Types of Government
What type of government has a king?
Monarchy
What is the main constitutional question issue
whether the federal government or the states would have more power.
Who created checks and balances? ;)
author Montesquieu
What are the 5 most important Rights in the Bill of Rights?
What were the 3 major issues at the Constitutional Convention?
representation, state versus federal powers,
What are two forms of democracy?
Representative and Direct Democracy
What is the constitutional government of the United States?
Federal democratic republic.
What is the main purpose of checks and balances?
provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Which Bill of Rights is least important?
What questions was resolved with the Great Compromise?
the method of representation in the legislative branch
What are the different forms of government?
Does the constitution limit the powers of the states?
. States cannot form alliances with foreign governments, declare war, coin money, or impose duties on imports or exports.
How do the branches check each other?
each branch is given power to check on the other two branches.
What is the most used Bill of Rights?
The First Amendment
Is compromise always fair?
not all compromises must be fair
How does governments differ in geographic distribution of power particularly unitary confederal and federal types of government?
In a unitary system, all power lies with the national government, whereas in a confederation, the majority of power rests with the states.
How does the constitution limit people's power?
each of the three branches of government has “checks and balances” over the other two.
What branch makes laws?
Who enforces the Bill of Rights?
The Congress
Why is the Great Compromise important?
provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
What type of government is ruled by force?
Dictatorship
What was a major argument against the Constitution?
feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties,
What would happen if there was no checks and balances?
the government would be controlled by one group of people.
Is the Bill of Rights a state or federal law?
most of the Bill of Rights is now applied to the states
What did the Great Compromise favor?
a bicameral federal legislature that used a dual system of representation