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Basics of Gov’t. Dec’l of Indep . Ratifying the Const. Constitutional Principles. POTPOURRI. 1pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1pt. 1 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2pt. 2pt. 2 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 5pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt.

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  1. Basics of Gov’t Dec’l of Indep. Ratifying the Const. Constitutional Principles POTPOURRI 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

  2. These are the three branches of government.

  3. What are Executive, Legislative and Judicial?

  4. These are the two kinds of democracy.

  5. What are direct and indirect democracy (or representative and direct)?

  6. This is the primary difference between the presidential and parliamentary systems.

  7. What is in the presidential system, the chief executive is elected separate from the head of the legislative branch (or visa versa)?

  8. These are the four characteristics of a state.

  9. What are population, territory, sovereignty, and goverment?

  10. These are the differences between AND an example of the following governments: unitary, confederate, federal.

  11. What are (1) unitary – single level of gov’t (ex – Great Britain); (2) Confederate – 2 levels - strong local or state, weak central gov’t (AOC, etc); (3) Federal – 2 levels – weak state, strong central gov’t (USA)?

  12. This is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence (and a future president!).

  13. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

  14. These are the three “inalienable rights” guaranteed to all people, in the Declaration.

  15. What are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

  16. These are three purposes of the Declaration.

  17. What are declaring independence, listing grievances, laying out principles of governance?

  18. This is an explanation as to why the Declaration was a radical document.

  19. What is / are the Declaration represents a break with all other forms of government at the time (monarchies) / system based on an idea (enlightenment principles) etc?

  20. These are four principles of the Declaration of Independence (think about the second paragraph!).

  21. What are (1) all men are created equal (2) endowed by creator w/ inalienable rights (3) gov’ts instituted to protect people’s rights (4) gov’t can be overthrown if not protecting rights?

  22. This is the definition of an express power.

  23. What is a power that is written in the constitution?

  24. This series of persuasive essays were written to convince people in New York to support the Constitution’s ratification.

  25. What were the Federalist Papers?

  26. This is the story behind the creation of a bicameral legislature, in the constitution (name / explain the compromise!).

  27. What are the VA Plan (wanted population based legisl.), the NJ Plan (equal state representation) & the CT compromise (2 chambers)?

  28. These are the three compromises involving slavery in the constitution.

  29. What are the 3/5 Compromise, the Fugitive Slave provision, and no ban on importation until 1808?

  30. These are three reasons why the Founders opted for an indirectly elected President, through the Electoral College.

  31. What are concern for favorite sons, transport and communication concerns (including corruption), and fear of direct democracy?

  32. This is an example of Checks and Balances in action.

  33. What is how a bill becomes a law, etc. (various)?

  34. This is the definition of the Rule of Law.

  35. What is government officials are subject to same laws as everyone else?

  36. This is how the principles of Popular Sovereignty and Limited Government fit together.

  37. What is since government gets its power from the people, and the people are its only source of power, then the government is one of LIMITED powers?

  38. This is how Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances fit together.

  39. What is that both principles limit the power that each governmental branch has, so no one branch can dominate the government and become dictators?

  40. This is a description of how Federalism can be both a “floor” and a “ceiling” (with examples!).

  41. What is Federalism can establish minimum national standards (ex. speed limit, etc) AND exclude states from regulating certain things (ex. private sector labor)?

  42. Identify two modern day examples of a dictatorship.

  43. What are (various) – China, Cuba, North Korea, etc.?

  44. This is who makes decisions in a capitalist system, strongly influencing price, supply of goods, establishing demand, etc.

  45. What are millions of individual consumers?

  46. This is what a Bill of Attainder does.

  47. What is a law that applies only to an individual or specific group of people, jailing them without a trial?

  48. This is the original number of parts of the bill of rights AND the total number of that original Bill of Rights adopted.

  49. What are twelve and eleven?

  50. This is why the American democratic principle “majority rules” is misleading (with an example!).

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