Key Documents
Established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
What is The Constitution
The authority to carry out a policy or course of action, regarded as given by the electorate to a candidate or party that is victorious in an election.
What is Mandate
Supports lower taxes, free-market capitalism, restrictions on immigration, increased military spending, gun rights, restrictions on abortion, deregulation, and restrictions on labor unions.
What is The Republican Party
A constistution drafted by the newly independent states. It created a weak national government that could not levy taxes or regulate commerce.
What is Articles of Confederation
A way of discovering what the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time.
What is Polling
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Money that is given to the states from the federal government for some purpose.
What is Grants
Emphasizes social equality and equal opportunity. Support voting rights and minority rights, including LGBTQ+ rights. The party passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is The Democratic Party
A 6-month rebellion where over 1,000 Massachusetts farmers attacked a federal arsenal in order to protest the foreclosure of their farms.
The process by which people gain political attitudes and opinions.
What is Political Socialization
An official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
What is The Declaration of Independence
A state must recognize the validity of the public acts, records, and court decisions of other states.
What is Full Faith and Credit Clause
Republicans believe that governmental regulation of this is largely unconstitutional and therefore infringes on the second amendment.
What is Gun Control
Constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the three branches of government to check some acts of the others and therefore ensure that no branch can dominate.
What is Checks and Balances
Factors of political socialization that comes from your surroundings, education, occupation, gender, ect.
What is Sociological Factors
Argued that federal power was bad and that the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government.
What is Brutus 1
Legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one states to officials of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.
What is Extradition
Th Democratic Party believes that it infringes on people's rights to ban this practice.
What is Abortion
A law with the protection of the federal government.
What is an Amendment
Factors of Political Socialization that come from Party Identification, Voting, and the people around you.
What is Psycological Factors
Made to convince the people of New York to ratify the proposed federal U.S. Constitution
What is Federalist 10
Congress can regulate trade between nations, between states, and among Indian tribes.
The death penalty is the ultimate punishment to a severe crime. This major party believes it to be a suitable punishment.
What is the Republican Party
Guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.
What is The First Amendment
An interactive marketing technique in which an individual or organization attempts to manipulate prospective voters' views under the guise of conducting an opinion poll.