Foundational Documents
Name a principle of the Declaration of Independence.
People have basic rights of citizens cannot be taken away
The government gets its power from the people
Which document tried to convince New Yorkers to ratify/accept the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers
The enlightenment was
A time when people reshaped ideas of liberty, equality and individual rights.
An ideology that the upper class holds the power to make policy
Elitism
Citizens choose people to represent them in power:
What describes how the United States is involved in the equality of opportunity which is that everyone has a chance to succeed?
Republicanism/A Republic
Egalitarianism
According to Federalist 10:
If you have a large republic, little factions will be muted because they will not be able to gain momentum with the majority of people.
They believed in a strong central government:
Federalists
John Locke believed in:
Claimed citizens should not be subject to another’s political power without their consent
Diverse groups compete in the political arena for attention
Pluralism
Legitimate public concerns that get made into laws:
Public Policy
What does Federalist 10 and Brutus 1 have in common?
Both understand that in a large republic there is no true representation.
They believed in a strong state government and that farmers were more important than capitalists:
Anti-Federalists
Hobbs believed that:
Argued that in a state of nature, the result is anarchy and war
Govt depends on the consent of the governed, which may be given directly or through representatives often referred to as traditional govt because it emphasizes citizen participation.
Participatory democratic theory
Process by which people’s concerns turns into laws
Policymaking
He wrote the Social Contract
Rousseau
They were afraid of a strong central government
Anti-federalists
What concept is fundamental to democracies?
Majority rule with minority rights
The hierarchical structure and standardized procedures of modern govts allow bureaucrats, who carry out the day-to-day workings of the govt, to hold the real power over public policy.
Bureaucratic theory
A group of people with shared ideas of government:
A faction
According to Brutus 1
Pluralism is not ideal because there would be too many interests.
Because there are many views or interests, there is no true representation.
The Federalists wrote:
The Anti-federalists wrote:
Federalist 10
Brutus 1
The belief that people can and should get ahead on their own is called:
A type of government that responds to public preferences:
Individualism
Democracy
Hyperpluralists differ from pluralists in their belief that:
The representation of too many interests is detrimental to policymaking.
The informal ways of how govt gets done:
The govt does not have all the power:
Politics
Limited government