Principles of
Government
Origins
Mixed
Power
The Constitution
100
an institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
What is a government?
100
ordered government, representative government, limited government are based on the political ideas from this country
What is England?
100

“Instead of voting for others to make government policies, the people make all the government's public policies.”

Direct Democracy

100
holds the power in a confederal system
What are the states?
100
wrote the Virginia Plan
Who is James Madison?
200
population, territory, sovereignty, government are characteristics of a
What is a state?
200
Document that established the principle that government is not all-powerful
What is Magna Carta?
200

What word means "a type of society where no government exists--often leading to chaos"?

Anarchy

200
Congress and National Conventions have power to propose these
What are amendments?
200
Plan created to favor smaller states
What is New Jersey Plan?
300
theory that government came naturally out of an early family
What is evolution?
300
During Shay's Rebellion, what were farmers upset over?
What is loss of property?
300
system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between a central or national government and several governments, usually called states or provinces
What is Federalism?
300
Branch that has power to interpret laws
What is judicial branch?
300
Compromise to satisfy Southerners' desire to increase population count in their States
What is the Three-Fifths compromise?
400
worth of the individual, equality of all persons, majority rule, minority rights, individual freedom are concepts of
What is democracy?
400
the amount of states needed to pass an amendment during Articles of Confederation
What is 13?
400

List two functions of the US national government government that are listed in the Preamble to the US Constitution. (Six possible answers are possible)

Here are the six possible answers: A. Form a more perfect union B. Establish Justice C. Insure Domestic Tranquility D. Provide for the Common Defense E. Promote the General Welfare F. Secure the Blessings of Liberty

400
powers granted to the National Government by the Constitution
What are delegated powers?
400

“Instead of voting for others to make government policies, the people make all the government's public policies.”

Direct Democracy

500
In a parliamentary government who elects the executive
Who is the legislature?
500
Essays published to sway states into ratifying the Constitution
What are the Federalists Papers?
500

What word describes "a document that lists what the government can and cannot do"?

Constitution

500
grants reserved powers to the states
What is the 10th amendment?
500
the Constitutional Convention original purpose
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
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