Poli Sci 201 Chase Meyers Exam #1

What was the primary reason the Civil Rights movement shifted away from litigation/court cases and towards direct action/protests/marches?

The court victories were not changing society fast enough

(T/F) Since the Founding the State governments have become more powerful relative to the National government

False

Why do we like instutitions?

Durability

Why are institutions so durable?

They are accepted as norms

Institutions and the government

The government is composed of institutions and is one too

3 Branches of American Government

Legislative (Congress)
Executive (President)
Judicial (Courts)

Representative Democracy

blending delegation with the majority rule (government officials act as agents for citizens)

(T/F) The Declaration of Independence created a government

False

Sept. 11, 2001

Members of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization high-jacked 4 jets with box cutters, flew them into the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and another was heading to the Capitol but the passengers tried to take control of the plane and it crashed in Pennsylvania

Aftermath of 9/11

Congress passes the Patriot Act

Pearl Harbor

Japanese military attacked the Hawaii naval base of Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday Dec. 7, 1941 in hopes of 'knocking out' the US from the Pacific so the Empire could dominate the Asia/Pacific area

Aftermath of Pearl Harbor

The internment of Japanese Americans in 'internment camps' across the West Coast

Civil rights

the basic right to be free from unequal treatment based on certain protected characteristics in settings such as employment and housing

Where do our civil liberties come from?

Natural rights

What protects our civil liberties?

US Constitution, Bill of Rights, 14th Amendment

First big case of civil liberties

Barron v. Baltimore (1833)

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

Ruled slaves were not citizens under the Constitution; struck down Missouri Compromise

First Constitution in the US?

Articles of Confederation

What compromises were in the Constitution?

Connecticut compromise, 3/5ths compromise, slave trade would not end until 1808

Biggest disagreement in Virginia Plan and NJ Plan?

Representation in large and small states

The Connecticut Compromise

Representation in the House of Representatives
would be proportional to population, but the Sen-
ate would represent each state equally

Is the term "slave" in the constitution?

No

What is the 3/5 clause?

5 slaves count as 3 people

Did the Articles of Confederation abuse states rights?

No, did the opposite

What did slave owning states want?

They wanted slaves to count fully

Do we have a pure democracy?

No, democratic republic

What is the "very definition" of tyranny?

All judiciary and legislative power in the hand of
one person (having all the power of the branches
concentrated in one)

Checks of legislative on executive?

override of veto, impeachment

Has election of the senate changed?

Yes, used to be appointed by the state legislatures,
now we directly elect our senators

Age requirements for House, Senate, and President

25, 30, 35

Filling SCOTUS vacancies?

President nominates the potential justice and the
senate confirms that person

Judicial Review

Supreme court can decide if a law violates the constitution and can over turn if it does. (can decide
unconstitutionality of laws)

Authors of the Federalist Papers

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay

Why did the antifederalist oppose a constitution?

Worried it would give too much centralized power
to national government

Basis for implied powers?

Necessary and proper clause

Necessary and proper clause

Anti-Federalists

Contradictions of necessary improper clause?

10th amendment

The united nations is an
example of what?

Confederation

Which government type
gives primary power
to the national government?

Unitary

Did Thomas Jefferson
side more with the Anti
federalists or the Federalists?

Antifederalists

Does civil liberties or
civil rights focus on
equalities?

Civil rights

Are civil liberties ever
abridged?

Yes, during times of crisis

What's the establishment clause?

Government cannot establish a national religion

What is the free exercise
clause?

You can do whatever you want with your religion,
congress cannot take away from you

Reconstruction was?

post civil war North occupied the south

Amendment that overturned Dred Scott v. Sanford?

14

Amendment that banned public discrimination?

14

(T/F) The Supreme Court supported the use of the 14th Amendment to ban private discrimination

False