Federalist 10
Group of people with common political goal, founders very fearful of this type of group gaining too much power
Faction
Our federal government is broken down into these 3...
Branches of government
Ruled by a king or queen that inherits the role
monarchy
Who wrote the federalist papers?
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
Where is our senior prom this year?
Palmer House
A group of people with common political values, the liberaterians are an example of this
Political Parties
The highest court in the US that determines things constitutional or not
Supreme court
Why was this written?
To establish branches of government
What two federalist papers have we been studying?
10 and 51
What island country was the first the abolish/overthrow slavery?
Haiti
Everyone is the country votes on all the laws
Direct democracy
The legislating body of the US
Congress
The president is this branch
Executive branch
Do the founding fathers believe that people are inherently bad or good?
Bad
What is the FDA?
Food and Drug Administration
a form of democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives
Representative Republic
provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and balances
This branch determines constitutionality
Judicial branch
What final document did the federalist papers inform?
The US Constitution
Name at least 4 countries in Central America that ARE NOT Mexico.
El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, etc
When the largest group of people vote on policies that hurt minorities
Tyranny of the majority
How does the legislative branch check the executive branch?
They can create laws for approval
They can impeach the president
How is slavery an example of factions that are too powerful?
The minority of people did not benefit from the rule of the majority.
Which branch of government is intended to represent people based on region/state.
Legislative branch
Name 3 countries in West Africa.
Nigeria, Mauritania, Ghana, etc