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| 6973869509 | Conservative | Status Quo, the way things are, less Government involvement | 0 | |
| 6973869510 | Moderate | Middle of Conservative and Liberal | 1 | |
| 6973869511 | Liberal | Promote Social change with more Government involvement | 2 | |
| 6973869512 | Radical | Resorts to extreme methods to bring about change. | 3 | |
| 6973869513 | Political Spectrum | Tool used to visually compare different political positions by placing them on one or more axis. |  | 4 |
| 6973869516 | Parliamentary Government | Executive are members of the legislative branch | 5 | |
| 6973869517 | Presidential Governemt | Separates Power between executive/legislative | 6 | |
| 6973869519 | Representative Democracy | People represented through elected officials. | 7 | |
| 6973869520 | Sovereign State | Body of people living in a defined territory, having power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority. | 8 | |
| 6973913380 | Sovereignty | Absolute power to rule | 9 | |
| 6973869521 | Monarchy | Power in the hands of royalty | 10 | |
| 6973869522 | Dictatorship | Ruled by a single leader not elected. | 11 | |
| 6973869523 | Military Dictatorship | Army is in control | 12 | |
| 6973869524 | Theocracy | Religious based Government | 13 | |
| 6973869525 | Public Policies | All laws and mandates government decides to do in the interest of protecting its people and proper function of government | 14 | |
| 6973869529 | Divine Right Theory | State created by God and those of royal birth have a divine right to rule. | 15 | |
| 6973869531 | Social Contract Theory | People give up some rights in order to be ruled and protected by government | 16 | |
| 6973869532 | Confederate | An alliance of independent states | 17 | |
| 6973869533 | Federal | Power is divided between a central gov't and several local gov't. | 18 | |
| 6973869534 | State of Nature | Thomas Hobbes- Humans in constant state of war and strife | 19 | |
| 6973869535 | Unitary System of Government | All power belongs to one level of government | 20 | |
| 6973869537 | Politics | Activities related to governance and its parties of a country | 21 | |
| 6973869538 | Democracy | Government elected by the people. Determine either directly or through elected Reps. | 22 | |
| 6973869539 | Direct Democracy | People vote Directly on every issue | 23 | |
| 6973869540 | Democrats | Generally liberal | 24 | |
| 6973869541 | Republicans | Generally Conservatives | 25 | |
| 6973869558 | Two- Party System | A system where two major political parties dominate politics within a government | 26 | |
| 6973869559 | Third party | Any political party that is not one of the two major parties in a two-party system | 27 | |
| 6973869570 | Second Continental Congress | In 1775, each of the 13 colonies sent representatives to this gathering in Philadelphia. The Second Continental Congress served as the first government of the United States from 1776 to 1781. | 28 | |
| 6973869571 | Declaration of Independence | July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Between 1776 and 1777, most of the States adopted constitutions instead of charters. | 29 | |
| 6973869573 | Popular Sovereignty | The people hold power and the people are sovereign. | 30 | |
| 6973997021 | Consent of the Governed | Government only has power if its people agree to be governed | 31 | |
| 6973869574 | Limited Government | Little to no interference of government in daily life, business | 32 | |
| 6973869576 | Separation of Powers | Government divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. | 33 | |
| 6974022439 | Checks and Balances | Each branch's power checks (restrain the actions of) the other branches of the government. | 34 | |
| 6973869577 | Articles of Confederation | Approved November 15, 1777 Est. "a firm league of friendship" between the states Needed the ratification of the 13 states March 1, 1781 Second Continental Congress declared the Articles effective | 35 | |
| 6973869578 | Structure of Constitution | 3 parts; the preamble, the articles(7), and the amendments (27) | 36 | |
| 6973869579 | The Preamble | Intro, explains purpose of Constitution and purpose of government | 37 | |
| 6973869580 | Article I | establishes legislative branch | 38 | |
| 6973869581 | Article II | creates an executive branch | 39 | |
| 6973869582 | Article III | creates judicial branch | 40 | |
| 6973869583 | Article IV | explains the relationship of the states to one another and to the national government | 41 | |
| 6973869584 | Article V | how the Constitution can be amended | 42 | |
| 6973869585 | Article VI | Supremacy clause | 43 | |
| 6973869586 | Article VII | Says that 9 states are needed to ratify the Constitution | 44 | |
| 6974039266 | Supremacy clause | Federal law shall be the "supreme law of the land" over state and local law | 45 | |
| 6973869672 | Bill of Rights | First ten amendments to the US Constitution | 46 | |
| 6973869591 | Popular Vote | the popular vote winner may not win the electoral college; for example: small-state bias caused by each state getting at least three electoral votes regardless of its size | 47 | |
| 6973869594 | Three-Fifths Compromise | All "free persons" will be counted; 3/5 of all other persons Southerners could count slaves but had to pay taxes on them | 48 | |
| 6973869595 | Judicial Review | power of courts to say that laws and actions of govt are invalid bc they conflict w the constitution's principles | 49 | |
| 6973869599 | Constitutional Convention | Mid-February of 1787 meeting of all thirteen States, which eventually became the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. | 50 | |
| 6973869668 | Federalist | a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority | 51 | |
| 6973869669 | Anti-federalist | somebody who opposed the U.S. Constitution when it was being drawn up | 52 | |
| 10096926978 | Free Rider Problem | Nonparticipants receive benefits from other's efforts | 53 | |
| 10097191305 | (Special) Interest Groups | Group of people with shared concern over political issue that raise money for campaign donations to favored candidates and lobby to influence public policy | 54 | |
| 10097231304 | Political Action Committee (PAC, SuperPAC) | an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level | 55 | |
| 10097277680 | Lobbying | seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue | 56 |
