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-Class Theory
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-Class Theory
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
Pluralist Theory
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
Government
Public Goods
Linkage Institutions
Policy Agenda
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Political channels through which people's concerns become poli…
Issues that attract the serious attention of public officials…
Government
The institutions and processes through which public policies a…
Public Goods
Goods, Like Clean Air, that every one must share.
Unalienable
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Shays' Rebellion
A human right based on nature or God
The first constitution of the United States, adopted by Congre…
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitu…
a series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers…
Unalienable
A human right based on nature or God
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States, adopted by Congre…
House of Representatives
Senate
descriptive v.s substantive representat…
incumbent
-suppose to be the only true form of federal government that w…
The upper house that is made up of 100 congressional members;…
descriptive representation: when congressional representation…
are individuals that already hold office and usually win offic…
House of Representatives
-suppose to be the only true form of federal government that w…
Senate
The upper house that is made up of 100 congressional members;…
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…
Process by which policy comes into being and evolves.
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…
Linkage institutions
4 key linkage institutions
3 Indirect linkage institutions
Party competition
organizations that translate inputs from the public into outpu…
parties, interest groups, media
parties, interest groups, media
battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of public…
Linkage institutions
organizations that translate inputs from the public into outpu…
4 key linkage institutions
parties, interest groups, media
incumbents
casework/ constituent services
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
those individuals who already hold office who are running for…
activities of members of congress that help constituents as in…
federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state and…
a legislature divided into houses. congress and all state legi…
incumbents
those individuals who already hold office who are running for…
casework/ constituent services
activities of members of congress that help constituents as in…
Civil Rights
14th Amendment
Equal Protection clause
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
all citizens receive "equal protection of the laws."
1857 supreme court case ruling that a slave that has escaped t…
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discr…
14th Amendment
all persons born in the U.S. are citizens & are guaranteed equ…
Federalism
"necessary and proper" clause
dual federalism
unitary system
Government authority shared by national and local governments
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
Doctrine holding tht the national government is supreme in its…
sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government,…
Federalism
Government authority shared by national and local governments
"necessary and proper" clause
Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws…
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.
Linkage institutions
4 key linkage institutions
3 Indirect linkage institutions
Party competition
organizations that translate inputs from the public into outpu…
parties, interest groups, media
parties, interest groups, media
battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of public…
Linkage institutions
organizations that translate inputs from the public into outpu…
4 key linkage institutions
parties, interest groups, media
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.
Elite-Class Theory
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-Class Theory
A belief that certain groups hold disproportionate power in a…
Pluralist Theory
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics…
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…
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…
Monetarism
Keynesianism
Economic Planning
Supply-side Theory
The belief that inflation occurs when too much money is chasin…
The belief that the government must manage the economy by spen…
The belief that government plans, such as wage and price contr…
The belief that lower taxes and fewer regulations will stimula…
Monetarism
The belief that inflation occurs when too much money is chasin…
Keynesianism
The belief that the government must manage the economy by spen…
Bicameral Legislature
Filibuster
Marginal District
Franking Privilege
A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts.
An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinit…
Political districts in which candidates elected to the House o…
The ability of members to mail letters to their constituents f…
Bicameral Legislature
A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts.
Filibuster
An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinit…
Linkage institutions
3 Indirect linkage institutions
Party competition
Goal of Parties
organizations that translate inputs from the public into outpu…
parties, interest groups, media
battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of public…
Endorse candidates for public office, WIN
Linkage institutions
organizations that translate inputs from the public into outpu…
3 Indirect linkage institutions
parties, interest groups, media
incumbents
casework/ constituent services
pork barrel
bicameral legislature
those individuals who already hold office who are running for…
activities of members of congress that help constituents as in…
federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state and…
a legislature divided into houses. congress and all state legi…
incumbents
those individuals who already hold office who are running for…
casework/ constituent services
activities of members of congress that help constituents as in…
jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
Federal District Court
Court of Appeals
the authority of the courts to hear certain cases
courts that hear reviews or appeals of decisions from the lowe…
94 courts (every state, including Puerto Rico and DC, have at…
13 courts... 200 judges... appellate ONLY... created in 1891
jurisdiction
the authority of the courts to hear certain cases
appellate jurisdiction
courts that hear reviews or appeals of decisions from the lowe…
Government
Public Goods
Single Issue Interest 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
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…