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limited government - A government that is subject to strict legal limits on the users of power representative government - a government in which people govern through the selection of their representatives conflict between limited and representative governments - representative governments have majority rule, but limited government requires that the majority rule does not infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of the majority how the U.S. Constitution provides for limi...

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limited government - ANSWER-A government that is subject to strict legal limits on the users of power representative government - ANSWER-a government in which people govern through the selection of their representatives conflict between limited and representative governments - ANSWER-representative governments have majority rule, but limited government requires that the majority rule does not infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of the majority how the U.S. Constitution provi...

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Whig theory of the presidency - 'weak president' theory. The president is primarily an administrator, charged with carrying out the will of Congress. Per James Buchanan "My duty is to execute the laws...and not my individual opinions." Stewardship theory of the presidency - 'strong president' theory. Presidency is limited not by what the Constitution allows, but by what it prohibits. Presidents are free to act as they choose, as long as they do not violate the law. Theodore Roosev...

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political thinking - Critical thinking focused on deciding what can reasonably be believed and then using this information to make political judgments. It is defined by the prcoess through which conclusions are reached. John Stuart Mills - English philosopher who said democracy is the best form of government. He felt government should be judged on its ability to promote the individual as a 'progressive being' political science - the systematic study of government and politics. ...

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Articles of Confederation - ANSWER_The basis for the first government of the United States. It created a very weak federal government subordinate to the states. There was no judiciary and no independent executive. Shay's Rebellion - ANSWER_revolt in western Massachusetts; farmers armed with pitchforks marched on county courthouses to prevent foreclosures on their land. Quashed by a private militia but it exposed the weakness of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation. C...

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elections - ANSWER_the power of the voters to remove officials from office Montesquieu - ANSWER_French theorist who argued that the power of government could be controlled by dividing it among separate branches. Mischiefs of faction - ANSWER_James Madison wrote about these in Federalist No. 10, considered to be the finest American political essay every written. Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER_the foundation for judicial review by the federal courts, under Chief Justice John Marshall,...

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John Stuart Mills - ANSWER_English philosopher who said democracy is the best form of government. He felt government should be judged on its ability to promote the individual as a 'progressive being' political science - ANSWER_the systematic study of government and politics. James Madison - ANSWER_political scientist who was the chief architect of the U.S. Constitution and later a president. political culture - ANSWER_the widely shared and deep seated beliefs of a country's people ab...

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