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50 Cards in this Set
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The Jamestown settlement was funded by
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The London Company
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The Preamble to the Constitution begins
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"We the People"
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What is the best explanation of why most American Indian reservations are in the west today?
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European settlers and the U.S. government pushed Indian tribe westward
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Enlightenment thinkers argued that the world could be improved through
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human reason, science, and religious toleration
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The House of Burgesses was
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the first representative assembly in North America
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A social contract theory of government was proposed by
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Locke and Hobbes
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Lockes second treatise on Civil Government sets out a theory of
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natural rights
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Congress's authority to check the president's judicial appointment power is a concept that can be attributed largely to the ideas of
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Charles-Louis, the Second Baron of Montesquieu
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Why was indirect democracy a necessary alternative to direct democracy?
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It became increasingly difficult to bring all the colonists together in the decision-making process
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Aristotle attempted to devise a way to classify governments. Critical to his analyses was knowledge of
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whom citizens were ruled by and in whose interest
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In an Oligarchy, rule is by
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the few
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American political culture embodies many key concepts including
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political equality, majority rule, individualism
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The ____________ expanded American's conceptions of personal liberty to include some forms of freedom from discrimination.
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Fourteenth Amendment
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The framers agreed that the new nation had to be founded on notions of
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religious freedom
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The constitution initially mandated that each member of the House of Representatives should represent ________ citizens.
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30,000
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The fastest growing segment of the U.S. population is
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Hispanics
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According to the text, a powerful national government is likely to meet opposition in which of the following regions of the United States?
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South and west
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According to the definitions in the text, political ideologies are sets of beliefs that
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Shape the thinking of individuals and how they view the world, and affect how people deal with relations between men and women.
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All of the following are among the functions that political scientists attribute to ideologies
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Explanation, evaluation, orientation, and political programs.
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Conservatives generally believe that
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There should be less government intervention in economic affairs
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Liberals often favor
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Spending on social programs, more lenient enforcement of laws such as the USA Patriot Act, and affirmative action programs to help make up for economic injustices.
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Moderates
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believe that taking a centrist view is the best approach to politics
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Politics, as defined in the text, is
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the study of "who gets what, when, and how."
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Over time, Americans' expectations of government have generally
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increased
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Americans' faith in institutions in the United States has
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generally decreased
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Before ratification of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that
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Congress did not have the authority to create a uniform voting age in state and local government elections
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By the early 1970's, all colonies had
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drafted their own constitutions
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Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams were among the leaders of the
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Sons of Liberty
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The first official meeting of the thirteenth colonies was the
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Stamp Act Congress
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The First Continental Congress was called
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Iron out differences with the king.
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In 1776, Thomas Paine authored a pamphlet arguing for colonial independence from Britain entitled
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Common Sense
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The words and ideas of political philosopher John Locke flow through
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the Declaration of Independence
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A type of government in which the national government is weaker than the sum of its parts is called
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confederation
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Pennsylvania and Virginia actually went to war with one another due in large part to the lack of ______________ in the Articles of Confederation.
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A judiciary to resolve conflicts
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Some delegates to the Constitutional Convention believed that the new nation was in such dire straits that they were willing to
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risk potential charges of treason.
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Debate among historians continues over the motives of the Framers. Charles Beard argues that the men in Philadelphia were
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concerned that the Articles failed to protect the interests of the business class.
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What concepts of the Great Compromise were derived from the Virginia Plan?
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A bicameral legislature, Three branches of government, and Supremacy of the national government.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise was a deal to
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Iron out the differences between slave holding and non slave holding states.
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The division of authority among the three branches of government is called
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separation of powers.
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John Locke cautioned against giving legislatures the ability to:
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delegate their powers
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The document finally presented to the states for ratification in 1787, contained:
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a Preamble and 7 separate articles.
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Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch?
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Article 1
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The president has a list of enumerated duties of office largely found in
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Article 2
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U.S. Supreme Court justices are appointed by the
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president.
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The full faith and credit clause found in Article 4 requires that
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states generally honor the laws and rulings of other states.
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Under the Constitution, national government power can be limited by
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term limits, democratic elections, power sharing between branches, and checks and balances.
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All of the following were differences between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
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The Federalists were generally landed and rich, while the Anti-Federalists were small farmers.
The Federalists were generally elitist, while the Anti-Federalists were common men. The Federalists favored centralized government, while the Anti-Federalists favored decentralized government. The Federalists favored the British, while the Anti-Federalists favored the French. |
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The pen names Brutus and Cato are a specific reflection of the Anti-Federalists'
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Intolerance of tyranny
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In the national debate over ratification of the new Constitution, the Federalists
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supported the Constitution and supported a strong national government.
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The U.S. Constitution can be amended
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by proposal and ratification.
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