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Amer Insti Ch 1
Amer Insti Ch1 class notes
| question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did government come from? | people and institutions. |
| How did government get started? | people |
| In American democracy it's the who that give the government the premision to operate? | people |
| The lowest level of government is called what? | City government |
| There are 2 parts to government what are they? | people and institutons |
| There are 3 types of institutions what are they? | local, city, and state government. |
| What makes up a city government? | distriict and cith hall |
| City hall has elected leaders who are they? | Majors and members of city counsil |
| Members of city counsil operate on behalf of who? | the people living in his or her district |
| Name some laws that city hall pasadena enforce? | No parking on street, and curfew. |
| There are 3 parts to the State Institution what are they? | Executive, legislatures, and judiciary. |
| Executiive Branch constist of what? | Governor and leutinent government. |
| Legislatures Branch constist of what? | Assembly and Senate |
| Assembley represenatives represent who? | The State not the United State |
| What do you call the 2 houses that must agree when passing laws? | Assembly and Senate house of Represenatives |
| Once the Assembly and Senate house of Represenatives agree on passing a new law who makes the final decision? | The governor |
| The judiciary system constist of what? | California State Supreme Court. |
| What is the chief of justice name? | Ron George |
| Ron George and Associates pass laws that only impact who? | The State of California Not the United States. |
| All are cases start at what level? | Trial court (judge and jury trial) |
| What are the 3 level called relating to are court system? | Trial court, appelated court and Supreme court. |
| Under the Executive branch in California we have a law enforcer called what? | Attorney General |
| The Attorney General duties are what? | Cheif law enforcer of the judical system of the entire State. |
| CHP, LAPD, and Sherif report to whom? | the chief law enforcer. |
| The functions of government are what? | Establsh justice, enforce laws, domestic traquility, and promotes general welfare. |
| Types of government what are they? | Monarchy, Absolute Monorchy, Democreacy, Oligarchy |
| What is a Monarchy govenment? | A form of government in which power is vested in hereditary kings and queens who govern in the interest of all. |
| What is a Oligarchy government? | A form of government in which the right to parrticipate is conditioned on the possession of wealth, social status, miltary position, or achievement. |
| Who hass a Democracy government? | USA, Mexico, and Canada |
| Who has a Absolute Monarchy? | Saudi Arabia, and Kuwaite, |
| What is Totalitarianism? | The leader exercises unlimited power and individuals have no personal rights or liberties. Generally these systems tend to be ruled in the name of a particular religion or orthodoxy, and ideology, or a personality cult organized around the supreme leader. |
| What is Democracy? | A system of government that give power to the people whether directly or through their elected representatives. |
| What is Personal Liberty? | Initially meaning freedom from governmental interference, today it includes demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices free from governmental dicrimination. |
| What is Equality? | One person on e vote implies a sense of political equality for all. |
| What is popular consent? | The idea that government must draw their powers from the consent of the governed. |
| What is politucal culture? | Commonly shared attitudes, beliefs,and core values about how government should operate. |
| What is Majority rule? | The central premise of direct democracy in which only policies that collectively garner the support of a majority of voters will be made into law. |
| What is popular sovereignty? | The right of the majority to govern themselves. |
| What is natural law? | A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are part of nature and as such can be understood by reason. |
| What is Civil Society? | Society created when citzens are allowed to organize and express their views publicly as the engage in an open debate about public policy. |
| What is individualism? | All individualism are deemed rational and fair, and endowed, as Thomas Jefferson proclaimed the Declaration of Independence "with certain unalienable rights". |
| Where did government come? | philosphers, scientist, and kings |
| Whose was responsible for the enlightment period? | Isaac Newton |
| Who was Isaac Newton? | a philosopher and a scientist. |
| Newton wanted people to envolve with what? | society |
| Newton argued what? | reasoning, science, religious toleration, and that the world could be improved. |
| Who was responsible for the reformation period? | King Henry VIII |
| What occured during the reformation period? | The chruch of England was created by King Henry VIII |
| What did King Henry the VIII wanted that the Roman Catholic Chruch would not permit? | A divorce |
| What did the Protestants or Puritans believed in? | Ability to speak one on one to God. |
| What chruch did the Protestants or Puritans belong to? | The Chruch of England. |
| Why did the Protestant leave England? | they wanted to talk to God one on one and establish self governing congregations and not be controlled by king Henrey VIII. |
| What is Social Contract? | an agreement between the people and their government signifining the consent to be governed. |
| Why did the Protestant believe in the Social Contract? | Protestants wanted to give the consent to be government. |
| Who supported the Social Contract theory? | Philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke |
| Thomas Hobbes belief were what for the people? | Government to save the people from themselves. |
| Thomas Hobbes beliefs were if man were left alone the would do what? | constanly be at war with each other and Single ruler. |
| John Locke beliefs for the people were what? | Government through consent of the people. |
| John Locke beliefs was to preserve what? | private property. |
| Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke agreeded on what? | in the social contract theory that all ment were equal. |
| Democracy means what? | power to the people. |
| Direct Democracy means what? | We look at the pros and cons and then we all vote on it together. |
| Indirect Democracy/Representative Democracy occurs in levels what are they? | The local, state and federal level. |
| Local level consist of what? | election of officials, majors, and city counsil. |
| State level consist of what? | governor,and legislation |
| Federal level consist of what? | elections of president, U.S. House of representives. |
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