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What is the purpose of a Constitution?
What is the purpose of a Constitution?
To set out the processes, structure and principles of a government.
In a democracy where does supreme authority reside?
In a democracy where does supreme authority reside?
With the people.
What is a confederation?
What is a confederation?
An alliance of independent states
What is a "state of nature"?
What is a "state of nature"?
Where there is no government to protect people.
What is limited government?
What is limited government?
The idea that government must operate withing certain bounds set by the people.
In which types of government does one person rule?
In which types of government does one person rule?
Dictatorship or Monarchy
Describe a federal system.
Describe a federal system.
A system of government that shares power between a central government and individual states.
Who does a representative government serve?
Who does a representative government serve?
The people
Which type of government has a single center of power?
Which type of government has a single center of power?
A unitary system.
What feature do all dictatorships share?
What feature do all dictatorships share?
They are all authoritarian.
How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect?
How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect?
9
Which group was in favor of ratification of the new Constitution?
Which group was in favor of ratification of the new Constitution?
The Federalists
Which "plan" called for a government with three separate branches?
Which "plan" called for a government with three separate branches?
The Virginia Plan
This "compromise" called for two houses of Congress, the larger based on population and the smaller with equal state representation.
This "compromise" called for two houses of Congress, the larger based on population and the smaller with equal state representation.
The Connecticut Compromise
What document created the first plan of government for the U.S. following the War of Independence?
What document created the first plan of government for the U.S. following the War of Independence?
The Articles of Confederation
What type of economy does the United States have?
What type of economy does the United States have?
Free enterprise or capitalism
This "plan" called for a Congress with equal representation from each state.
This "plan" called for a Congress with equal representation from each state.
The New Jersey Plan
How many states voted in favor of ratifying the Constitution?
How many states voted in favor of ratifying the Constitution?
All 13
It put a tax on all paper products, including legal documents and newspapers.
It put a tax on all paper products, including legal documents and newspapers.
The Stamp Act
In the American concept of democracy what must accompany majority rule?
In the American concept of democracy what must accompany majority rule?
Minority rights
The greatest basketball team of all time.
The greatest basketball team of all time.
The San Antonio Spurs
Who are Texas' two senators?
Who are Texas' two senators?
Ted Cruz and John Cornyn
During the American Revolution a common feature of each of the State constitutions was popular sovereignty. Describe popular sovereignty.
During the American Revolution a common feature of each of the State constitutions was popular sovereignty. Describe popular sovereignty.
Government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
Which document limited the power of the king?
Which document limited the power of the king?
The Magna Carta
Besides a population of people and a defined territory, what else must a state (nation) have by definition?
Besides a population of people and a defined territory, what else must a state (nation) have by definition?
A sovereign government
What was the first national government for the United States?
What was the first national government for the United States?
The Second Continental Congress
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