Unit 1
Foundations of American Democracy
Foundations of American Democracy
The Anti-Federalists opinion on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
What is …
Opposing the Constitution
Wanted the Bill of rights
Types of Congressional Behaviors
What is …
Trustee voter
Delegate voter
Organizational voter
First Amendment Freedoms
What is …
Freedom of Speech (symbolic & political)
Freedom of Religion
What is
Family
School
Media
Religion
Life
Factors that increase voter turnout
What is…
Higher education
Higher income
Older age
Party identification
4 types of government powers
What are …
Enumerated Powers
Implied Powers
Reserved Powers
Concurrent Powers
Powers of the Executive
What is …
Veto legislation
Executive orders
Appoint judges, cabinet, ambassadors
Military control
De Facto Segregation
What is …
Segregation that exists due to social, economic, or residential patterns rather than laws.
Keynesian Economics
What is…
Government spends money to boost the economy during recessions. (The New Deal)
Four types of voting
What is…
Rational Choice Voting
Retrospective Voting
Prospective Voting
Party-Line Voting
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is …
No executive branch
No national court system
No power to tax
No power to regulate trade
Concurrent resolution
What is
Passed by both houses
Affects both houses
Not signed by President
Does not have the force of the law
McCarthyism
What is a ….
1950s practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper evidence, often targeting suspected communists.
A belief system that favors limited government intervention in the economy but traditional social values.
What is conservatism?
Type of primary where only register party members can vote in selecting a party’s nominee.
What is a closed primary?
3 Natural Rights (John Locke)
What is Life, Liberty, and Property
Successful bill to law process
What is…
Introduced
Committee review
Floor debate & vote
Other chamber
President signs
This legal test allows government restriction of speech only if it meets the three conditions.
What is strict scrutiny?
This model explains that public opinion is influenced most by elites and political leaders rather then the general public.
What is the elite opinion model?
This rule requires that states draw congressional districts that are equal in proportion.
What is “one person, one vote”.