STUDY GUIDE FOR U.S GOVERNMENT

CHAPTERS 1-5

Chapter 1-The American Heritage Chapters 4-5 Civil Liberties /Rights

Max Weber’s definition Government Civil Rights

Power-defined, different types of power Civil Liberties

Elite Theory / Pluralist Theory 1833 Barron v. Baltimore

Laswell’s def. of Politics 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson

Majoritarianism 1954 Brown v. Board of Education

Democracy Dr. King’s method

Oligarchy 13^th Amendment (1865)

John Locke’s influence 14^th Amendment (1868)

Autocracy 15^th Amendment (1870)

Totalitarianism Jim Crow Laws

Political Culture def. and values Affirmative Action/ S.C decisions

Adam Smith Defacto Discrimination

John Stuart Mill Dejure Discrimination

Democratic Principles Eyes on the Prize(documentary)

Government Defined

Chapter 2- Constitutional Democracy

Constitution- defined, weaknesses, strengths, and its evolution

Checks and Balances

Separation of Powers

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

New Jersey plan

Virginia Plan

The Great Compromise aka Connecticut plan

Three-fifth’s Compromise

Commercial Compromise

Bill of Rights

Shays’s Rebellion

Amending and Ratification of the Constitution

Selective Incorporation

Chapter 3- Federalism/ Federal Government

Federalism and its trends and patterns Devolution

Supremacy Clause Reserved Powers

Marbury v. Madison (1803) Federalists/Anti-Federalists

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Enumerated Powers

Necessary and Proper Clause aka Elastic Clause Concurrent Powers