Forms of Government
This form of government allows citizens to elect representatives to make laws on their behalf.
What is a representative democracy?
Republic
Constitutional Republic
This system divides power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
Under the Articles, Congress could not do this to raise money?
What is levy taxes?
This phrase shows that government power comes from the people.
What is "We the People"?
This concept means government power is restricted by law.
What is limited government?
This group supported ratifying the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
This article of the Constitution explains how amendments are made.
What is article V?
These are the first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In this form of government, one person holds all political power, often without citizen input.
What is an autocracy?
Absolute Monarchy
Dictator
In this system, most power is held by a central government.
What is a unitary system?
This branch was missing, leaving no leader to enforce laws.
What is the executive branch?
This is one goal of government meaning keeping peace at home.
What is domestic tranquility?
This system gives each branch the ability to stop another branch.
What are checks and balances?
This group opposed ratification without added protections.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
An amendment can be proposed by this fraction of Congress.
What is two-thirds?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This type of government is ruled by a small elite group, often based on wealth, family, or military power.
What is an oligarchy?
This system gives most power to states with a weak national government.
What is a confederal system?
Congress also lacked the power to control this between states?
What is interstate trade?
The Preamble serves as this part of the Constitution.
What is an introduction?
This divides government into legislative, executive and judicial branches.
What is separation of powers?
(DAILEY DOUBLE)
The Anti-Federalists demanded this be added to protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This fraction of states is required to ratify an amendment.
What is three-fourths?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Unlike this system, the U.S. Constitution protects religious freedom and separates church and state.
What is a theocracy?
Federalism helps protect against this by preventing too much power in one level of government.
What is authoritarianism?
Tyranny
All 13 states had to agree to make this change.
What is amending the Articles of Confederation?
(DAILEY DOUBLE)
This goal refers to protecting the nation from foreign threats.
What is providing for the common defense?
These protect citizens from unfair treatment by the government.
What is due process of law?
Federalists believed this would prevent abuse of power.
What is a strong national government?
This method of ratification involves state legislatures.
What is approval by state legislatures?
(DAILEY DOUBLE)
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The U.S. constitutional republic improves upon this system by using representatives and protecting minority rights.
What is a direct democracy?
(DAILEY DOUBLE)
This is an advantage of federalism that allows states to address local needs while remaining united.
What is balancing local sovereignty with national unity?
Sharing of Power
These weaknesses led directly to the creation of this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
...and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our________
What is posterity?
This idea means no one, including leaders, is above the law.
What is rule of law?
These essays were written to support ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This difficulty of this process shows the importance of constitutional stability.
What is amending the Constitution?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?