American Government
The three branches of American Government.
What is legislative, executive, and judicial.
Electing a president through states, who decide how to choose electors (# of electors = a state's number of members in congress)
What is electoral college?
Stated that Natural Laws should govern society (life, liberty, property); the governed should consent to the government.
Who is John Locke?
Document to King George III that explained the justifications for why the colonies were breaking up with Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The sharing of powers between the national government and state government.
What is Federalism?
Addressing national issues with free federal dollars, grant-in-aid programs ("power of the purse")
What is federal grant?
Process in which the constitution can be altered under one of these met requirements:
1. 2/3 vote to approve by congress
2/ 3/4 vote by state legislatures
What is the amendment process?
Argued a governed state is better for society. People need to give up some of their rights for the good of all.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Document containing 7 articles that establishes the structure the government.
What is The U.S. Constitution?
citizens of sovereign states elect leaders for a limited time who make & execute the laws
What is Republicanism?
A list of essential rights that the government cannot take away
What is the Bill of Rights?
Combined the Virginia and New Jersey plan to make the Bi-cameral legislature: senate and house of representatives.
What is the Great Compromise?
Stated that the social contract is when "free and equal people commit to serve the general good", and in popular sovereignty, the people are the authority.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Document that laid out the first form of government in the US; a "league of friendships" among the 13 states that are sovereign and one federal branch (congress) with minimal powers.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Argued for strong federal government that will prevent fractions from over powering the country.
What are federalists?
Three forms of representative democracy that include the broad involvement of citizens, groups with widely varying interests to influence policy making, and the elected representatives that act as trustees for the people who elect them.
What is participatory, pluralist, and elite.
Gives Congress power to regulate trade between states, set tariffs on imports, and legislate on health, safety, and crime
What is the Commerce Clause?
Suggested a republican government with limited & separated powers (the 3 branches)
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
Argument written opposing federalist no 10 and the constitution, in that giving congress too much power with the supremacy clause and having stronger central government will make state governments go away.
What is Brutus No. 1?
An accusation of wrong-doings by a president, federal judge, or other official.
What is Impeachment?
Type of power associated with the military, foreign diplomacy, currency, international and interstate commerce
What is Exclusive powers?
National powers is above the states, but is limited by the enumerated powers (Article I, section 8)
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The Grand Committee who wrote the US constitution.
Who are James Madison, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, & other state delegates?
Document that established the checks and balances between each branch of government that restricts another, and that each branch should have equally as much power as the other.
What is Federalist No. 51?
10th and 14th amendment grants these powers, in which reserved powers not listed in articles 1-3 belong to this group and they are required to protect privileges and immunities to citizens from other states.
What is state power?