Govt. Exam
Article 4 the relations between states
A fugitive from justice has fled from Tupelo, MS to Memphis, Tn. Does the state of TN have to return the criminal to stand trial in MS? what article will give the guidlines for this situation
Confederal
A group of loosely held together states formed a new nation with a blank form of government.
Counted when determining representation in Congress
According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, three-fifths of a state's slave population would be
Number of its representatives in both houses of Congress
According to the constitution, a state's electors would be equal to what?
Could only exist in a small territory
Anti-Federalists believed that representative government
Bill of Rights
First 10 amendments that enumerates the rights of the people
Gridlock
For months the Convention was at a stalemate or blank. At the Constitutional Convention the small states and large states presented a plan for the new Constitution.
nine
For the confederation congress to pass any major legislation, how many states had to agree?
He greatly guided the discussion toward a new document and wrote much of it, worked securing ratification tool
For which reason is James Madison hailed as the father of the constitution?
autocracy
Form of govt. in which one person controls most of the governing decisions is a
Twitter, Facebook, Google
Group trying to silence conservative platforms in social media
They called for state legislatures to hold a state ratifying convention
How did the Framers bypass Congress and state legislatures in the process of ratifying the new Constitution?
Article 3: Judicial Branch
Illinois and Ohio have poured pollution into rivers that drain into the Mississippi river. New Orleans now has the highest cancer rate in the nation since it all goes there before the Gulf of Mexico.
executive branch of govt.
In a presidential system, the president is in charge of the
Small group of people
In an oligarchy, who runs the govt?
1787
In the year, blank, delegates arrived in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation but actually wrote the new U.S. Constitution
New Jersey
In which state was the Federalist cause strongest?
Shay's Rebellion
It was the complete failure of Congress to deal with blank that made our Founders realize a new constitution would have to be rewritten and the old constitution scraped.
Bill of Rights
Now ratification would be a problem. In other to convince the Anti-federalists to sign the U.S. constitution, Federalists promised to create a blank, which they did and today we have individual rights protected under this document.
Help pay Britain's debts resulting from the French and Indian War.
Parliament imposed a series of taxes on the colonies beginning in. 1764 and outraged colonists. This was done in order to:
Hillary Clinton
Person who really protested that President Trump was not the legitimate leader.
Article 2: Executive Branch
President Trump issued an order to move 155 million dollars from FEMA relief to the Immigration and Citizenship Enforcement Bureau to help with immigration relief ahead of needs etc
Alexandria Ocasia Cortex
Relatively young leader of the extreme progressives who are aiming toward changing the Democratic Party to include socialists ideas
1808
Slavery would be an issue. The importation of slaves would no longer be protected after the year
Federal
System of govt. that is represented by the illustration in the center of the graph.
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress commissions Thomas Jefferson to draft a document containing the usurptions the king has ignored and explain that because of his not addressing our grievances and continual violation of individual rights as English Citizens, the blank was written.
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts angered colonists because the English closed the blank and make the colonists blank troops within empty businesses and buildings and feed them as well. It is at this time there is a call for a continental congress to meet to decide what must now be done.
put the king under the rule of law thus protecting nobles and commoners.
The Magna Carta was created to accomplish what?
tax the colonists directly without the colonists voice in the matter
The Stamp Act marked parliament's first attempt to
Virginia Plan
The blank Plan or large state plan called for a bicameral legislature and representation to be based on population
Articles of Confederation
The document that was next written was our first constitution of the newly formed government, however weak it was. It was called blank. For 10 years the U.S. operated under that document and numerous short comings were discovered.
Parliamentary
The executive and legislative branches of govt. are fused (means conjoined like Siamese twins) in which type of govt?
bill of rights
The first ten amendments to the constitution are traditionally called the
Great Compromise
The gridlock was broken when Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed combinations of both plans and called it the
Republic
The people are the ultimate source of authority in which govt. system?
Make the king get permission before he could tax Englishmen
The petition of rights resulted from a conflict between Charles 1 and Parliament and the King was asked to sign In order to
New Jersey Plan
The small state plan or blank called for a unicameral legislature and every state to get only 1 vote.
Article 6: supremacy of the national govt.
The state of MS does not want to allow abortion in the state. The US Supreme Court has ruled that the state of MS must allow some provision.
change their government and revolt
Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that, if a government disregards the will of the people, the people are free to do which of the following?
3/5ths compromise
To satisfy the South at this time, it was agreed upon the count part of the slaves in determining their representation in the House of Representatives. This was called the
States
Under the Articles of Confederation, most government power was retained by which?
Totalitarian
What does an authoritarian regime become at its most extreme level of control?
republic or representative democracy
What form of democracy are most democracies in large, industrialized nations?
economic Freedom
What ideal did the Antifederalists find the Constitution lacked?
"the shot heard 'round the world," the start of the American Revolution
What important event occurred three weeks before the Second Continental Congress met?
limiting govt. interference
What is the function of govt. in a free enterprise system?
John Locke
What philosopher was rational, believed that man was born a blank slate, and believed that a representative govt. best served mankind, and needed to protect man's natural rights?
Thomas Hobbes
Which Philosopher argued that govt. must have great power to force obedience to its laws and to defend itself?
Monarchy
Which form of govt. has been the most common throughout world history?
Congress lacked the power to tax
Which of the following was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Passage of the Northwest Ordinance
Which of the following was the Confederation Congress's greatest success?
Heads of state rule by divine right
Which of these is not one of the three components of democratic govt?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which philosopher believed that in the basic goodness of man and the formation of societies and govt. corrupted the human condition and introduced inequality and direct democracy?
Judicial
Which power involves the authority to interpret the laws and to settle disputes between members of society?
Federal
Which system of govt is largely an American invention of flow of power
Confederal
Which system of govt. did the US have in its earliest days as a nation?
Republic
Which system of govt. is an indirect form of democracy, placing political decision making at least one step away from the people?
Social contract theory
Which theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state?
Republic
Which type of govt has three separate branches of govt?
Kamala Harris
Who is the first female Vice President in the US
Thomas Hobbes
Who said that life without govt. was like pitting each individual against the other because man was poor, brutish, nasty, and short? (Wrote the Leviathan)
They wrote the articles in defense of the new Constitution and convince the people advocate ratification of it..
Why did Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison write the Federalist Papers?
Representation in the legislature would be based on population.
Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?
The colonists had no representation in Parliament
Why did the colonists resent the taxes imposed by Parliament beginning in 1764?
States would be represented equally in the senate in the Senate which meant they got more than they asked for in the number of senators.
Why was the Great Compromise acceptable to the smaller states?
Patriot Act
a law enacted as a response to 911 and power government needed to look for terrorist
Schenck v United States
court case that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 and upheld a conviction of a person who tried to prevent/encourage men who had been called up to war or to obstruct
landmark decision
court cases that make major changes in interpretation of law and thus may extend or limit our rights
"All men are created equal" reflects the founders' commitment to which principle?
individual worth
Mike Pence
name of Vice President of the US from 2016-2020
Donald Trump
name of president of US from 2016-2020
Joe Biden
name of the president of the US who will be inaugurated on Jan 20, 2021
27
number of amendments to the constitution
3
number of branches of government guaranteed by the constitution
435
number of representatives in congress today
2
number of senators each state sends to congress
unicameral
one house chamber of the legislature
legitimacy
rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of a nation's population
red states
states that usually vote as republican are called this
blue states
states that usually vote democrat are called this
Donkey
symbol used to represent the Democratic Party
articles of confederation
the New Jersey Plan was designed to stay closer to which document?
divine right
the kings of Europe like Louis XIV and the Chinese dynasties were rolling in the name of God; these are examples of rule by
Republican
the party that is considered the more Conservative party
Democrat
the party that is considered the more progressive party or liberal party
Executive power
the power to carry out, enforce, and administer the law is known as
executive
the president heads which part of the govt?
sovereignty
the supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called
Elephant
the symbol used to represent the Republican Party
bicameral
two house chamber of the legislature
amendment
way to add to or change the Constitution
compromise
what principle of American Democracy is at work when two opposing groups relax some of their demands in an attempt to reach an agreement?
legislative, executive, judicial
what three basic branches of govt. prevent any one group from becoming too powerful in our govt today?
Population, territory, sovereignty, and a govt.
which of the following characteristics necessary for an entity to be a state?
The central govt. has only the powers given to it by the states
which of the following describes a confederal system?
Ensuring national security
which of the following is a basic function of govt. of meeting the needs of its citizens?
maintaining a supply of clean water
which of the following is an example of providing for the public good?
Public good
which of the following is another term for the term general welfare?
paying off a huge war debt of $45 million
which of the following was the most pressing challenge facing the Articles of Confederation?
framers
writers and contributors to constitution