AP Government Review - Unit Review

Flashcards based on lecture notes about US Government review, focusing on enlightenment thinkers, democracy types, factions, constitutional amendments, federalism.

People are born with certain rights given to them by their creator, not a monarch, meaning they cannot be taken away. These are called __.

Natural rights

Enlightenment thinkers argued for a theoretical __ which comes before any kind of government, where humans are free.

state of nature

The idea that the power to govern is in the hands of the people is known as __.

Popular sovereignty

People willingly give some of their power away to a government in order to protect their natural rights, this is referred to as __.

social contract

__ democracy emphasizes broad participation in the political process by most, if not all, members of a society.

Participatory

In __ democracy, groups of people associate with interest groups who then compete to influence public policy.

Pluralist

__ democracy emphasizes more limited participation in policy making, assuming that the most educated people need to run government.

Elite

James Madison addressed the mischief of __ in Federalist 10.

factions

Groups of people who believe their interests are more important than any other interests are known as __.

factions

The frameworks of the Constitution included a process by which the document could be __, and you can find it in article five.

amended

To amend the Constitution you need __ of congress or by the states of a special convention.

proposal

The judicial branch is responsible for determining the __ of laws.

constitutionality

__ is the sharing of power between national governments and state governments.

Federalism

Some __ require states to follow federal directives, but often compliance with these directives is beyond the state's budget capacity.

mandates