Civics Name __________________________

Mr. Morrissey

Final Exam Study Guide

Why Government? o procedural fairness
 Thomas Hobbes o access to justice
 state of nature  institutions of the rule of law
 social contract  arbitrary rule
 sovereign  Anglo-Saxon legal traditions
 John Locke  Roman legal traditions
 tabula rasa  comparing the Rule of Law,
 natural rights nation by nation
o life
o liberty Economic Systems
o property  economic system
 scarcity
Who Rules?  three basic economic questions
 autocracy o What will we make?
 monarchy o How will we make it?
 dictatorship o Who gets it?
 democracy  four factors of production
o direct democracy o land
o representative o labor
democracy o capital
 oligarchy o entrepreneurship
 theocracy  traditional economies
 anarchy  planned economies
o socialism
Limiting Government o communism
 constitution  market economies
 rule of law o capitalism
 separation of power  market
 consent of the governed  “invisible hand”
 rights of the minority  laissez-faire
 self interest
Rule of Law  mixed economies
 principles of the rule of law
o see: common definitions Political Ideologies
 factors that make up the rule of  Liberalism
law  Conservatism
o order and security  Liberal/Conservative Views on…
o legitimacy o Abortion
o checks and balances o Affirmative Action
o equal application of the o Death Penalty
law o Economy

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Civics Name __________________________
Mr. Morrissey
o School Vouchers
o The Environment
o Gun Control
o Health Care
o Homeland Security
o Immigration
o Religion
o Same-sex Marriage
o Social Security
 Liberal/Conservative Views on …
o Taxes
o War on Terror
o Welfare

Declaration of Independence
 Principles
 Content

Articles of Confederation

Preamble to the Constitution

Principles of the Constitution

 Federalism
 Separation of Powers SEE CONSTITUTION
 Checks and Balances
 Popular Sovereignty TEST REVIEW
 Limited Government BOOKLET
Legislative Branch

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

Amendments

Illinois Constitution

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