Module 1
Elite people hold political power
Oligarchy
citizens consent to be governed
social contract
national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the lans
personal freedoms
civil liberties
supreme court expand bill of rights to protect citizens
selective corporations
Policy is formed between group with different goals and interest
pluralist theory of government
helped unify colonial groups by identifying shared problems, grievances and principles
Declaration of independence
from founding until new deal
Dual Federalism
right to bear arms
2nd amendment
bank offering loans with complicated explanation so borrower does not understand fully
predatory lending
Supporting actions of the democratic party because one defines oneself as a member of the party
Partisonship
delegates to the constitutional convention resolve slavery by
3/5 of slave population counted for representation and taxation
source of power under the US constitution
Necessary and proper
believe and practice any religion
free exercise clause
offered african americans the most hope for citizenship rights
13th,14th and 15th amendment
institutions and procedures which territory and people are ruled
Government
influenced British colonist in north America
John Locke
gay marriage
obergell v. hodges
constitutional basis for bill of rights
race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Brown V. Board of Education
Authoritarian regime
Idea of economic freedom
Capitalism
both state and national government share authority
concurrent powers
individual in custody shown the cause for detention
habeas corpus
separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson