POLS 206 TAMU Smith Exam 1 Latest(2025/2026) Questions and Answers 100% Correct.
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POLS 206 TAMU Smith
Dahl's principles - ️️Key principles
1- equality in voting
2-effective participation
3- enlightened understanding
4-citizen control of the agenda
5-inclusion
madisonian model - ️️The madisonian model tries to overcome the tyranny of the
majority by creating a constitutional republic
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POLS 206 TAMU Smith Exam 1
Dahl's principles - ✔️✔️Key principles
1- equality in voting
2-effective participation
3- enlightened understanding
4-citizen control of the agenda
5-inclusion
madisonian model - ✔️✔️The madisonian model tries to overcome the tyranny of the
majority by creating a constitutional republic
limits majority control by placing direct government control far away
separation of powers doesn't allow one branch to control the other two
checks and balances is security that no one party can control the country
established a federal system to divide power between state and federal
politics - ✔️✔️process of determining leaders and the policies they pursue; produces
authoritative decisions about public issues
policymaking system - ✔️✔️process where policy comes into being/evolves
citizen's interests/concerns go to linkage institutions, like parties, which shape policy
agenda affect laws/policies made which in turn affect the citizen's concerns
policy agenda - ✔️✔️the issues that attract serious attention from public officials
public policy - ✔️✔️a choice government makes in response to a political issue; a
course of action
government - ✔️✔️the institutions through which public policies are made for a society;
the institutions through which authoritatively binding decisions are made for society
John Locke philosophy - ✔️✔️life, liberty, and the right to property
natural law- rights/liberties given to you by a creator and can not be taken away by any
man
contemporary american democracy theories - ✔️✔️Pluralism, Elitism, hyper-pluralism
representation - ✔️✔️describes the relationship between between the few leaders and
the many followers
, madison's philosophy on factions - ✔️✔️groups that arise from unequal distribution of
property and can cause civil instability. factions are inevitable because man is self-
interested. these factions could be majority or minority
what did framers think purpose of gov was? - ✔️✔️main purpose is to protect private
property; purpose was to check self-interest of the people
judicial review - ✔️✔️the power to hold actions of the other two branches
unconstitutional
consequences of separation of powers and checks and balances - ✔️✔️if a
compromise can not be made, we go into gridlock.
The judicial branch has more power than the other branches.
it is very hard to amend the constitution
conservative bias favors the status quo
free exercise clause - ✔️✔️the federal government can't take away your beliefs;
however all religious practices are not legal... when your religious practices break other
laws- that is when your 1st amendment rights stop
establishment clause - ✔️✔️federal aid can go to religious schools if...
1- no religious connection
2-can't advance/inhibit that religion
3-$ must avoid excessive government entanglement.
$ is on case by case basis
supremacy clause - ✔️✔️article VI makes constitution, national laws and treaties
supreme over state laws as long as the national government is acting within its
limitations
does not mention state powers
exclusionary clause - ✔️✔️unlawful search & seizure, if violates 4th Amendment- can't
be used in court
1st Amendment - ✔️✔️applied to federal government only
freedom of...
speech
religion
press
peaceably assembly
public order
associate
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