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__ are rights/laws agreed upon by a governing body and society.

Social Contract

__ are the given human rights you’re born with within the state (life, liberty, + property, John Locke).

Natural Rights

Decisions made by the majority, where people have the power, is known as __.

Popular Sovereignty

A government with limited power is a __ government.

Limited

An __ rejects plurality has a strong central power and values order over personal freedom.

Authoritarian/Absolute Monarchy

In an authoritarian government, a small group, single party, or __ rules.

Institution

In a monarchy, a single ruler has total power, typically through __.

Divine right

In a __ the electorate decides on policy initiatives.

Direct Democracy

A republic, also known as a representative democracy, is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected __ as proxies.

Representatives

__ democratic theory is a collective decision-making process which combines elements of both direct and representative democracy.

Participatory

__ democratic theory is when individuals achieve positions of formal political authority by forming electoral coalitions.

Pluralist

__ democratic theory is when a small number of people, usually those who are wealthy and well-educated, influence political decision making.

Elitist

Federalists believed there was a need for a __ central government.

Strong

Anti-Federalists believed there was a need for a __ state government.

Strong

__ demonstrated the consequence of a weak central government.

Shay's Rebellion

__ Powers from Article I, Section 8 detail that Congress has the power to Levy = collect taxes

Enumerated

To formally pass/approve something is to __.

Ratify

A __ is a representative of a group.

Delegate

A __ is an official government document.

Charter

An unpassable disagreement is also known as a __.

Dead Lock

Federalism is the __ of power within the government.

Distribution

__ is the division of governmental responsibilities into three branches (legislative, executive, judicial) to limit any one branch from exercising too much power.

Separation of powers

__ is a system that allows each branch of government to amend or veto acts of the other branches (limits power of each branch).

Checks and Balances

__ is a two-house legislative system.

Bicameralism

An auxiliary is also known as __.

Extra

Precautions are also known as __.

Safety measures

General __ is the needs of the whole people.

Welfare

__ is assistance from government.

Welfare

__ means to prevent

Hinder

__ is the removal of a public official.

Impeachment

__ Powers are the powers granted to the Federal government, and specifically congress, which are mostly listed in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

Enumerated

__ powers are Powers that although not directly stated in the Constituion, are implied to be available based on previously stated powers.

Implied

__ Powers are Powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment gives these powers to the states.

Reserved

__ Powers are powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments.

Concurrent

The __ states that the Constitution, and federal laws consistent with the Constitution, are the supreme law of the land and preempt (are more powerful than) conflicting state laws.

Supramacy Clause