TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
What type of Government do we have here in America?
A Republic
Believed that humans were born a "blank slate"
Aristotle
COMPLETE THE FLOWCHART:
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS -> POLITICAL PROBLEMS -> ____________
VIOLENCE
WHAT ARE THE 3 BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT CALLED?
LEGISLATIVE
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIAL
A DIVISION OF POWER AMONG NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
FEDERALISM
A government that has a King or a Queen calling the shots...
Monarchy
MONTESQUE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
CHECKS AND BALANCES
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
CONGRESS IS DIVIDED UP INTO A LOWER CHAMBER AND AN UPPER CHAMBER .
NAME EACH.
THE SENATE
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNMENT POWER RESIDES IN THE PEOPLE
DEMOCRACY
The absence of Law and Order
Anarchy
SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
THOMAS HOBBES
AMERICA'S FIRST CONSTITUTION...
IT WAS REPLACED AFTER 11 YEARS.
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
WHO SERVES THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
A government with Total Control over the people.
Totalitarianism
Life, Liberty, and Property
JOHN LOCKE
This man presided over the Constitutional Convention.
General George Washington
THIS GROUP OF AMERICANS WANTED A BILL OF RIGHTS ADDED ONTO THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE IT WAS RATIFIED.
ANTI-FEDERALISTS
RIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE GIVEN, OR TAKEN AWAY. THEY ARE GOD GIVEN.
NATURAL RIGHTS
Everyone votes on every single issue.
Majority rules in this society.
Direct Democracy
Sir William Blackstone
THIS EVENT DEMONSTRATED THE WEAKNESS OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.
SHAYS REBELLION
THESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SERVE FOR LIFE...
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
A WORD MEANING... CHANGE
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