Topic 1
How many people rule in an Autocracy/Dictatorship
One
Biggest issue with the Articles of Confederation
It could not tax
The supreme law of the land
The two major political parties today
Republican and Democrat
Branch that enforces laws
Executive branch
People vote directly on all matters of government.
People vote for representatives to vote on matters of government
Direct Democracy
Indirect Democracy
Checks and balances
Bicameralism means
Two-house legislative
We elect members every ____ years to the:
House
Senate
Presidency
2
6
4
The government owns all means of production
Communism
Who holds power in a Republic/Democracy
The people
The 3/5ths compromise
A system of government that divides powers among a central government and various state governments
Federalism
The number of members in the
House
Senate
435
100
Reveresed Plessy v. Ferguson and ended segregation in schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Humans overcame their unpleasantness and agreed to make a nation
Social Contract Theory
The first two political parties
Federalist and Democratic-Republican
Marbury v. Madison established
Judicial review
The impeachment process
Majority vote in the House followed by a 2/3rds vote in the Senate
The government should keep its hands off the economy
Laissez-Faire
The three inalienable rights are in the Declaration of Independence.
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Government exists with the consent of the governed
Popular Sovereignty
The first ten amendments
Bill of Rights
Drawing boundaries of an election district to give an advantage to the party in control of the state legislature.
Gerrymandering
If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote, who decides the election
House of Representatives