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WGU C181 OA Study Guide
1.political socialization: four influences on political values - family,
school, com- munity/peers, and media
2.preamble: creates a people
explains the reason for the Constitution articulates goals fashions government
3.James Madison: "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader,
and fourth President of the United States.-Argues that the proposed contribution was designed "to break and control the violence of the faction," it's purpose was to demonstrate that the proposed government was.not likely to be dominated by any faction. The key was to have a large central government. (divided into 3 separate groups, legislative, executive, and judicial.) the separation of powers
4.James Madison: Argued that the separation of powers and checks
and bal- ances would control efforts of tyranny from any source. If powers are distributed equally among the three branches, each branch will have the opportunity to counteract each other with the checks and balances 1 / 2
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5.James Madison: father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
6.petition for certiorari: a petition asking the Supreme Court to hear a
case -court selects fewer than 100 out of 8000 filed cases
7.Native Americans: Considered foreigner's that were considered
members of a tribe nation.In 1924, Indians received U.S. citizenship. Until that time, they had been consid- ered members of tribal nations whose relations with the U.S. government were determined by treaties.
8.19th Amendment: women's right to vote
9.26th Amendment: voting age changed from 21 to 18
10.Reapportionment: redistribution of representatives among the
states based on a population change. The HOUSE of representatives are reapportioned among the states after each census
11.Redistricting: when the state government redraw CONGRESSIONAL
elec- tion, again based on population change
12.Conventional Participation: Conventional political behaviors fall into
two ma- jor categories: actions that show support for government
policies and those that try to change or influence policies.
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