Documents
What are the Documents?
They are written passages that declare freedom.
Why is Federalism important?
It provides a way for different groups of people in different parts of the country to live together.
What are political parties?
Is an organized group of people or bodies who seek to capture political power.
Where is the Foundation of Government structured and formed?
In the U.S. Consitution.
What is socialization?
Is the process in which people develop their political values, beliefs, attitudes, and ideology.
What are the three Documents of Freedom?
Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and U.S. Constitution.
What is Federalism?
The federal principle or system of government.
What are the 4 main political parties?
Democrat, Republican, Independents, and References.
Who were the two debtors informing the government?
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes.
What are examples of socialization?
Political attitudes, beliefs, opinions, and behaviors.
How many Documents are there?
There are 7.
What role did Federalism and the Constitution play in the American Revolution?
For Federalists, the Consitution was required because in order to safeguard liberty and independence.
What is the difference between left and ride-sided parties?
Left-sided = Any/All Democrats
Right-sided = Any/All Republicans
What are the 5 main limits of the government?
Consent of the governed, rights of the minority, separation of power, constitution, and rule of law.
What are the functions of socialization?
Is the transmission of political values from one generation to another
Where can the Documents be found?
In the U.S. Consitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Federalist/Anti-Federalist Papers.
How does the U.S. use Federalism?
They use it by using the power that is shared by the national and state governments.
How do political parties gain money?
Either one of the following:
Party members and individual supporters, subscriptions, and small fees.
What is the role of the government?
To protect the natural rights of the people.
What are the four main agents of socialization?
Family, the school, the peer group, and the media.
When were the Documents written, ratified, and in operation?
Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation by 1789.
What does Federalism look like?
The power to regulate trade between states, declare war, manage the mail, and print money.
What is the difference between hard money and soft money?
Hard Money = the contributions that are subject to FECA; that is, limited to individual and PAC contributions only.
Soft Money = contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of the federal law.
What were John Locke's and Thomas Hobbes' beliefs?
Locke = Believed in social contract theory and favored a more open approach to state-building.
Hobbes = A proponent of Absolutism, a system that placed control of the state in the hands of a single individual, a monarch free from all forms of limitations or accountability.
What are the five types of socialization?
Primary, secondary, developmental, anticipatory, and resocialization.