POLI SCI 104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abigail Adams, Bicameralism, Rulemaking
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9/16/2008 12:49:00 pm: political science 104 - intro to american government, lecture. September 16, 2008: american political identity, different views on what it means to be an american . An american version of british tradition, with a particular religious and political views- protestant, instead of catholic, british instead of french or spanish, assimilation instead of allegiance to homeland. (huntington) Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. Didn t listen to abigail: key institutional innovations, separation of powers: division of government powers into separate institutions. Horizontal dispersion: federalism: different levels of government (state, national) Vertical dispersion: the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of others.
