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GOVT2306 Spiker Rainey Fall 2014 Chapter 1 and 2
Bailey Luker
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12th Grade
10/04/2014

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Shay's Rebellion
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A 1786 Rebellion in which an army of 1500 disgruntled and angry farmers led by Daniel Shays marched to Springfield, Massachusetts, and forcibly restrained the state court from foreclosing mortgages on their farms.
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Virginia Plan
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A bicameral legislature, and an executive and a judiciary chosen by the national legislature.
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New Jersey Plan
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One-house legislature with one vote for each state, a Congress with the ability to raise revenue, and a Supreme Court with member appointed for life.
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Checks and Balances
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Mandated structure that gives each of the three branches government some degree of oversight and control over the actions of the others.
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Enumerated Powers
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Seventeen specific powers granted to Congress under Article I, section 8, of the Constitution.
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Federalist
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Those who favored a stronger national government and supported the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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Anti-Federalist
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Those who favored strong state governments and a weak national government; opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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Bill of Rights
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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution,
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Decleration of Independence
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of Independence Document drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that proclaimed the right of the American colonies to separate from Great Britain.
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Republic
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Rooted in the consent of the governed.
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Majority rule
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Central premise of the direct democracy in which only policies that collectively garner the support of a majority of voters will be made into laws
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Popular sovereignty
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Notion that the ultimate authority in society rests with the people
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Conservatives
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One who favors limited government interventions, particularly in economic affairs.
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Liberal
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One who favors greater government interventions, particularly in economic affairs and in the provision of social services.
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Moderate
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a person who takes a relatively centralist or middle-of-the-road view on most political issues
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Politics
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Study of who gets what, when, and how- or how policy decisions are made.
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Democracy
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A form of government that gives power to the people, whether directly or through elected representatives.
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Political culture
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Commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how government should operate.
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Political equality
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Principle that all citizens are the same in the eyes of the law.
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Direct democracy
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A system of government in which members of the polity meet to discuss all policy decisions and then agree to abide by majority rule.
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