Purpose and Origins/Basics
What is a monarchy?
A system of government where power is held by a ruling family.
What specific type of democracy does the US have?
Representative Democracy
This Act taxed goods to make American colonists help pay for the costly 7 Years War:
The Stamp Act
Name the three branches of the American government:
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution protecting individual rights
How does this class define the Constitution?
The supreme law of the land/US
This is the idea that there is a religious reason that a ruler is in their position:
Divine Right
This is the idea that the government is supposed to let the public know what is going on in the country:
transparancy
These religious belief systems primarily influenced the Founding Fathers:
judeo-Christian
bicameral
Name a specific power that belongs to the states in the Constitution:
education
licensing for professionals
local gov
elections
safety services
First three words of the Constitution:
We the People
Name the four purposes/functions of gov from our lesson:
maintain social order
public services
national security
economic decisions
What is Representation in the House based on? How are districts drawn up?
Population
Drawn to contain the same number of constituents
This event convinced the Founding Fathers that the Articles of Confederation were too weak:
Shay's Rebellion
Reviewing laws, resolving disputes, and interpreting the Constitution
What does the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution state?
The Constitution is the supreme law and federal laws are superior to state laws
What is Federalism?
A system of government with shared powers between a central authority and local governments. (In the US this means between States and the Federal government)
Two-part response:
A system of gov where the leaders have total, unchecked power over their people:
A situation where the government doesn't exist or has no control:
Totalitarianism
Anarchy
This person votes to break a tie in the Senate, since there are 100 Senators:
The Vice President
The main flaw of the Articles of Confederation:
d) they did not give enough power to the federal government, and gave too much power to the states
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
9
What is the only Amendment to ever be repealed? You must give the number and what it did.
The 18th
Prohibition of alcohol
Name ALL of the rights protected by the 1st Amendment:
speech
religion
press
assembly
petition the government
Explain the Social Contract Theory and who first proposed it:
People realized the chaos of life without leadership, so we give up some freedoms in exchange for the protection the government gives us
Thomas Hobbes
The group that supported adopting the Constitution, and the group that opposed it:
Federalists and anti-federalists
The definition of nationalization and devolution:
nationalization: when the power of the federal gov increases over the states
devolution: when the national government gives more power to the states