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Today the federal is an enormous institution that enacts a large number of programs touching on nearly every aspect of American life

In general, Americans trust in their government has risen sharply since the 1960's

The belief that one can influence how your government acts is called political efficacy

Te willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions, but not by political or legal institutions, is a hallmark of an authoritarian government

Increasing political knowledge is the first prerequisite to increase political efficacy

According to your text, democracy functions best when citizens are informed

Government can best be defined as the institutions and procedure by which a territory and its people are ruled

An autocracy exist when a government is controlled by a small but powerful group of people

To the ancient Greeks, citizenship meant military service

A totalitarian government is a government that is formally limited by laws and rules

The bourgeoisie was the key group that pushed for a limited government in Europe

Direct democracy is best defined as a state of continual revolution

Politics can be described as conflict over the character, membership, and policies of of any organization to which people belong

A representative democracy is a system of government that allows citizens to vote directly in laws and policies

Pluralism is the struggle of competing interest groups for government influence

The individual is the most important concept for the theory of pluralism

Political culture refers to shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that serve to hold a nation and its people together

throughout American history, the concept of liberty has always been linked to the idea of limited government

The Declaration of Independence and the constitution, according your text, were the essential documents of the American founding

Equality, oligarchy, and free enterprise are the three core values of American political culture

The bill of rights was designed to protect liberty

Political rights are a protection against tyranny of the majority

In American political culture, economic freedom means capitalism

Marbury vs Madison is the Supreme Court case that the "separate but equal doctrine" was introduced

The economic term laissez-faire means leave alone

Popular sovereignty is the belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves

Plessy vs ferguson and brown vs board of education reveal two very different visions of equality

The right of each citizen to vote is an example of equality of opportunity

The constitutions preamble, beginning with words "we the people," is an illustration of the principle of majority rule

One person, one vote, reflects the principle of political equality

Low voter turnout and political apathy endanger democracy

The term bourgeoisie is associated with a person from lowest social classes

A referendum is a form of direct democracy

The term length of a member of the House of Representatives is four years

The stamp act was a tax on commerce

The articles of confederation were adopted in 1777

Under the articles of confederation, it was left to the states to execute the laws passed by congress

The 1787 convention to draft a new constitution was held in Boston

The Boston tea party was orchestrated by Alexander Hamilton

The executive, legislative, and the judicial are the three branches of government created by the constitution

The great comprise led to the creation of a bicameral legislature

The ability of the president to veto a bill passed by congress is a good example of the principle of separation of powers

The framers of the constitution adopted federalism and the separation of powers to prevent the new government from abusing it's power

The electoral college is an expression of direct democracy

Federalism is the system of shared powers, divided between a central government and the states

Compare with the articles of confederation, federalism under the constitution has led to greater centralization of power

Barring impeachment, the term length of a federal judge is 10 years

James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton were the writers of the federalist papers

The Declaration of Independence was the United States first governing constitution

The essential dilemma of a limited government raised by the ratification debate is that a government too weak to do harm cannot also do good

The federalists believed that the popular majority was the most apparent source of tyranny

The office of the president was designed by the framers to be capable of overcoming the inevitable stalemate of the bicameral legislature

The anti federalist wanted a stronger central government than that proposed in the constitution

The constitution is very difficult to change by amendment

Implied powers are the specific powers granted to the national government in article, section 8 of the constitution

"Southern manifesto" was the statement issued in 1956 by the southern congressmen that said states were not bound to obey Supreme Court decisions outlawing segregation

The power to regulate commercial activity is a good example of concurrent power under the constitution

The tenth amendment gives the national government expressed powers over the state government

The Great Depression greatly influenced the rise of a more active national government

Federal officials seeking to give state government more authority are most likely to support projects grants

Using block to return power to the states was part of Nixon and Reagan administrations new deal programs

General revenue sharing is a form of federal assistance that provide money to state governments with no strings attached

One powerful argument for a string federal government is its role in ensuring equality

The anti federalists feared a strong central government under the new constitution

The full faith and credit clause demands that the U.S. Government run a balance a budget

The constitution guarantees that a state cannot discriminate against someone for another state

Local governments are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S. constitution

A federal block grant gives states no discretion on how to spend the money

McCulloch vs Maryland gives congress potentially expansive powers to regulate commerce

Dual federalism describes the relationship between the national government and the states throughout the 19th century

Preemption describes the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government

The full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution has been central in the debate over gay marriage

State governments do not have the power to coin their own money

Te majority of the criminal laws are written by the federal government