American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

16   PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM A Four-Cornered Ideological Grid For a more sophisticated breakdown of recent Amer ...

CHAPTER ONE • THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBlIC   17 One way to begin to understand the American polit- ical system is to observe a ...

18   PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM authoritarianism 4 authority 3 Bill of Rights 9 capitalism 10 civil liberties 8 conse ...

CHAPTER ONE • THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBlIC   19 testyourself Access CourseMate at http://www.cengagebrain.com for additional s ...

20 Two women walk past a painting at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Center is a museum dedi ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 21 tively short. Because amending it is difficult, it also has relative ...

22 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm By the time of the American Revolution, the compact was well on its way toward achieving mythi ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 23 the first colonies under Crown charters. Theoretically, London gover ...

24 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm The second Continental Congress By the time the Second Continental Congress met in May 1775 (a ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 25 attempted to reach a peaceful settlement with the British Parliament ...

26 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Natural Rights Rights held to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on governments. John L ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 27 Social Contract A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure th ...

28 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Unicameral Legislature A legislature with only one legislative chamber, as opposed to a bicame ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 29 coinage and weights and measures. But it lacked an independent sourc ...

30 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Congress. Due to a lack of resources, the Continental Congress was forced to disband the army ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 31 Bicameral Legislature A legislature made up of two parts, called cha ...

32 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Supremacy Doctrine A doctrine that asserts the priority of national law over state laws. This ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 33 The three-fifths compromise did not completely settle the slavery is ...

34 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Separation of Powers The principle of dividing governmental powers among different branches of ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 35 Ratification Formal approval. The Final document On September 17, 17 ...