GREAT THINKERS
This philosopher's social contract theory pairs the concept of popular sovereignty with political equality among citizens.
Who is John Locke?
In this Federalist Paper, James Madison argued that a large republic is the best remedy for the dangers of political factions.
What is Federalist No. 10?
The process through which individuals develop and form their political beliefs is known by this term.
What is political socialization?
Separation of powers and federalism create these for civil society groups wishing to influence the policymaking process.
What are multiple access points?
(Groups can lobby Congress, agencies, state legislatures, courts, and more.)
This policy is most likely to create tension between the American values of individualism and equality of opportunity.
What is affirmative action?
This political philosopher famously declared that life without government is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.'
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This Federalist Paper argues that checks and balances and separation of powers are the primary safeguards against tyranny.
What is Federalist No. 51?
Equality of opportunity, individualism, and liberty are hallmarks of American political culture — but this belief is the EXCEPTION.
What is government regulation of the economy?
This is the ideological label most consistent with the Republican Party's platform.
What is conservative?
This landmark 1803 Supreme Court case established the doctrine of judicial review, cementing the Court as coequal to the other branches.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Unlike Hobbes's focus on order through centralized power, this philosopher emphasized the 'general will' and collective sovereignty.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This Anti-Federalist essay warned that the proposed Constitution would create a dangerously powerful central government threatening state sovereignty.
What is Brutus No. 1?
The Democratic Party supports protecting reproductive rights, while the Republican Party supports this policy stance.
What is banning abortion?
This ideology supports limiting government regulation of the economy while also imposing traditional-values restrictions on social behaviors.
What is conservatism?
A state that places a tariff on furniture made overseas is guilty of this — an unconstitutional exercise of a power reserved to the federal government.
What is taxing imports / violating the Commerce Clause?
(States may not levy duties on imports; this power belongs exclusively to Congress.)
According to social contract theorists, THIS is what ultimately justifies a government's authority over its citizens.
What is the consent of the governed?
This constitutional clause grants Congress the flexibility to make all laws 'necessary and proper' to carry out its enumerated powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper (Elastic) Clause?
TRUE or FALSE: a person can hold liberal views on affirmative action and crime while holding conservative views on guns and taxes.
What is True?
The criticism that iron triangles benefit insiders while locking out outside groups most directly challenges this theory of democracy.
What is pluralist theory?
(Pluralism holds that democracy works through open competition among interest groups.)
This principle, enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment, most directly inspired MLK's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail.'
What is the equal protection clause?
Hobbes believed civil society does THIS to human violence, while Rousseau argued it does THIS to naturally good people.
What is suppresses it through fear / corrupts naturally good individuals?
The Equal Rights Amendment failed to be added to the Constitution for this procedural reason.
What is failure to be ratified by three-quarters of the states?
Liberals prefer more government spending HERE, while conservatives prefer more spending HERE.
What are social programs and the military, respectively?
An iron triangle describes the mutually reinforcing relationship among these three actors.
What are interest groups, congressional committees, and bureaucratic agencies?
They are widely regarded as the greatest Social Studies duo to have ever taught AP Gov at Centennial High School.
Who are Guillen and Roman?