GOV 310L EXAM #1
guaranteed, freedoms protected from interference by the government or by others, such as
freedom of speech and freedom of religion - ANS-Liberties
guarantee freedom from oppressive actions by others that seek to deny an individual's full
status as an equal member of society - ANS-Rights
Government can regulate speech if it has tendency to harm the public welfare - ANS-Bad
Tendency
Freedom of religion, speech, and the press - ANS-First amendment
Right to bear arms - ANS-Second amendment
No peacetime quartering of soldiers - ANS-Third amendment
No unreasonable search and seizure - ANS-Fourth amendment
Protection to life, liberty, property - ANS-Fifth amendment
Rights of accused person in criminal cases - ANS-Sixth amendment
Right to jury trial in civil cases - ANS-Seventh amendment
No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment - ANS-Eight amendment
Other rights of the people - ANS-Ninth amendment
Undelegated powers kept by the states and the people - ANS-Tenth amendment
the systematic study of government and politics... "Social science which deals with the systems
of government and the analysis of political activities through political thoughts/ behaviors" -
ANS-Political Science
organizations of individuals who have the power to make binding decisions on behalf of a
particular community... an institution of society that has a "monopoly of the legitimate use of
physical force" / "Government is not reason, it is not an eloquence- it is a force" -
ANS-Government
- Maintain order and reconcile conflicts
- Guides humanity to higher forms of civilization - ANS-Philosophical approaches to government
,Self interest
Values - ANS-Government and its alternatives
neither does anything then no benefit than if they both work together - ANS-Paradox of
cooperation
cooperation of individuals that benefits those who are participating - ANS-Self interest
- Property rights
- Resolve conflicts - ANS-Necessity of Government
Need a middle ground between complete trust and complete mistrust. Trust too much and the
government can abuse power. Mistrust too much then nothing can get done through the
government - ANS-Government Trust
a government of the people - ANS-Traditional definition of democracy
- Traditional definition works for small groups and believes that the people are fully informed
- "Nobody knows enough to run the government" - ANS-Limitation of traditional definition of
Democracy
- Example - Town of 10,000 in a state of 3.5 million
If the conflict moved from the local level to the state level, the scope of the conflict would grow
by 350 times
- There is a greater probability that the original contestants will lose control of the matter
- A host of new considerations and complications will be introduced - ANS-Controlling the scope
of Conflict
1. Privatization:
Individualism
Free private enterprise
Localism
Privacy
2. Socialization:
Equality
Consistency
Equal protection
Justice
Liberty
Freedom of movement
, Freedom of speech and association
Civil rights - ANS-Arguments for controlling the scope of conflict
the essence of democratic politics is based upon...
1. Conflict
2. Competition
3. Leadership
4. Organization
Democracy is a *competitive* political system in which *competing leaders* and *organizations*
define the alternatives of public policy in such a way that the public can participate in the
decision-making process - ANS-Schattschneider's operational definition of democracy
- 2.75 million people
- 20% African American
- Most were self-employed (farmers or artisans)
- Communications very poor
- Travel = difficult - ANS-GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS PRIOR TO THE CONSTITUTION:
Demographic
Man has certain "inalienable rights"
"Life, liberty, property" - ANS-GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS PRIOR TO THE
CONSTITUTION: Socio-political
1750s- British help secure American colonies by fighting the French and Indian War
1760s- British seek to make colonists "pay their fair share"
1765- Stamp Act
1770s- British continue to assert dominance; colonists debate what to do - ANS-GOVERNMENT
AND POLITICS PRIOR TO THE CONSTITUTION: The argument with the British
- First national legislature (56 delegates chosen by either state legislatures or state conventions
- Big names attended
- Initial acts were to pass resolutions for a boycott on British goods and to raise troops
- Limited powers - ANS-Continental congress (1774-1781)
Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state
Designed to help the war effort
To attract the support of foreign powers
To justify subsequent actions to the American people - ANS-Declaration of independence
- First written constitution of the U.S.
- Drafted in 1777, finally ratified by all the states in 1781
guaranteed, freedoms protected from interference by the government or by others, such as
freedom of speech and freedom of religion - ANS-Liberties
guarantee freedom from oppressive actions by others that seek to deny an individual's full
status as an equal member of society - ANS-Rights
Government can regulate speech if it has tendency to harm the public welfare - ANS-Bad
Tendency
Freedom of religion, speech, and the press - ANS-First amendment
Right to bear arms - ANS-Second amendment
No peacetime quartering of soldiers - ANS-Third amendment
No unreasonable search and seizure - ANS-Fourth amendment
Protection to life, liberty, property - ANS-Fifth amendment
Rights of accused person in criminal cases - ANS-Sixth amendment
Right to jury trial in civil cases - ANS-Seventh amendment
No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment - ANS-Eight amendment
Other rights of the people - ANS-Ninth amendment
Undelegated powers kept by the states and the people - ANS-Tenth amendment
the systematic study of government and politics... "Social science which deals with the systems
of government and the analysis of political activities through political thoughts/ behaviors" -
ANS-Political Science
organizations of individuals who have the power to make binding decisions on behalf of a
particular community... an institution of society that has a "monopoly of the legitimate use of
physical force" / "Government is not reason, it is not an eloquence- it is a force" -
ANS-Government
- Maintain order and reconcile conflicts
- Guides humanity to higher forms of civilization - ANS-Philosophical approaches to government
,Self interest
Values - ANS-Government and its alternatives
neither does anything then no benefit than if they both work together - ANS-Paradox of
cooperation
cooperation of individuals that benefits those who are participating - ANS-Self interest
- Property rights
- Resolve conflicts - ANS-Necessity of Government
Need a middle ground between complete trust and complete mistrust. Trust too much and the
government can abuse power. Mistrust too much then nothing can get done through the
government - ANS-Government Trust
a government of the people - ANS-Traditional definition of democracy
- Traditional definition works for small groups and believes that the people are fully informed
- "Nobody knows enough to run the government" - ANS-Limitation of traditional definition of
Democracy
- Example - Town of 10,000 in a state of 3.5 million
If the conflict moved from the local level to the state level, the scope of the conflict would grow
by 350 times
- There is a greater probability that the original contestants will lose control of the matter
- A host of new considerations and complications will be introduced - ANS-Controlling the scope
of Conflict
1. Privatization:
Individualism
Free private enterprise
Localism
Privacy
2. Socialization:
Equality
Consistency
Equal protection
Justice
Liberty
Freedom of movement
, Freedom of speech and association
Civil rights - ANS-Arguments for controlling the scope of conflict
the essence of democratic politics is based upon...
1. Conflict
2. Competition
3. Leadership
4. Organization
Democracy is a *competitive* political system in which *competing leaders* and *organizations*
define the alternatives of public policy in such a way that the public can participate in the
decision-making process - ANS-Schattschneider's operational definition of democracy
- 2.75 million people
- 20% African American
- Most were self-employed (farmers or artisans)
- Communications very poor
- Travel = difficult - ANS-GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS PRIOR TO THE CONSTITUTION:
Demographic
Man has certain "inalienable rights"
"Life, liberty, property" - ANS-GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS PRIOR TO THE
CONSTITUTION: Socio-political
1750s- British help secure American colonies by fighting the French and Indian War
1760s- British seek to make colonists "pay their fair share"
1765- Stamp Act
1770s- British continue to assert dominance; colonists debate what to do - ANS-GOVERNMENT
AND POLITICS PRIOR TO THE CONSTITUTION: The argument with the British
- First national legislature (56 delegates chosen by either state legislatures or state conventions
- Big names attended
- Initial acts were to pass resolutions for a boycott on British goods and to raise troops
- Limited powers - ANS-Continental congress (1774-1781)
Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state
Designed to help the war effort
To attract the support of foreign powers
To justify subsequent actions to the American people - ANS-Declaration of independence
- First written constitution of the U.S.
- Drafted in 1777, finally ratified by all the states in 1781
