AP GOVERNM Government
AP US Government Study GuideChapter 1-Government basics I guess??●Freedom of: the absence of constraints on behavior●Freedom from: immunity from fear and want●Social orderis the established patte
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AP GOVERNM Government
AP US Government Study GuideChapter 1-Government basics I guess??●Freedom of: the absence of constraints on behavior●Freedom from: immunity from fear and want●Social orderis the established patterns of authority in society and traditional modes of behavior●Equality of opportunity: each person has the same chance to succeed in life●Equality of outcome: government policies assure economic and social equality are achieved through distribution of wealth (not an American ideology)●Government vs Politics:○Government: institutions and people who create public policy○Politics: the process○Government + Politics = public policy(law)●State:political power exercised over a defined geographic territory●Nation:a human community with a shared culture and history●Institutions:○Policy-making institutions:Executive, legislative, judiciary, bureaucracy○Linkage institutions: link the people to the policy makers (political parties, elections, the media, interest groups)●Democracy○Direct (participatory) democracy: all citizens participate in decisions○Indirect (representative) democracy: citizens elect representatives→Democratic Republicor Representative DemocracyChapter 2-Constitution and history stuf●John Locke: writer who played role in inspiring Declaration of Independence;life, liberty, and property are natural rights; government is a social contract toprotect individual rights●Articles of Confederation: first plan for government of US; authority laid with the states; didn’t want a central unit of power; weakness showed during Shays’s Rebellion○Weaknesses: Congress couldn’t levy taxes, No president or Judiciary which means no enforcement of laws, amendments to laws required votes from all 13 states,not strong enough form of government●Anti-Federalists: wanted strong state governments and a weak central government●Federalists: wanted a strong central government with weaker state governments●Federalist Papers: ○10- factions and groups balance each other out (pluralism)○51- checks and balances○78- Congress and judicial review
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