Political Theory
The three levels of government
What are state, local, and federal
The year the US declared independence from Britain
The model used to measure ideologies
What is the political spectrum
The first ten amendments in the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
The three branches of government
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
Potential concepts of the Dog and the Wolf
Autonomy, security and freedom, left and right, capitalism vs socialism
The first and failed government of the US
What are the Articles of Confederation
The extreme left
What is radical
The total number of amendments in the US Constitution
What are 27 amendments
The system in which no one branch gains too much power
What is checks and balances
The unwritten agreement between the people and person in power
What is a social contract
The system that splits power between the federal and state governments
What is federalism
The extreme right
What is reactionary
The 18th and 21st amendments
What is prohibition and repeal of prohibition
The two chambers of Congress
What is the House and Senate
Locke and Hobbes perspective on state of nature of man
Tabula Rasa vs. Naturally destructive
The first two political parties of the US
What are the Federalists and Anti Federalists
The qualities of the left
What are safety nets, liberal, social justice, environmentalism
The 19th amendment
What is women's suffrage
The concept that courts use to influence legislation interpretation
What is a precedent
The relationship between individual freedoms and collective security
As collective security goes up, individual freedoms goes down
The inciting war that caused Britain to increase taxes
What is the French and Indian War
The qualities of the right
What is tradition, religion, conservatism, and small government
The 14th Amendment
What is the citizenship clause
The act that attempted to limit Presidential power during war
What is the War Powers Act of 1973