Study sets matching "ap government"
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Realism
Idealism
Isolationism
Internationalism
A theory of international relations that focuses on the tenden…
A theory of international relations that focus on the hope tha…
The desire to avoid international engagement altogether.
U.S. must be engaged in international affairs to protect its o…
Realism
A theory of international relations that focuses on the tenden…
Idealism
A theory of international relations that focus on the hope tha…
incumbents
casework
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Money used that is considered wasteful - use earmarks
divided into two houses.US Congress & American State legislatu…
incumbents
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
casework
congressional mediator between the people and the government
blanket primaries
coalition
coalition government
closed primaries
elections to select party nominees in which voters are present…
a group of individuals with a common interest upon which every…
when two or more parties join together to form a majority in a…
election to select party nominees in which only people who hav…
blanket primaries
elections to select party nominees in which voters are present…
coalition
a group of individuals with a common interest upon which every…
civil liberties
Bill of Rights
First Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
The legal constitutional protections against government. Altho…
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which defin…
The constitutional amendment that establishes the four great l…
The constitutional amendment adopted after the civil war that…
civil liberties
The legal constitutional protections against government. Altho…
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which defin…
incumbents
casework
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Money used that is considered wasteful - use earmarks
divided into two houses.US Congress & American State legislatu…
incumbents
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
casework
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Elite Thoeries
Pluralist Theory
Articles of Confederation
Shays' rebellion
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
Elite Thoeries
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
Pluralist Theory
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
incumbents
casework
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Money used that is considered wasteful - use earmarks
divided into two houses.US Congress & American State legislatu…
incumbents
people who already hold office; usually win in congressional e…
casework
congressional mediator between the people and the government
Articles of Confederation
Shays' rebellion
Checks and Balances
Separation of powers
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the po…
A way of dividing the power of government among the legislativ…
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Shays' rebellion
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
Power
Authority
Legitimacy
Democracy
Ability of one person to get another person to act in accordan…
The right to use power
Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national…
A term used to describe three political systems in which the p…
Power
Ability of one person to get another person to act in accordan…
Authority
The right to use power
John Locke
Social Contract
Natural Rights
consent of the governed
1632-1704. English philosopher whose Treatises of Government e…
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
...... Life, Liberty, and Property
the idea that government derives its authority by the sanction…
John Locke
1632-1704. English philosopher whose Treatises of Government e…
Social Contract
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
Government
Politics
The Policymaking System
Linkage Institutions
The institutions through which public policies are made for a…
The process determining the leaders we select and the policies…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions through which public policies are made for a…
Politics
The process determining the leaders we select and the policies…
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shay's Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attemp…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
Articles of Confederation
Monarchy
Natural Law
Separation of powers
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
A government ruled by a king or queen
A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical…
A way of dividing the power of government among the legislativ…
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Monarchy
A government ruled by a king or queen
Government
Politics
The Policymaking System
Linkage Institutions
A system that makes authoritative public policies made for soc…
The process by which government officials, as well as the poli…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
A system that makes authoritative public policies made for soc…
Politics
The process by which government officials, as well as the poli…
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Group
Linkage Institutions
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Groups that have a narrow interest, dislike compromise, and dr…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Group
Linkage Institutions
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Groups that have a narrow interest, dislike compromise, and dr…
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Necessary and Proper Clause
Dual federalism
Unitary System
Sovereignty
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it…
sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government
supreme or ultimate political authority.
Necessary and Proper Clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Dual federalism
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it…
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shays' Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attemp…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
Elite Thoeries
Pluralist Theory
Articles of Confederation
Shays' rebellion
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787…
Elite Thoeries
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
Pluralist Theory
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
Power
Authority
Legitimacy
Democracy
Ability of one person to get another person to act in accordan…
The right to use power
Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national…
A term used to describe three political systems in which the p…
Power
Ability of one person to get another person to act in accordan…
Authority
The right to use power
Federalism
"necessary and proper" clause
nullification
dual federalism
Government authority shared by national and local governments
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal…
Doctrine holding tht the national government is supreme in its…
Federalism
Government authority shared by national and local governments
"necessary and proper" clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Necessary and Proper Clause
Nullification
Dual federalism
Unitary System
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal…
Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it…
sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government
Necessary and Proper Clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Nullification
The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal…
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shays' Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attemp…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…