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What is federalism?

What is, sharing of power between levels of government

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What are the two main parties?

What is Democrat and Republican parties.

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Where do you find the foundation (purpose and structure) of government?

What is the Constitution of the United States.

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What is the Declaration of Independence?

States the principles on which the American government is based

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What is socialization?

The process by which people learn characteristics of their group's characteristics

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The necessary and proper clauses are also known as "elastic clause", gives Congress what powers?

What is implied powers

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What system do the Liberal and Conservatives lead to having two different stances on beliefs?

What is core belief system.

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What is Democracy?

What is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens.

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What was the importance of the Bill of Rights?

It guarantees individual freedoms and due process

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What are the three levels of socialization?

Primary, Secondary, and Adult

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What was the decision made for McCulloh vs. Maryland case?

  1. Congress did have the power to start the bank

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  1. Maryland could not tax a part of the national government

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  1. Cited implied powers not explicitly outlined in the Constitution to justify both arguments—necessary and proper clause, supremacy clause
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What does a bonding agent do?

What is helps ensure a good performance of its candidates and background checks and ensures the quality of its candidates

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What was the Virginia Plan?

It was called for bicameral legislature based on population for representation; Big State Plan

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What was Federalist (No.) 10?

-Argued that the establishment of representative democracy is effective against partisanship and factionalism

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-Shows why founding fathers rejected direct democracy and factionalism (party politics)

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What are the three categories of feral children?

1) children raised in isolation
2) children raised in confinement
3) children raised by animals

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The supremacy clause establishes what?

What is establishes the Constitution and federal laws as the highest laws in the nation, and that they supersede state law.

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What are the functions that serve in political parties?

  • Nominating Candidates

  • Informing and Activating Supporters

  • Bonding Agent

  • Governing 

  • Watch Dog

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What were the 2 presuppositions about soverignty?

All forms of government hold a presupposition that God exists or God does not exist, determining if actions, decisions, policies etc. are leading to God or away from God

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What were the three faults in The Articles of Confederation?

Couldn't collect taxes, couldn't regulate trade, couldn't enforce laws

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What are the eight stages of human development according to Erik Erikson?

1) trust vs. mistrust
2) autonomy vs. shame and doubt
3) initiative vs. guilt
4) industry vs. inferiority
5) identity vs. role confusion
6) intimacy vs. isolation
7) generativity vs. stagnation
8) integrity vs. despair

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What does the full faith and credit clause require?

This clause requires states to uphold and honor the laws and rulings of other states, including public acts and records.

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What is the advantage of closed primary?

  • It prevents one party from raiding the other’s primary

  • It helps make candidates more responsive to the party and its platform

  • It makes voters more thoughtful because they have to choose between the parties in order to vote

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What were the two forms of government?

Internal and external

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Why was Brutus #1 made and who wrote?

It was written by the Anti-federalists to oppose ratification of the Consitution

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What article assumes that most politicians think that the American public doesn't have much political knowledge?

What is the Jacobs and Shapiro article

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