
| 122007012 | Political Efficacy | A belief that you can participate in politics (internal efficacy) or that the government will respond to the citizenry (external efficacy) | |
| 122007013 | Progressive Religion | A belief that personal freedom and solving social problems is more important than religion |
