Key Documents
This document includes the Great Compromise and the 3/5ths Compromise.
What is the Constitution?
contains requirements by the government to continue to receive federal funds.
Unfunded mandates- can't force the states to do something but it's asked of them, no funding.
What are mandates?
- Small gov. -Family Values
- Lower taxes - Free Market Capitalism
- National Security - Pro-Life
- Favor 2nd amendment
What is the Republican Party?
-loose organization of states
- come together for defense (sometimes)
- more power to states than gov.
- overall gov. power=weak-> on purpose.
- "state rights"
What is the Articles of Confederation?
- physically can't
- traveling
- in jail or prison
- belief country will be fine no matter what
- don't like any of the candidates
Why do people not vote?
Contains 27 amendments the first 10 being made to give citizens specific rights and limit the powers of the government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Categorical Grants- for a specific purpose, have strings.
Project Grants- based on applications by states, agencies, local gov.
Block Grants- broad area of activity, more flexibility less strings.
What are Grants?
- Large Gov. - Environmental Issues
- Higher Taxes - Pro- Choice
- Individual Rights - Gun Control
What is the Democratic Party?
- In Massachusets
- Led by Daniel Shay
- federal state gov. couldn't raise an army to quell the rebellion, which revealed they were too weak.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
- Income - Gender
- Occupation - Age
- Ethnic Background/race
- Family Beliefs - Religious Affiliation
- Education - Geography
What is Sociological Factors?
This is an official act taken by all 13 American colonies declaring independence from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is found in Article 4 section 1, which says states must recognize civil judgments, records, and acts, as valid. (not valid with criminal decisions)
- Nationalistic- America First
- Moralistic- laws ensure morals
- Traditionalistic - Individual Responsibility
- Military Emphasis - Limited Gov.- No handouts
- Free Market- hands off
- Pure Capitalism- businesses do what they think is best.
What are Conservatives?
- kept power closer to people within states
- held 13 colonies together during Revolutionary War
- Created rules of statehood
- halted the spread of slavery in NorthWest territory.
Positives of AOC?
Party Identification- the party you align with you vote for no matter what.
Straight Ticket Voting- selecting only members of your party for all ballet positions
Split-Ticket Voting- selecting people of different political parties for positions on your ballet.
What are Psychological Factors?
This document argued federal power was bad and that the constitution gives too much power to the federal government.
What is Brutus 1?
A legal process where the alleged criminal is surrendered by one state to another state where the crime was committed.
What is Extradition?
- International - Expansive Gov.
- Individual Morals - Fair Market
- Change is Good - Just Capitalism
- Domestic Emphasis - Brotherhood of Man
Whats are Liberals?
- no allocation of money (taxes)
- no standing army (protection)
- Structure is too weak (don't stand together)
- No power over the states
Weaknesses of AOC?
- higher income
- white collar workers
- have a college degree
- male vote
- older than 40
What are the similarities of Conservative Voters?
States a large republic will help control factions because there are more opinions with more representation.
What is Federalist 10?
What is the Concurrent Powers?
Conservative- Left- Republicans- Green
Modeterates- Center- Moderate/Centrist
Liberals- Right- Democrats- Libertarian
Who sides with who typically?
- created expressed, implied, inherent, and reserved powers.
- Created checks and balance system
- strong central gov. with states rights limited
- created commerce clause and supremacy clause.
AOC Helped form the Constitution how?
- lower-income
- blue-collar workers
- have no college degree
- female vote
- younger than 39
What are the similarities of Liberal Voters?