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- confederation
- alliance of independent states
- confederate
- alliance of independent states
- democracy
- government in which power rests with the people
- dictatorship
- one person rule or small group
- federal
- power of government is divided into a central agency and several local
- unitary
- centeralized government single agency
- parliamentary
- prime minster and there cabinet
- presidental
- exuctive and legislative branches independent but equal power
- evolutionary theroy ( theories of origin of states)
- evolved naturally from acient family
- social contract ( theories of origin of states)
- people agree amongst themselves for the safety of others
- concept of democracy
- 1. necessity of compormise 2. freedome of equality 3. majority rule and minority rights 4. individual liberty 5.compromise
- locke, harrington, hobbes, and rousseau
- developed social contract theory and developed state of nature ( started concept of democracy)
- james madison
- wrote the 85 essays supporting the constitution ( father of constitution) wrote over a third of federalist papers, also father of bill of rights
- federalists vs. anti federalists
- federalist: favored radification of consitution, stressed weakness of articles anti fedis- apposed powers of central gov
- federalists papers
- 85 essays supporting constitution written by alexander hamilton, james madision, and john jay
- Connecticut compromise(great compromise)
- agreement that congress will be composed of two houses
- popular sovereignty
- people are the source of government power
- the weakness of articles
- congresse diddnt have the power to tax and regulate trade and make states obey the laws.
- 3/5 compromise
- slaves were worth 3/5 of a person to use as taxing and representation
- radification of new york and virgina
- last people to ratify the constitution
- checks and balances
- seperation of powers, so that the judicial,exuctive and legeslative braches were seperate from eachother so they were not abusing powers
- formal amendment process
- 2/3 congress and 2/3 of a national convention (prez has no formal role)
- informal amendment process
- through actions taken by president decisions of the supreme court and just pass through congress
- extradition
- legal process were a fugitive goes to another state can be returned to the state were the crime was made
- bill of rights
- ten rights, religion, speech,public meeting, cant stop you from carrying a weapons,soilders not living in house, searching house( search warrant needed)
- concurrent, reserved and expressed powers.
- concurrent: shared by federal and state government expressed: national government reserved: local/state
- supremacy clause
- the constitution rules above all other laws in the U.S (mcculloch vs maryland)
- political parties
- group of people who want to control the government by winning elections by holding office. began when began
- suffrage
- getting the right to vote
- how to prevent fraud
- have to have a voter registration and a voter identification
- ballet fatigue
- voter completing only the first part of the ballot
- importance of party identification
- the loyalty of people to a party. most significate factor of figuring out how people will vote
- prevent blacks from voting
- literacy test, poll taxes
- power to set voter age in local elections
- states believed the age of voting at 18 was good bc it was the age of becoming independent and able to make decisions for ones self
- PAC
- political action comittees branches of special interest groups. amd go to congress to push for voting of there canidate
- secret ballot. purpose
- privacy, voters confidentiality
- when voting held
- every four years
- closed primary vs open
- closed primary is when the ballot only has the declared party members open has declared party members AND extra/ any one else ( ex nator , green comitte)
- coat tail effect
- when a stong canidate running for an office at the top of a ballat helps attract voters to other canidates on the parties ticket
- fillibuster
- keep holding off untill they give up
- qualifications: house
- 25 years, 7 years citize, must live in sate, 435 members, 2 year term, limited to debate, limited to debate
- the senate: qualification
- 30 years, 9 year citizen, 6 year term, 100 members, more prestige
- 17th amendment
- popular election of senators
- impeachment
- congress( the house of representatives and the senate)
- marbury vs. Madison
- all legislative acts cannot conflict with the constitution
- federal court judges
- prez obama
- plaintiff vs defendant
- person that brings an action in a court of law
- jurisdiction
- the authority granted to a court
- concurring opinion
- when all the judges agree on somthing
- qualification of prez
- 35 years of age, natural born, resident for 14 years
- electoral votes
- 270!!!!!!!!!!!
- 22nd amendment
- term length of a president ( 4 years)
- 25th amendment
- president take over (VP) no longer able to fulfill duties of PREZ
- platform
- what the nominee is standing his or her ideas when becoming prez or other job.
- presidentals roles
- declare war, veto laws, make laws, etc
- establishment clause
- prhibit goverment to make someone a certain releigion
- indictiment
- formal accusation someone made a crime
- due process
- federal gov cant deprive person of life, liberty and prperty without process of law
- bill of attainder
- declaring a person guity without trial