| A | B |
|---|
| Politics | influencing others Who gets what when and how |
| Machiavelli | The Right thing may not be the nice thing |
| Locke | Social contract the people will form a government for protection |
| Indirect Democracy | Republic Elected officials hold the power |
| Direct (Pure) Democracy | The people themselves hold the power. |
| Majoritarian Democracy | What the masses want is what will be done. |
| Recall | vote to remove and elected official from office |
| Referendum | measure created by legislature for the people to vote on |
| Initiative | measure created by the people for the people to vote on |
| Pluralism | power in groups who compete to control the government |
| Elite Theory | a small group runs the nation |
| Hyper pluralism | Groups become more powerful than the government and bog it down |
| Political Ideology | where you stand on a scale of political belief |
| Republican | Conservative party on the right side of the spectrum |
| Democrat | liberal party on the left side of the spectrum |
| Constitution | A nation's basic laws |
| Unitary System | All the power is held by the national government Model under Britain |
| Articles of Confederation | First government of the Independent USA |
| No power to tax | Major Flaw of the Article of Confederation |
| Unanimous | Vote needed to pass any changes to the Articles of Confederation |
| Confederation | Power is held by the local governments with a weak national government |
| Virginia Plan | Representation set by population favored big states |
| New Jersey Plan | Representation equal for all states favored small states |
| Great (or CT) Compromise | 2 houses one based on Population on Equal |
| 3/5ths compromise | slaves will count as 3/5ths a person for population |
| Electoral college | compromise on how to select the president |
| Exports | Cannot be taxed due to the Slave trade and Commerce compromise |
| 20 year | Importation of slaves could not be outlawed for how long due to the Slave Trade and Commerce Compromise |
| Legislative | Branch addressed in Article I of the Constitution |
| 25 | Age to be a member of the House of Representatives |
| 30 | Age to be a member of the Senate |
| 35 | Age to be president |
| natural born | type of citizen that the president must be |
| Elastic Clause | Art I Sec 8 Allows Congress to create all laws that are necessary and proper |
| Executive | Branch addressed in Article II |
| Judicial | Branch addressed in Article III |
| Treason | only crime defined in the constitution |
| Full Faith and Credit | Article IV the states promise to honor the actions of other states |
| Amendment Process | Article V covers this |
| 2/3 | Portion of both houses or state legislatures need to propose an amendment |
| 3/4 | Portion of state legislatures or state conventions needed to ratify an amendment |
| Supremacy clause | Article VI if a state law and a federal law are in conflict the Federal law will win |
| Ratification | Article VII process to approve the constitution |
| (I) First Amendment | Five Freedoms: Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, Religion |
| (II) Second Amendment | Right to Bear arms |
| (IV) Fourth Amendment | Protection from unreasonable searches and Seizures |
| (V) Fifth Amendment | Protections for the accused Double jeopardy, self incrimination |
| (VI) Sixth Amendment | Protections for the accused Speedy trial, confront witnesses, counsel |
| (VIII) Eighth Amendment | Protection from Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
| (XIII) Thirteenth Amendment | Ended Slavery |
| (XV) Fifteenth Amendment | Cannot deny the vote based on Color Race or previous condition of servitude |
| (XVIII) Eighteenth Amendment | Prohibition Cannot Make, sell or transport Alcohol |
| (XIX) Nineteenth Amendment | Gave Women the vote |
| (XXI) Twenty First Amendment | Ended Prohibition |
| (XXVI) Twenty Sixth Amendment | Gave 18 year olds the vote |
| (XXVII) Twenty Seventh Amendment | Congress can not enact a raise until after an election |
| (XIV) Fourteenth Amendment | All citizens are subject to the law Citizens have the right to due process |
| (XXII) Twenty Second Amendment | Sets a term limit for the president (two terms or up to 10 years) |
| (XXV) Twenty Fifth Amendment | What happens if the president dies or is unable to perform his duties. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Power is from the people |
| Limited government | There are things the government cannot control and those who make the laws must follow the laws |
| Separation of Powers | each portion of gov't has jobs that only they can do |
| Checks and Balances | Each branch watches over the other 2 |
