AP Gov Unit 1 Flashcards

14640513189	democracy	A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	0
14640514387	participatory democracy	a system of democracy in which all members of a group or community participate collectively in making major decisions	1
14640523300	constitutional convention	Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.	2
14640529461	separation of powers	the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government	3
14640531603	three-fifths compromise	Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House (negated by the 13th amendment)	4
14640538467	concurrent powers	powers shared by the national and state governments	5
14640542721	informal amending process	changes in interpretation of the Constitution due to societal changes or judicial review	6
14640552569	Necessary and Proper Clause	Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all laws necessary	7
14640558204	Federalist 51	essay by James Madison in favor of checks and balances to prevent tyranny	8
14640563897	unitary system	A government that gives all key powers to the national government	9
14646328284	direct democracy	A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives	10
14646330153	elite democracy	A political system in which the privileged classes acquire the most power	11
14646345781	bicameralism	Two house legislature	12
14646347318	Virginia Plan	Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population	13
14646353759	implied powers	powers from the necessary and proper clause	14
14646356830	judicial review	Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws based on the Constitution	15
14646368709	article i	article that establishes the legislative Branch	16
14646370644	federalists	supporters of the Constitution	17
14646372573	federalism	A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments	18
14649325348	Checks and Balances	A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power	19
14651055209	commerce clause	The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries.	20
14651110717	formal amending process	ratifies and rewrites the Constitution	21
14651121361	enumerated powers	Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.	22
14651126823	new jersey plan	The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population	23
14651134986	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	24
14651145196	representative democracy	indirect democracy ruled by representatives	25
14651146317	pluralist democracy	Group based activism by nongovernmental interests striving to impact political decision making	26
14651151046	antifederalists	people who opposed the Constitution	27
14651153067	full faith and credit	A clause in Article IV of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of all other states.	28
14651156015	federal mandate	a requirement the national government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds	29
14651159057	factions	group of people with the same interest (from Federalist 10 by James Madison)	30
14651172033	articles of confederation	A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.	31
14651179775	Connecticut Compromise	(Great Compromise) Called for a bicameral (two house) legislature.	32
14651181585	supremacy clause	Constitution is the supreme law of the land	33
14651184608	inherent powers	powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution but are inferred from it	34
14651191968	block grants	Money from the national government that states can spend within broad guidelines determined by Washington	35
14651194650	confederation	A joining of several groups for a common purpose.	36
14651198261	federalist 10	essay by James Madison that argues for a republic with factions and majority over minority	37
14651205779	article ii	article that establishes the executive branch	38
14651206232	article iii	article that establishes the Judicial Branch	39
14754601512	republic	(representative democracy) ruled by representatives elected by the people	40