Documents
Article that states principles on which the American government is based, giving reasons for separating from Britain
Declaration of Independence
Powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government
Political parties other than the two dominant parties
Third parties
Government ruled by one
Monarchy
The categories of political socialization
Sociological factors
Psychological factors
A series of amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual freedoms and due process
Bill of Rights
Broad grants to prescribed activities (welfare/education/healthcare) and fewer strings attached
Block grants
This belief system is more moralistic
Conservative
The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
Sepration of power
Generally defined as citizens' confidence in political institutions, it is an important indicator of political legitimacy
Political trust
The document that argues that the various powers of government must be exercised separately, establishing checks and balances
Federalist 51
Demands on states to carry out certain policies as a condition to receiving grant money
Federal mandates
The mid ground between political groups
Moderate
When people leave the state of nature and agree to join a governed society
Social contract
A way to measure public opinion by interviewing a large sample of the population
Mass surveys
The document that warns the power of factions and competing interests over the US Government
Federalist 10
States that the constitution of laws of the US shall be the supreme laws of the land
Supremacy clause
A system to characterize and classify different political positions in relation to one another
Who believed laws should be enforced to protect the people, and there should be consequences for those laws that have been broken
Thomas Hobbs
A subset of the whole population selected to be questioned for the purposes of prediction or gauging opinion
Sampling technique
The document that argued that the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government
Brutus 1
Gives congress the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and the Indian tribes”
Commerce clause
This belief system believes in just capitalism
Liberal
The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government, protecting the natural rights of citizens
Limited government
A group of people who participate in a guided discussion about a particular product before it is launched, or provide feedback on a political campaign
Focus groups