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The Roots of American Democracy
Unit One Review
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Forms of Government
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Ruled – People – Representatives vote
Republic
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Representatives voting
A Parliamentary Democracy
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We THE PEOPLE Popular Sovereignty
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Heredity / Bloodline Monarchy
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Government Full Control
Dictatorship
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Headed by religious leaders
Theocracy
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Transitional or Unstable
From one to another Transitional or Unstable
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One candidate/party Single-Party State
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President sole head of gov’t.
Presidential Democracy
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Why are Governments Necessary?
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No Government State of Nature
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Use the Force, “Luke” Power
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Power to Control Authority
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For all the People Public Goods
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Supreme Authority Sovereignty
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Established organizations
Institutions
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Public Policy and Institutions
POLITICS – WGWW/H
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Dilemma’s of government
Freedom vs. Order and Freedom vs Equality
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Accepted as authority Legitimacy
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Institutions establish Public Policy
Government
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Modern Democratic Nations
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Fair laws Justice and Respect for the Law
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Life, liberty and property
Natural Rights – Locke Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness – Jefferson
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Elected officials decide
Representative Government
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Higher law Natural Law
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Everyone votes for everything
Direct Democracy
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Powers restricted by the people
Limited government
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Social Contract Theory
Give up some freedoms Social Contract Theory
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Human beings rights Individual Rights
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Divided between branches
Separation of Powers Makes the laws Enforces the Laws Interprets the Laws
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English Rights Magna Carta
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Five Political Ideals of America
Equality Freedom Justice Limited Government Democracy
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WE the PEOPLE – Or – Those People
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The Social Contract Thomas Hobbes
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Magna Carta Archbishop Langton
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Civic Virtue Cicero
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Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
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Life, Liberty and Property
John Locke
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Separation of powers Montesquieu
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Beginnings of Democracy
Pericles
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Even Ronald McDonald desires Rights
English Bill of Rights Somers Even Ronald McDonald desires Rights
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The Man, not the myth……Consent
John Adams
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A model of Roman Virtue – Civil Virtue
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus The only known picture of this fine young man.
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Governments exist to _____________
Control
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The oldest objective of Government
Maintaining Order
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Karl Marx believed in? Communism
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Four Freedoms according to Roosevelt
Of: Speech and Worship From: Fear and Want
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Advocates unlimited power for the Gov’t.
Totalitarianism
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Government owns Key Resources
Socialism
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The people control the Economic Resource
Capitalism
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Opposed to almost all government action.
Libertarianism
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Political philosophy that opposes ALL government.
Anarchism
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What I should do this weekend?
STUDY and you will prosper!
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