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31 Cards in this Set
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name the purposes of government |
1) to maintain social order
2) to provide public services
3) to provide security and defense
4) to provide for the economy |
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name the origins of government |
1) evolutionary theory
2) force theory
3) divine right theory
4) social contract theory |
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evolutionary theory |
state evolves from family, head of primary family serves as govt. authority |
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force theory |
state brought under the authority of one person or group |
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divine right theory |
state is ruled by a member who's right to rule comes from god |
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social contract theory |
state evolves by a social contract between the ruler and the ruled |
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federal system |
system of a government that divides the powers of government and state or provincial government |
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four characteristics of government |
1) individual liberty
2) majority rule and minority rights
3) free elections
4) competing political parties |
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list the comprimises at the continental congress |
1) the connecticut comprimise
2) the 3/5ths comprimise
3) electoral college system |
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the connecticut comprimise |
legislative branch has house of represenatives and a senate |
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the 3/5ths comprimise |
instead of counting all the enslaved people, only three fifths were to be counted for both tax purpose and representation |
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electoral college system |
each state selects senators to choose the president |
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define the preamble yo |
authors of the constitution explain why it was written and the purposes of government |
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how many articles are in the preamble? |
seven! geddit down man! |
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article one |
establishes the legislative branch |
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article two |
creates an executive branch to carry out laws passed by congress |
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article three |
establishes a supreme court to head the judicial branch |
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article four |
relationship of states to one another and to the national government |
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article five |
spells out the ways the constitution can be amended or changed |
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article six |
contains the supremacy clause |
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supremacy clause |
establishing that the constitution, laws passed by congress, and treaties of the US "shall be the supreme law of the land" |
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article seven |
addresses ratification and declares that the constitution would take effect after it was ratified by nine states |
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name the six major principles of the constitution |
1) popular sovereignty 2) federalism 3) separation of powers 4) checks and balances 5) judicial review 6) limited government
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popular sovereignty
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people are the source of govt. power |
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federalism |
in this govt. system, power is divided between national and state governments |
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separation of powers |
each of these three branches of govt has it's own responsibilities |
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checks and balances |
each branch of govt holds some control over the other two branches |
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judicial review |
courts have power to declare laws, and actions of actions of congress and the president, unconstitutional |
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limited government |
the constitution limits the powers of the govt. by making explicit grants of authority |
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sunset law |
gets an automatic end date for the law |
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sunshine law |
prohibits public officials from holding closed meetings |
