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Advanced Placement U.S. Government & Politics Unit One – Constitutional Underpinnings Terms to Know 1. Natural Rights: the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property “The act of slavery was a natural rights violation”

2. Republicanism: a form of representational government in which leaders are elected for a by the citizens, and laws are passed by these leaders for the benefit of the entire republic, rather than select members of a ruling class. “Did you know that in the concept of republicanism, the people elect a leader who then has all the power?” 3. Popular Sovereignty: government should be for the benefit of its citizens. If the government is not protecting the people, it should be dissolved “The government isn't doing anything for us, we should use our right to popular sovereignty” 4. Social Contract: belief that the state only exists to serve the will of the people, and they are the source of all political power enjoyed by the state. They can choose to give or withhold power “The government should only be there to enforce social contract, not gain individual wealth” 5. Participatory Democracy: individual citizens of a democracy participate in the formation of policies and laws through consistent engagement. “By voting, we are taking place in a participatory democracy” 6. Pluralist Democracy: the view that in liberal democracies power is dispersed among a variety of economic and ideological pressure groups and is not held by a single elite or group of elites. “If a group of ceos use the government for their own benefit, they are going against a pluralist democracy” 7. Elite Democracy: where a small number of people, usually those who are wealthy or well-educated, influence political decision making. “We kind of already have an elite democracy dont we?” 8. Expressed Powers: The power to establish rules to allow foreign-born immigrants to become citizens of the United States The power to make rules for bankruptcies The power to punish counterfeiters The power to set up a national post office The power to provide for copyrights and patents to protect the work of inventors and artists

The power to organize all federal courts below the Supreme Court The power to punish pirates The power to hire pirates to attack foreign enemies The power to make rules to regulate the conduct of the armed forces The power to call out the militia to defend the country from invasions or insurrections The power to organize and discipline the militia The power to govern the federal capital (Washington, DC) The power to acquire lands from the states for use by the federal government And, last but definitely not least: The power to “make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers….”

9. Implied Powers: Implied powers are political powers granted to the United States government that aren’t explicitly stated in the Constitution. “Implied powers might give the gov too much authority” 10. Reserved Powers: powers which are neither prohibited or explicitly given by law to any organ of government. “ The tenth amendment is dedicated to the reversed powers”...