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CSET Civics
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1. Rule by the people; government based on consent and authority of the people.
Caucuses
Force Theory
Popular sovereignty
Denaturalization
2. A group of people that share goals and organize to influence the government. Major groups: business/labor groups - environmental groups - public - interest groups - govt groups - professional associations.
Adams Smith: 'Wealth of Nations'
Libertarians
Providing national security
Interest groups
3. Stated in the Constitution. Most are in the first 3 articles ; includes the por to levy/collect taxes - coin money - make was - rise an army/navy - and regulate state commerce.
Delegated powers expressed
Moderates
Popular sovereignty
Checks and balances
4. Govt owns the basic means of production - using resources - distributing products and wages - education - health care and welfare. It's 3 goals: 1. Distribution of wealth and equal economic opportunity 2. Society's control via govt of production 3. P
Denaturalization
Socialism
Separation of powers
Delegated powers expressed
5. Governments get their right to rule through the will of the people. ('Social Contract')
Citizenship
Jean - Jaque Rousseau
Challenges for civil liberties
Providing national security
6. Recruiting candidates for public office - educating public - running/staffing government - rewarding party loyalists with favors - watching party in power - encouraging compromise.
1st Amendment
Party nominations
Function of political parties
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
7. Right of the individual to hold private property and gain profits.
Capitalism
Checks and balances
Rights of the Individual in the Economy
Providing public service
8. The system of selecting a government through means other than hereditary rights - i.e. elections.
Citizenship
Making economic decisions
Force Theory
Republicanism
9. Citizens can be born on American soil - born to American citizens - or naturalized.
Communism
Citizenship
Delegated powers expressed
Separation of powers
10. Advocating the rights of thhe individuals to make decisions as part of a colletive act.
Developing Federalism
Democracy
Federalism
Delegated powers inherent
11. Lobbying lawmakers - running publicity campaigns - providing $ for candidates' election campaigns
How interest groups work
Public opinion
Baron De Montesquieu
Citizenship
12. Courts can declare laws of local - state - or national governments unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is the final authority on the interpretation of the Constitution.
Citizenship
Classical foundations
Judicial review
Political theory: Purpose of government
13. 3 separate branches of the government to check each others' powers.
Baron De Montesquieu
Providing public service
Force Theory
Political theory: Purpose of government
14. Governments reduce conflicts like material scarcity - intervene in domestic and other nations' economic affairs - pass laws shaping the economic environment - and distribute benefits among citizens.
Republicanism
Communism
Judicial review
Making economic decisions
15. German socialist advocating violent revolution; believed industrialized nations are divided into capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat) in The Communist Manifesto - he wrote that all economic events would lead to Communism.
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Making economic decisions
Political theory: Purpose of government
Delegated powers implied
16. Liberal Republican Principles: 1) Government rules through the consensus of the people - 2) Gov't's responsibility to protect and promote the rights and freedoms of the people - 3) Gov't has no right to limit human freedom in order to preserve itself
17. 1. To maintain social order 2. Provide public services 3. Provide national security and defense 4. Provide for and control economic system 5. Government has authority to require individuals to obey laws and punish if they don't.
Government's Responsibility
Federalism
Party nominations
Political theory: Purpose of government
18. 1. Private ownership and control of property and economic resources 2. Free enterprise 3. Competition among businesses 4. Freedom of choice 5. The possibility of profits
Capitalism
Pure capitalism
Interest groups
Citizenship
19. Rights to an acceptable standard of living - freedom of human activity to seek such standards - freedom to hold private property - freedom to participate in private enterprises and gain profits.
Challenges for civil liberties
Government's Responsibility
Making economic decisions
Rights of the Individual in the Economy
20. 1 - 2 or multi - party systems; several parties often combine to form a coalition government
Denaturalization
1st Amendment
Checks and balances
Political Parties
21. Individuals agree to abide by the state law: A citizen of state agrees to the enforcement of the law of that state; individual transfers part of their responsibility to the collective governing body - Mechanisms for devising new laws and changing old
Maintaining social order
Citizenship Participation
Developing Federalism
Citizenship Responsibilities
22. Abraham Lincoln in 1854 says a government should do for a community whatever they need for general welfare
Interest groups
Libertarians
Democracy
Providing public service
23. Power is divided between national and state governments. Both pass laws and directly affect citizens
Making economic decisions
Citizenship Participation
John Locke (Father of Liberalism)
Federalism
24. Legislative: makes the law - Article 1- section 8 Executive: carries out acts of congress - article 2 grants president broad but vague powers Judicial: Interprets the law - Article 3 establishes the Supreme Court
Delegated powers expressed
Separation of powers
Popular sovereignty
Function of political parties
25. Affirmative action - discrimination against women - right to know about govt actions - privacy - and the fight against terrorism.
Key civil liberties issues
Making economic decisions
John Locke (Father of Liberalism)
Libertarians
26. Official public meeting of political parties
Nominating conventions
Libertarians
Providing national security
Delegated powers implied
27. Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment: Francis Bacon - Empiricism: 'Knowledge via sense experience': natural laws are not dependent on devine laws. Decartes: cognito - ergo Sum (I think - therefore I am') Voltaire: vocal opponent of religion's
Devine Right Theory
Classical foundations
Citizenship Participation
Force Theory
28. How Amerricans feel about govt regarding: family - schools - peer groups - economic/social status - mass media - and govt leaders - most people are liberal - conservative or moderate - measured by meeting with interest group leaders - talking with vo
Capitalism
Major Political Theorists: Evolutionary Theory
How interest groups work
Public opinion
29. Freedom of....Religion: Establishment clause prevents congress from creating a state - sponsored religion. Free excessive clause prevents government from impending the religious beliefs of Americans. Speech: pure and symbolic speech are protected - b
1st Amendment
Government's Responsibility
Nominating conventions
Jean - Jaque Rousseau
30. Changing ideas - social conditions - and technology.
Checks and balances
Rights of the Individual in the Economy
Classical foundations
Challenges for civil liberties
31. An individual - by pursuing his own interest - promotes the interests of the society - free - market competition causes healthy competition - better products - and lower prices; Against excessive wealth build - up by 'businessmen' and warns the forma
32. Set apart the role of the government and the rights of the society; set - up the tone for independence; claimed independence would allow American colonists the chance to create a better society - free from tyranny - with equal social and economic opp
33. Congress can pass laws - the President can veto laws - Congress can override the veto by 2/3rds vote. The federal courts can rule the constitutionality of Congresses laws. The President appoints federal judges but the Senate must approve.
Party nominations
Providing public service
Developing Federalism
Checks and balances
34. Sought via: Caucuses - Nominating conventions - primary elections - petitions (candidate is placed on ballot if # of voters sign a petition)
Denaturalization
Limited government
Party nominations
Caucuses
35. The powers that are required to carry out expressed powers - not seismically listed. This has helped strengthen and expand government powers to meet many problems the founders did not foresee.
Federalism
Rights of the Individual in the Economy
Delegated powers implied
Force Theory
36. Government emerged when all people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group
Interest groups
Key civil liberties issues
Force Theory
Classical foundations
37. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) wrote that in the natural state - no government existed - by contract people surrender to the satiate to maintain order - Then - John Locke wrote people are naturally endowed with the right to life - liberty and
Delegated powers expressed
Social Contract Theory
Socialism
Public opinion
38. Party members select people to run in the general election (most common)
Primary elections
John Locke (Father of Liberalism)
Pure capitalism
Limited government
39. Emphasizes no social class and all property is common - In communist nations - govts decide on production and distribution (command economy)
Communism
Challenges for civil liberties
Function of political parties
Socialism
40. 'The Great Law of Peace'- Benjamin Franklin became familiar with; presented
Separation of powers
Function of political parties
Iroquois Constitution
Pure capitalism
41. Freedom to express yourself and worship as desired - Right to a prompt - fair trial by jury - Right to vote in elections for public officials - Right to apply for federal employment - Right to run for elected office
Citizenship Rights
Capitalism
Communism
Providing public service
42. The notion that God or Gods had chosen certain people to rule by devine right - such as those born into royalty. They believed the state was created by God.
Popular sovereignty
Key civil liberties issues
Devine Right Theory
Citizenship Responsibilities
43. Support and defend the Constitution - Participate in the democratic process - Respect and obey federal - state - and local laws - Respect the rights - beliefs - and opinions of others - Participate in your local community - Freedom to pursue 'life -
Separation of powers
Maintaining social order
Libertarians
Citizenship Responsibilities
44. John Locke (1632-1704) explained the Social contract theory in 1690 Two Treatises Government - It says people need government to maintain social order by providing ways of solving conflicts since they have power to make and enforce laws.
Iroquois Constitution
Federalism
Maintaining social order
Rights of the Individual in the Economy
45. Obeying the law - voting - paying taxes - staying informed - respecting rights and property) to the U.S. govt and the govt secures citizens rights and equality under the law.
46. Citizenship can be lost through expatriation - certain crimes - or ___________.
Classical foundations
Denaturalization
Communism
Major Political Theorists: Evolutionary Theory
47. Some believe the state evolved from the family. The head of the primitive family was the authority that served as government.
Major Political Theorists: Evolutionary Theory
Democracy
Citizens' rights - duties - and responsibilities
Party nominations
48. Private meeting of party members - where party nominations are sought
Caucuses
Public opinion
Federalism
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
49. People have a right to dispose the government which does not protect their rights and property. (Directly influenced creating the US government system)
Maintaining social order
Function of political parties
John Locke (Father of Liberalism)
Judicial review
50. Shaped by the size and power of government - 3 major provisions: war powers - interstate commerce regulations - and the power to tax and spend. In politics - federalism lessens the risk for 1 political party monopolizing power with elections. It also
Separation of powers
Making economic decisions
Developing Federalism
Judicial review