Political Science Y103 Helpsheet

Chapter 1  American Politics

Political Participation                                                                          Political knowledge

Political efficacy                                                                                  Stock Market crash

Pluralism                                                                                               Popular sovereignty

Government                                                                                         Citizenship

Decline in trust                                                                                     Communism

Democracy                                                                                           Oligarchy

Autocracy                                                                                             Socialism

Totalitarian                                                                                           Authoritarian

Constitutional system                                                                         Dictatorship

Anarchy                                                                                                                Republic

Direct or Pure democracy                                                                  Indirect democracy

Political culture                                                                                    Capitalism

Liberty Equality

Limited government                                                                           Laissez faire capitalism

Personal freedom                                                                                                Economic freedom

Equality of result                                                                                 Equality of opportunity

Tyranny of the masses (majority)                                  

Chapter 5, 8, and Notes- Race, Gender, Class, Religion, etc.

Race and Gender                                                                                 white male, property holders

White ethnics                                                                                        African Americans

Latino                                                                                                    Asian American

Ethnicity                                                                                                Cuban Americans

Mexican Americans                                                                            Native Americans

Cesar Chavez                                                                                       American Indian Movement

Political pressure                                                                                  Legal pressure

Protest                                                                                                    NAACP

WEB DuBois                                                                                        Martin Luther King, Jr.

Black nationalism                                                                               Marcus Garvey

AFL-CIO                                                                                               Knight of Labor

Chinese Exclusion Act                                                                        Japanese relocation

Inequality of wealth in U.S.                                                               Middle class

Rich vs. Poor                                                                                        13^th Amendment

14^th Amendment                                                                                  15^th Amendment

19^th Amendment                                                                                  Gender Gap

Women vs. Men voting patterns                                                      Roe v. Wade

NOW                                                                                                      Title IX

Affirmative action                                                                              26^th Amendment

Engel v. Vitale                                                                                      Religion in politics

Moral Majority                                                                                    Christian Right

Chapter 2  The Constitution

Confederation                                                                                      Articles of Confederation

U.S. Constitution                                                                                 Antifederalists

Federalists                                                                                             George Washington

James Madison                                                                                    Bill of Rights

“unalienable rights”                                                                            Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson                                                                                               Shay’s Rebellion

Constitutional Convention                                                                                New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan                                                                                         Connecticut Plan

Bicameral                                                                                             Checks and Balances

Separation of Powers                                                                          Montesquieu

Electoral college                                                                                   individual rights

Three Fifths Compromise                                                                  Bill of Rights

Senate                                                                                                    House

President                                                                                                Legislative

Executive                                                                                              Judicial

“elastic clause”                                                                                    Supremacy clause

Articles I-VII                                                                                        Amendments (27)

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison                           Federalist Papers

John Locke                                                                                           judicial review

Ex post facto                                                                                        Habeas Corpus

British taxes                                                                                          American Revolution

Amendment process                                                                           Changing Constitution

Chapter 3              Federalism

Block grants                                                                                         Revenue sharing

New Federalism                                                                                   preemption

Richard Nixon                                                                                      FDR

“necessary and proper clause”                                                         “full faith and credit clause”

McCulloch v. Maryland                                                                     Gibbon v. Ogden

Uniformity in law                                                                                Grant in aids

Federalism                                                                                            Dual federalism

Cooperative federalism                                                                      Concurrent powers

Reserved powers                                                                                  States’ rights

Project grants                                                                                       Categorical grants

Delegated (expressed) powers                                                           Denied powers

Unitary government                                                                            Confederate government

Intergovernmental lobby                                                                   Devolution

“Privileges and immunities clause”                                                  Formula grant

Implied powers                                                                                    Commerce clause

New Deal                                                                                               segregation

10^th Amendment                                                                                  Supreme Court    

Layers of government                                                                        Marble cake federalism    

Defense of Marriage Act                                                                    McCulloch v. Maryland

Marbury v. Madison                                                                           Congress and Commerce Clause    

Plessy v. Ferguson                                                                               Brown v. Board of Education

Griswold v. Connecticut                                                                     California v. Bakke

Unfunded mandate                                                                            Mandates

Equal Protection clause                                                                      Preemption

Regulated federalism                                                                          Role of Congress

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