Types of Government
Voting
Constitutional Convention
Articles v. Constitution & Federalists v. Anti-Federalists
Principles of Democracy
100

This type of government is controlled by elected officials but involves a king or queen who acts as head of state.

What is a monarchy?

100

It is not the popular vote, but this vote that determines the winner of presidential elections.

What is the Electoral College?

100
This plan was favored by "large" states with representation in Congress based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
100
This governing document allows for Congress to levy taxes so that America could pay its debts following the Revolutionary War. It also created an executive branch and established a court system (previously, none existed).
What is the Constitution?
100
Includes the rights to life, liberty, and property (happiness).
What are natural rights?
200

In this type of limited government, people elect officials to represent them; decision-making can be sluggish due to compromise.

What is representative democracy (a republic)?

200

The Nineteenth (19th) Amendment granted the right to vote to this "better half"?

Who are women?

200
This plan was favored by "small" states with equal representation (one state, one vote) in Congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
These individuals favored a strong national/central government that could provide for the common defense at all times.
Who are the Federalists?
200
The freedoms of speech and religion, the right to protection against unreasonable search and seizure, and the rights of the accused and of those on trial.
What are individual rights?
300

This type of government requires direct participation (e.g. referendums) from all citizens which makes it difficult to maintain among larger populations.

What is direct democracy?

300

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

What is the 15th Amendment?

300
This compromise merged 2 plans, creating a bicameral legislature with representation in one chamber (the House) based on population and a second chamber (the Senate) based on equal representation (2 votes per state).
What is the Great (or Connecticut) compromise?
300
This governing document failed to grant the power to tax or to create courts; it also failed to establish an executive branch capable of enforcing the nation's laws.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300

The power of an independent judiciary, or courts of law, to determine whether the acts of other components of the government are in accordance with the constitution. Any action that conflicts with the constitution is declared unconstitutional and therefore nullified

What is Judicial Review?

400

This type of government is controlled by religious leaders who impose strict moral codes and who are intolerant of religious diversity.

What is theocracy?

400

This landmark piece of federal legislation, signed into law in 1965, prohibits discrimination in voting, but certain provisions, such as the regulation of elections in districts known for racial discrimination, were recently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

400
This compromise determined that slaves would equal 3/5 of a person when determining population and representation in the House of Representatives.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
400
These individuals believed local government to be more responsive to citizens' needs and insisted that a Bill of Rights was needed to protect individual freedoms.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
400
The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.
What is popular sovereignty?
500

A few individuals—landed elite or military leaders—control these types of government which make quick decisions but allow citizens little control.

What are aristocracy and oligarchy?

500

"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."

What is the 26th Amendment?

500
This compromise merged 2 plans for electing the president; a popular vote conducted in individual states would in turn determine how electors would cast their votes for president.
What is the Electoral College Compromise?
500
This governing document declared the supremacy of federal and that the federal government must treat all states alike to avoid conflicts between states and between state and federal government.
What is the Constitution?
500
A political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers.
What is limited government?
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