Documents
This document states that a large republic will help control factions because when more representatives are elected, there will be a greater number of opinions.
What is Federalist 10?
A mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two.
What is federalism?
A party that promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy, grassroots democracy
What is the Green Party?
A philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war. He also believed that human nature was brutal and corrupt. He wrote the levithion and argued the state of nature.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
The process by how people acquire their political orientation.
What is political socialization?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The idea that states and federal government has separate domains (different layers of a cake). it's a clear division of governing authority between the national and state governments
What is dual federalism?
A term for a minor political party
What is a third party?
17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property and a right to rebellion
Who is John Locke?
Family, school/peers, mass media, religious beliefs, race/ethnicity, gender, age, region, and the impact of events
A series of Anti-federalist essays designed to encourage New Yorkers to reject the proposed Constitution.
The constitutional requirement (in article 1, section 4) that each state recognize and uphold passed by any other state.
What is the Full Faith and Credit clause?
A meeting of state and local party organizations
What is caucus?
An implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of government and the protection of rights.
What is the social contract?
Interviews/surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate feelings and beliefs of the entire population
This document placed limitations upon the central government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The invalidation of state law that conflicts with federal law.
What are preemptions?
A general meeting of a political party
What is a party convention?
The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens.
What is limited government?
This factor has the strongest influence on political stance.
What is family?
This document proposed a government broken into three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
What is Federalist 51?
Governmental authority shared by national and state governments, such as the power to tax residents.
What are concurrent powers?
A powerful party organization that dominates local elections
What is political machine?
A theory stating that a ruler holds power because he or she is a god or was chosen by the gods to rule
A coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals
What is political ideology?