Functions of Government
What political term means: rule of the many?
What is DEMOCRACY?
(means "the People rule")
A political term that describes fundamental rights that are inherent in human beings because they are created in the image of God.
What are UNALIENABLE RIGHTS?
(Man has inherent rights, namely life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which the government is charged with protecting. The government does not confer these rights and therefore, cannot take them away)
Political term describes the sharing of political authority between the multiple branches of the federal government
What is SEPARATION OF POWERS?
Term that describes the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which describe the liberties upon which government cannot infringe, except by means of due process.
What is the BILL OF RIGHTS?
The institution of American government vested with the power to make laws.
What is the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (Congress)?
A type of government in which all or most citizens participate directly.
What is a DIRECT DEMOCRACY?
(Eligible citizens propose and vote directly on policy issues)
The American founding document in which the concept of inherent rights was first introduced.
What is THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
(The first foundational American document which lays the foundation for the Constitution)
Political term that refers to any group of citizens with a distinct political interest or opinion?
What is FACTION?
This Amendment guarantees a right to free religion, free speech, free press, free assembly and freedom to petition the government.
What is THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
The institution of government vested with the power to carry out/enforce the law.
What is the EXECUTIVE BRANCH?
The type of government established by the United States Constitution, in which elected leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote.
What is a REPRESENTATIVE (REPUBLICAN) DEMOCRACY (REPUBLIC)?
(Elected officials propose and vote on policies on behalf of their constituents)
The first constitution which established a form of democracy in the United States.
What is the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
Term that describes the constitutional ability of multiple braches of government to limit each other's power.
What are CHECKS AND BALANCES?
(presidential veto/judicial review/congressional override, etc.)
This Amendment banned involutary servitude except for citizens convicted of a felony.
What is THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
The institution of government vested with the power to interpret the law.
What is the JUDICIAL BRANCH?
A set of domestic and foreign policy issues that the People believe require governmental action to resolve.
What is a POLITICAL AGENDA (ISSUES)?
(In American government, political parties and interest groups represent various policy ideas and attempt to make them official public policy by establishing a majority in Congress and by controlling the Executive branch)
The plan proposed by Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans to create unicameral legislative body to rule over the United States?
What is THE GREAT COMPROMISE (CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE)?
Powers kept by the states under the United States Constitution.
What are RESERVED POWERS?
(Powers not given to the federal government in the United States Constitution)
This amendment protects a citizen from forced self-incrimination.
What is the FIFTH AMENDMENT?
Political term describing a two house/chamber Congress.
What is BICAMERAL.
Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution.
What is LEGITIMACY?
(The Constitution of the United States establishes three branches of civil government and confers certain powers upon each in order to establish a society that protects fundamental liberties)
Political term that describes the powers given to the national (federal government) under the United States Constitution.
What are ENUMERATED (DELEGATED) POWERS?
Political term that describes a division of powers--or shared powers--between national and state governments.
What is FEDERALISM?
(Basis for our constitutional system. Some powers [elections, school systems, intra-state commerce] belong to the states, and some [immigration, national defense] to the national government; federal government is sovereign.
This amendment requires state governments to exercise due process and equal protection under the law for its citizens.
What is the FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT?
The chamber of Congress in which the People are represented proportionally.
What is the House of Representatives?