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Ideals of Democracy
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Government
100
The document where is the Preamble is located.
What is the Constitution?
100
Who gives government its power in a democracy.
Who are the people/citizens?
100
What states did the New Jersey plan favor?
Who are smaller states?
100
Lawmaking branch of government.
What is the Legislative Branch?
100

theory of government that says government result from a powerful leader consolidating people through force

What is Force Theory?

200

These three documents heavily influenced our Constitution

What are the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and Petition of Rights

200
The concept where two or more sides must given in a little for decisions to be made.
What is Compromise?
200
What states did the Virginia Plan favor?
Who are larger states?
200
Branch of government which enforces laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
200

Type of government with a single powerful ruler that acts a executive, judicial, and legislative branch

What is an autocracy

300

one of the main reasons of the war for independence

What is taxes?

300
The idea that government only has the powers which are given to it.
What is limited government?
300
Plan that was a compromise between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan.
What is Connecticut Compromise?
300
Branch of government which interprets laws and punishes lawbreakers.
What is the Judicial Branch?
300

Type of government where the executive is chosen by the party in power

What is Parliamentary

400

This event proved that we needed a stronger federal government

What is Shay’s Rebellion?

400
The idea that government makes decisions based on what over half the group wants.
What is majority rule?
400
Group of American that wanted the new U.S. government to have authority over all states and American citizens.
Who are the Federalists?
400
One reason the Articles of Confederation failed.
What is 1. Federal government had too little/states had too much power 2. Plan did consider future growth/too hard to change.
400

theory of government where leader is chosen by a diety

What is divine right

500

Compromise that said enslaved people count as partial citizens

What is the 3/5ths Compromise?

500
The characteristic that a nation has the right to make all of its own decisions.
What is sovereignty?
500
What was the Compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
According to the Declaration of Independence, the three rights all people are entitled to.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
500

The institution that makes and enforces public policies

What is Government?