Government Final 1
This type of election helps narrow down the candidates for a party's nomination.
What is a primary election.
What is the purpose of a political party?
They can act as a link between position and constituents and help to see if candidate is good for the position.
Alexander Hamilton led what national party that favored strong national government?
What is the Federalist party.
This system helps elect the President to ensure equal representation for both big and small states.
What is the electoral college.
The power to declare war belongs to which level of government?
What is the federal government. States cannot declare war.
What is a key feature of federalism?
This document limits the power of a democratic government and protects citizen's rights.
What is a Constitution.
What concept allows each branch to limit to the power of the other branches?
What is "checks and balances".
This event (usually 3 days) allows the party to promote their candidate and gain public support.
What is a national convention.
This document signed in England by the king limited the monarch's power and he no longer had absolute power.
What is the Magna Carta.
What new media platform did Donald Trump use in the most recent election? (Some analysts are saying this helped him to win.)
What is podcasting.
To ensure the right to due process (right to a trial in court), who defended the soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
Who is John Adams.
In early May of 1787, who met to discuss the revising of the Articles of Confederation in Philadelphia?
Delegates from each colony met at first to discuss revision not replacement.
Who was a main contributor to the Constitution and also recorded much of the Constitutional Convention?
Who is James Madison.
In late May at the Constitutional Convention, the delegates determined what debate when they knew the government needed to consist of 3 branches: legislative, executive, and judiciary.
What is the Article of Confederation needed to replaced not just revised.
The Virginia and New Jersey plan each contained the 3 branches of government. What are the 3 branches of government?
What are Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative (Congress). Note: Each plan included all three branches but how they were formed is different.
What was a major factor in the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
What is population. Virginia favored states w/ large population and New Jersey favored states w/ small population.
In the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise), how many representatives were elected from each state?
What was the main concern of the anti-federalist?
They worried that the federal/central government would become too powerful.
Who wanted the 3/5 compromise and why?
The South so that it would help increase their population and give them more representation to the House.
Those who are citizens and over the age of 18. There are some limitations but do not need to know for test.
Secret ballots would be part of what type of government?
An autocratic government. It should not be part of a democratic election.
You will read a quote from George Washington. What was his concern about political parties?
His belief was that political parties could result in factions and despotism (absolute power).
Which party gets either none or few electoral votes?
What is an independent or minor party.
What document passed in England forced the king to have to ask Parliament to raise taxes.
What is the English Bill of Rights.