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Government - Ch. 2
Govt. - Chapter 2 - Origins of Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Basic principle of the American system of government; that government is limited in what it may do, and each individual has certain rights the government cannot take away. | limited government |
| System of government in which public policies are made by officials who are selected by the voters and held accountable to them in periodic elections. | representative government |
| The Great Charter establishing the principle that the power of the monarchy was not absolute in England; forced upon his barons in 1215; and protecting such fundamental rights as trial by jury. | Magna Carta |
| Challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring in 1628 in England that even a monarch must obey the law of the land. | Petition of Right |
| Drawn up by Parliament in 1689 to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis of much in American government and politics. | English Bill of Rights |
| A written grand of authority from the king. | charter |
| A legislative body composed of two houses. | bicameral |
| A legislative body composed of one chamber. | unicameral |
| Plan put forward by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed at uniting the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; never enacted. | Albany Plan of Union |
| Refusal to buy or sell an opponent's goods in order to influence their behavior. | boycott |
| Body of fundamental law, setting out the basic principles, structures, processes, and functions of a government and placing limits upon its actions; may be written or unwritten. | constitution |
| Basic principle of government that says the people are the only source of any and all governmental power, that government must be conducted with the consent of the governe. | popular sovereignty |
| Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty. | ratification |
| Document by which the first U.S. government was established after the American Revolution; allowed few important powers to the central government. | Articles of Confederation |
| The group who came together in 1787 to draft the Constitution of the United States. | framers |
| Plan offered at the Constitutional Convention; called for a bicameral legislature in which representation in both houses would be based on population or financial support for the central government. | Virginia Plan |
| An alternative to the Virginia Plan offered at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, differing chiefly in the matter of how states shold be represented in Congress. | New Jersey Plan |
| Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which the States would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based upon a State's population. | Connecticut Compromise. |
| An agreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that slaves should be conted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of determining the population of a state. | Three-fifths Compromise |
| An agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 protecting the interests of slaveholders by forbiding Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade. | Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise. |
| Those persons who supported the adoption of the Constitution in 1787-178. | Federalists |
| Those persons who opposed the adiption of the Constitution in 1787-1788. | Anti-Federalists |
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