Three Branches
The Founders designed this part of the government to be the closest to the will of the people
What is the House of Representatives?
A form of government that has the PEOPLE elect REPRESENTATIVES to run the government and make laws
What is Representative Democracy / Democratic Republic?
The founders feared direct democracy because it would lead to _________
His political theory revolved around property, consent, and unalienable rights and was deeply influential in the founding of America
Who was John Locke?
"We the people of the United States"
US Constitution
This power of the president serves to provide a check on the legislature
What is veto power?
The consent of the governed
What is the source of governmental authority?
The founders could not conceive of a moral people without ________
religion
He argued that all men are naturally rational and political animals
Who was Aristotle?
"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations"
Declaration of Independence
This part of the legislature was designed to guard against "mutable policy" which "poisons the blessings of liberty itself"
What is the Senate?
Mechanisms designed to prevent one branch of government from acquiring too much power for itself
What is the separation of powers? What are checks and balances?
Among other things, the Northwest Ordinance encouraged the establishment of _________ to preserve "[r]eligion, morality, and knowledge"
schools
He strongly warned against getting involved in the political affairs of foreign nations
Who was George Washington?
"nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"
Bill of Rights (5th Amendment)
This office is responsible for being the "bulwark of the national security"
What is the presidency?
To secure the natural rights of human beings
What is the purpose of government?
The executive should not be plural because it would destroy ________ in case someone made a bad decision
responsibility
This pen name was rather fond of writing long essays but ultimately failed against the battle against Publius
Who is Brutus?
"No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship, or religious sentiments, in the said territories"
Northwest Ordinance
Without this process, the Constitution would be open to anyone's interpretation
What is judicial review?
The greatest danger to popular government
What are factions? What is "party spirit"?
Washington said that the fundamental problem with government under the Articles of Confederation was that they viewed human nature _______________
too highly
He was the first president to argue for a hyper-powerful executive, contrary to founding principles
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
Towards the preservation of your Government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles however specious the pretexts."
Washington's Farewell Address