Ch 1: Principles
The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
What is government
A legislative body composed of two chambers.
What is bicameral
Sets out the basic principles upon which government in the U.S. was built
What is the Constitution
Which amendment gives you the right to own guns?
A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
What is an oligarchy
Things that a government decides to do. (taxes, defense, education, crime, healthcare, etc.)
What is public policy
Government can exist only with the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty
States the purpose of the constitution
What is the Preamble
Which amendment protects you against Unreasonable Search and Seizure?
What is the 4th Amendment
An alliance of independent states
What is a confederation
The power rests with a majority of the people; supreme authority rest with the people.
What is democracy
Established " a firm league of friendship among the states. The states came together" for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare.
What is the Articles of Confederation
Article I outlines the
What is the Legislative Branch
Which amendment Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail/and cruel unusual punishment?
What is the 8th Amendment
A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
What is an autocracy
A body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.
What is a state
Formal approval
What is ratification
The principle in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are three independent and coequal branches of government
What is separation of powers
Which amendment outlines Powers not given to federal government go to people and States
What is the 10th Amendment
Withdrawn or cancelled
What is repealed
Theory that states that God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule
What is Divine Right Theory
This group opposed ratification of the constitution
What is the Anti-Federalists
Changes in the Constitution's written word
What is an amendment
Which amendment gives you the Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
What is the 5th amendment
The group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention and wrote the Constitution
What is the Framers