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17 Cards in this Set
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Authoritarian government
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a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limit but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions
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Citizenship
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informed and active membership in a political community
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Constitutional government
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a system of rule in which governmental power is both described in, and limited by, a governing constitution
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Democracy
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a system of rule where popular wishes and preferences regularly and systematically shape who controls the government and what the government does
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Direct democracy
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a system of rule that permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies
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Equality of opportunity
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a widely shared American ideal that all people should have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest potential
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Government
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institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled
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Laissez-faire capitalism
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an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit with minimal or no government interference
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Liberty
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freedom from government control
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Limited government
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a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution
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Majority rule/minority rights
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the democratic principle that a government follows the preferences of the majority of voters but protects the interests of the minority
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Political equality
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the right to participate in politics equally, based on the principle of “one person, one vote”
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Politics
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conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments
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Popular sovereignty
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a principle of democracy in which political authority rests ultimately in the hands of the people
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Power
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influence over a government’s leadership, organization, or policies
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Representative democracy/republic
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a system of government that gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect government officials
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Totalitarian government
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a system of rule in which the government not only exercises great power, but seeks to impose its will by suppressing any and all other groups and individuals in society that might pose a challenge to its power
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