Definitions
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What is a Public Good?
The belief that economic growth leads to developing democracy
What is Modernization theory?
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Article IV Section 2 says that states cannot discriminate against people from other states
(500 bonus: what is an example of this article in effect?)
What is the Privileges & Immunities clause?
(Out of state tuition, making someone pay a higher tax because they are not from the state).
What is Congress?
When multiple ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints are able to have a voice
What is pluralism?
Hobbes' theory that discusses an agreement of a group of people to abide by law and rules with an entity (Leviathan) that can harm individuals who break the agreement.
This showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This states that when federal laws and state laws conflict, the federal law takes precedence.
1. Introduced
2. Goes to Committee
3. Rules Committee
4. Floor
What are the steps for a Bill to pass in the House?
A system where power is shared through different levels of government
What is federalism?
A group that held the belief that American government should have a strong central government with little power given to the states.
This was added to protect the rights of citizens
These are stated in the Constitution as powers that the federal government explicitly has.
(100 bonus for each power you can name)
What are Enumerated Powers?
The three parts of this act are individual mandate (everyone must have insurance), expansion (government funded insurance extended to cover low-income adults), exchange (online marketplaces where people can compare).
What is Obama Care?
What is the resource curse?
Individuals in congress act the way they do because they want to be re-elected.
What is Electoral Connection?
The first American document that outlined a government where the central government could do little but declare war.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This step of the budgetary process creates or continues a federal program, sets a maximum spending limit, and often includes an expiration date.
What is authorization?
What is a Collective Action Problem?
A group of people that believed that power should stay with the states. They feared that a strong central government would be more likely to turn to tyranny.
What are the Anti-federalists?
Confederate leaders often pointed to this constitutional amendment, which reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states, as justification for secession.
What is the Tenth Ammendment?
(100 bonus for each you can name)
What are Implied Powers?
This is an increase in ideological differences between parties, a decrease of ideological differences within parties, and can sometimes lead to a weak Congress.