Government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
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What system did the colonists choose to use opposed to monarchy, oligarchy and aristocracy?
Democracy
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When did the US declare independence from England?
July 4, 1776
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What court case gave the Supreme Court the right to practice Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison
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True or false: The United States the first country to adopt a Federal system of government?
True
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Define the following: Supremacy Clause
Establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land.
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Where did the ideas for the constitution come from?
Aristotle and the Greeks
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When and where did the First Continental Congress meet?
Philadelphia in 1774
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In what two court cases did the Supreme Court act as an interpreter of the constitution?
McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden
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What did the New Federalism in 1980 try to do for the states?
Give them more power
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Define the following: Federal System
A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
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Besides Liberalism and Libertarianism, what other ideology is practiced most commonly by Americans?
Conservatism
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At first, why didn’t the Articles of Confederation work?
Each state was acting as a whole different country, there was no unity.
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What conflict did the Gibbons v. Ogden case present?
States versus the powers of Congress
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What are states are prohibited to do under the constitution?
Entering treaties, coining money, impairing obligation of contracts.
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Define the following: Confederation
a union of sovereign states, united for purposes of common action often in relation to other states.
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The USA is considered to be a democratic system between a Republic and an __________.
Indirect Democracy
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What did the Great Compromise do?
Gave each state the same number of representatives in Senate, regardless of size.
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What was the first major decision by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall about the relationship between the states and the national government?
McCulloch v. Maryland
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How did Dual Federalism change the states and Federal Government powers?
When the U.S. got into Dual federalism, the State and Federal Government power grew together and were equal until 1933 when the Federal Government power got greater and stronger than the states.
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Define the following: Mercantilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading
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What was the Social Contract Theory?
Governmental decisions on power are chosen by the people.
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What were the two new plans proposed while writing the Constitution called?
Virginia plan and New Jersey plan
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What Court decided that Dred Scott was not a citizen of the USA in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The Taney Court
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What are implied powers?
Powers not explicitly named for the Constitution but assumed to exist due to them being necessary to implement the expressed powers given in Article I.