Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Federalism
Constitution
Founding
100
What is the difference between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights?
Civil Liberties are restraints on the government. Civil Rights protect citizens from discrimination by the government.
100
What is was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but Equal.
100
What are the types of Federalism?
Dual Federalism & Cooperative Federalism
100
What were the failures of the Articles of the Confederation?
No way to tax, national military, limited federal government, every state had veto power
100
How is politics defined?
Politics is who gets what, when and how.
200
What is selective incorporation?
The process that the Supreme Court uses to apply the civil liberties in the Bill of Rights to states.
200
What is the difference between "de jure" and "de facto" discrimination?
De jure discrimination is discrimination based on law. De facto discrimination is based on what actually happens, facts.
200
How has Federalism evolved over time?
Changed from Dual Federalism to Cooperative Federalism?
200
What was the debate between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists about?
Federalists wanted a stronger central government. Anti-Federalists wanted strong state power.
200
Who authored the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What is the clear and present danger test? What two court cases affect this test?
Freedom of Speech is limited if it creates incitement. Schenk v. US and Gitlow v. New York
300
What are the 13th, 14th and 15th amendements?
13th - codified Emancipation Proclamation 14th - Due Process Clause, Equal Protection 15th - Right to Vote
300
Compare and Contrast Unitary, Federation, and Confederation
Unitary: centralized government, lower levels have little power Federation: balance of power between diff. levels Confederation: all authority is in the states
300
Why was the Bill of Rights added?
Bill of Rights added to encourage ratification of the Constitution. Specifically - New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Rhode Island.
300
What does Thomas Hobbes say about the State of Nature?
"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish"
400
Where is the establishment Clause found? What does it mean?
Establishment Clause is the separation of church and state. Found in 1st Amendment in the Constitution.
400
What is Equality of Outcome? Equality of Opportunity?
Equality of Opportunity - Each person is guaranteed the same chance in life to succeed Equality of Outcome - society must ensure that people are equal and government must design policies to redistribute wealth and status so that equality is actually achieved
400
What is the current balance of power between the federal government and the states?
Federal: Money, Interstate Commerce, Post Office, National Defense, Foreign Affairs State: Education, Intrastate Commerce, Registration and Voting, Local Governments Shared: Lending/ Borrowing Money, Transportation, Taxes, Law Enforcement
400
Where is the "Necessary and Proper" clause found? What does it allow for?
Article 1 of the Constitution Gives Congress the ability to write any laws required to execute all powers given in the Constitution.
400
What is the Free Rider Problem?
Benefits off the public goods but doesn't pay their dues.
500
What is the constitutional basis of the right to privacy?
Implied in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th amendment.
500
What was accomplished through Brown v. Board of Education?
End of segregation
500
What effect have various crises in American History had on the national government?
The Depression - New Deal and Cooperative Federalism
500
How did the French and Indian War lead to tension between the British Monarchy and the Colonies?
England lost a lot of money in the war, began excessively taxing the Colonists.
500
What are the different types of government and economic systems?
Anarchy, Democracy, Totalitarian Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Lassei Fair
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