Ap Gov Study Guide Flashcards

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Social Contract Theory

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Principle that people enter into a social contract with the government and allow to be ruled.

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Consent of the Governed

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Principle that rulers depend on the approval of the people, who have the right to change the government.

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Common Good

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Belief in doing what’s best for the nation overall.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Belief that the ultimate authority rests with the people.

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Articles of Confederation

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Weak association of states with no central executive power and no federal power to tax citizens directly.

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Farmer rebellion in Massachusetts protesting mortgage foreclosures and a weak central government.

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Constitutional Convention 1787

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Meeting in Philadelphia to write a new constitution supporting Representative Democracy.

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Serious debate topics in early U.S. government

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Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists, North vs. South, Big States vs. Small States

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3/5 Compromise

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Counted slaves as 3/5 of a person to give the South more representatives

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Connecticut Compromise

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Established two equal bodies: House of Representatives (population-based) and Senate (equal representation)