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Collective Good

Access to highways.

National Debt Assumption

Under the Articles of Confederation.

Reason for Rare Constitutional Amendments

The formal amendment process is long and difficult and requires widespread support in Congress as well as the states.

Executive Branch Office

President.

Support for New Interpretations of the Constitution

The Constitution must be applied in a fashion that adapts to the challenges of today.

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Guaranteed voting rights to all citizens 18 years of age or older.

Virginia Plan

Proposal for state representation in Congress based on population size alone.

Linkage Institution

Connects people to government by working to ensure that policymakers pay attention to their members' voices.

Collective Good

Clean air is considered a collective good and must be shared by everyone.

James Madison in Federalist 10

Wrote, 'The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property'.

Original Constitution Taxation

Permitted no taxes on exports to protect the Southern planters.

Separation of Powers Purpose

To prevent tyranny of the majority.

Checks and Balances

Provisions in the Constitution that give each branch of government the ability to block the actions of the other branches.

American Belief in Opportunities

Most Americans believe citizens should have equal opportunities.

Political Culture

Widely shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that citizens hold about the role of government and how it operates.

First National Government Framework

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.

Pluralist View of Democracy

Democracy can be achieved by compromise among organized groups.

Government Purpose According to Founders

To protect individual liberty and property.

Support for Constitution Ratification

Federalists.

Ideal Democracy Practice Location

New England town meetings.

Bill of Rights Purpose

Designed to place limits on the power of the new national government.

Reason for Representation in American Democracy

The sheer size of America and its population.

Document Establishing Government Authority

Constitution.

American Individualism Economic Policies

Tendency to support laissez-faire economic policies which promote free markets and limited government.

Examples of Public Policies

Civil rights, national defense, and health care.

Selection of Representation Form of Government

Republic.

Court Required by the Constitution

Supreme Court.

State Ratification of Amendments Fraction

Three-quarters.

Amendment Process Complexity

The introduction of amendments to the U.S. Constitution is a national-level process; the ratification of amendments is a state-level process.

Granting of Powers to Congress

Found in Article I Sec. 8 Clause 18.

SCOTUS and State Tax Power

Interpreted the supremacy clause as blocking the power of the state to tax a federal institution.

Federalist 10 Faction Control Argument

Constitution would help control the problems caused by factions in society.

Connecticut Compromise by Representation

Created a bicameral legislature.

SCOTUS Ruling for Judicial Review

Established in Marbury v. Madison.

Clear and Present Danger Case

Established in Schenck v. U.S.

Accurate Statement about Liberty

The idea of liberty is deeply ingrained throughout U.S. history.

Line of Presidential Succession

Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Temp, Sec. of State.

Probable Cause Definition

Support for suspicion that criminal activity is taking place.

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of troops in private homes.

Twenty-second Amendment

Establishes a maximum term as President of 10 years.

Fourteenth Amendment

Contains the due process and equal protection clauses.

Sixteenth Amendment

The only amendment to alter the original wording of the Constitution, pertaining to the prohibition of a direct tax.

Eighteenth Amendment

Passed due to a growing view of social evil in the United States.

Tenth Amendment

Provides for the creation of reserved powers for the states.

Twenty-seventh Amendment

This amendment took over 200 years to ratify, first proposed in 1789.

Fourth Amendment

Provides for the exclusionary rule, prohibiting the use of evidence obtained illegally.