Summary Introduction To Political Science Part 1- Midterm (Readings And Lectures)

Veto {Ans: Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature}Shays' Rebellion {Ans: Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.}Loose construction {Ans: means that the constitution gives the Federal government broad powers to do what is necessary}Authoritarian {Ans: one ruler or a small group of leaders have the real power. Authoritarian governments may hold elections and they may have contact with their citizens, but citizens do not have any voice in how they are ruled.}Totalitarianism {Ans: refers to a political system in which all authority is in the hands of a state. In a totalitarian society, all control of public and private life are government run.}Apportionment {Ans: the amount of money approved by Congress in statutes (bills) that each unit of agency of government can spend}Stamp Act {Ans: 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.}Plea bargain {Ans: Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to