Flashcards for Mrs. Yvonne Harper's POS2041 at Penscola State College using Think! American Government Textbook 2012, by Tannahill, created by Heather Glean.
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| 648143741 | Public Policy | what the government officials choose to do or not to do about public problems. Examples: laws, executive orders, court decisions. | |
| 648143742 | What are the 7 stages of the policymaking process? | 1. Agenda Setting 2. Policy Formulation 3. Policy Adoption 4. Policy Legitimation 5. Policy Implementation 6. Policy Evaluation 7. Policy Change | |
| 648143743 | Agenda Setting | the process through which problems become matters of public concern and government action. Agenda setting is the 1st stage of the policy making process. | |
| 648143744 | Policy Formulation | the development of strategies for dealing with the problems on the official public agenda. 2nd stage of the policy making process. | |
| 648143745 | Policy Adoption | the official decision of a government body to accept a particular policy and put it into effect. 3rd stage of the policy making process | |
| 648143746 | Policy Legitimation | Policy legitimation are actionsd taken to ensure that most citizens regard a policy as a legal and appropriate response to a problem. 4th stage of the policy making process. | |
| 648143747 | Policy Implementation | the stage of the policy making process is which policies are carried out. 5th stage of the policy making process. | |
| 648143748 | Policy Evaluation | an assessment of a policy. 6th stage of the policy making process. | |
| 648143749 | Policy Change | modification of a policies goals and means based on new information or a change in political environment. 7th stage of the political process. | |
| 648143750 | Institutional Presiency | Most presidents prior to FDR. Mostly concerned with foreign affairs, not very public, left policy making to Congress, and rarely used their veto power. | |
| 648143751 | Modern Presidency | FDR is considered to be the first modern president. Big ideas, assertive, the "face" of the American government. the presidency evolved into the modern presidency due to the growth of public issues (such as poverty, thenations economy, national defense) due to the Great Depression and WWII. Government needed to become bigger to help rebuild and to deal with the problems created. | |
| 648143752 | Government | The institution with the power to set policies for society. KEY WORD: INSTITUTION | |
| 648143753 | Politics | The process that determines who fill the roles of leadership in government and how the power will be exercised. KEY WORD: Process, Roles, and Power | |
| 648143754 | Democracy | A system of govenment in which political authority is vested in the people. Key Word: PEOPLE | |
| 648143755 | Natural Rights | rights inherrant to humans that we are born with and transcend the power of government. John Locke's Second Treatise of Government argued for "life, liberty, and property" as natural rights. | |
| 648143756 | republic | a representative democracy is which officals are elected by citizens to make policy decisions on their behalf. | |
| 648143757 | Federalism | A system of government that divided power between a central govenment, with authority over the whole nation, and state government. KEY WORDS: Central and state | |
| 648143758 | Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the Constitution securing certain freedoms and rights. | |
| 648143759 | separation of powers | Division of government power between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government to limit power and prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. | |
| 648143760 | Constitutional Amendment | A formal change or addition to the Constitution (nation's governing document). | |
| 648143761 | The Federalist Papers | A series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison supporting the ratification of the Constitution. Published under the psudonym "Publius". | |
| 648143762 | Bicameralism | A 2 house legislative branch. The House of Representatives and the Senate making up Congress. | |
| 648143763 | Senate Majority Leader | The head of the majority party in the senate. Elected by the senate members. | |
| 648143764 | Speaker of the House | The head of the majority party in the House of Representaives. 3rd in line to the presidency. | |
| 648143765 | Article II | Grants executive powers to the President. The executive branch enforces laws. | |
| 648143766 | Article I | Grants legislative powers to Congress to make laws. | |
| 648143767 | Article III | Grants the juducial branch of government the power to interpret laws. | |
| 648143768 | Pocket Veto | A president allows a measure to die without his signature after Congress has adjourned. | |
| 648143769 | Impeachment | A formal accusation of wrongdoing against the chief executive officer or a judicial office. The offense could warrant removal from office. | |
| 648143770 | checks and balances | The overlapping of power between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government to ensure public officials limit the authority of each other. | |
| 648143771 | necessary and proper clause | Article 1, section 8 grants the legislative branch the power to make "necessary and proper" laws to support the execution of the powers given to them in Article I. | |
| 648143772 | filibuster | an attempt to force a measure to die using the tactic of prolonged debate. | |
| 648143773 | executive order | a directive issue by the chief executive officer to an administrative office or executive department. | |
| 648143774 | veto | an action by the chief executive officer refusing to sign a measure passed by the lesgislature. |
