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Government - E1 - P1
Government - Exam 1 - Part 1 - Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Unlike the government established by the Mayflower Compact, colonial charters derived their authority from? | the British monarchs |
| What was an important outcome of Shay's Rebellion? | The Constitutional Convention |
| The Founders did NOT all believe in what? | the nature of representation |
| What power is exercised by the Supreme Court when it declares a federal law or presidential action as unconstitutional? | judicial review |
| The ______ has NO part in any of the possible methods of amending the Constitution. | President |
| Choosing a representative to stand for you in Washington is known as? | Republicanism |
| What form did most of the revenue raised under the original Constitution take? | import tariffs |
| Who was given the power to declare war under the Constitution? | Congress |
| How many amendments have been made to the Constitution? | 27 |
| What topic was the most debated at the Philadelphia convention? | representation |
| What is independent authority given to both states and the national government? | Federalism |
| ________ is a government of laws, not people, operating on the principle that governmental power must be limited and government officials should be restrained in their exercise of power over individuals. | constitutionalism |
| ______ is the legal structure of a political system, establishing governmental bodies, granting their powers, determining how their members are selected and prescribing rules by which they make their decisions. | constitution |
| _______ was an agreement among pilgrim colonists to establish a government, setting the precedent of government by contract among the governed. | Mayflower Compact |
| ______ are documents granted by the English Monarch to individuals, companies, and groups of settlers in the new American colonies. | colonial charters |
| ______ was the original framework for the government of the United States, adopted in 1781 and superseded by the U.S. Constitution in 1789 | The Articles of Confederation |
| The law that would govern humans in a state of nature before governments existed. | natural law |
| The rights of all people derived from natural law and not bestowed by governments, including the rights to life, liberty and property. | inalienable rights |
| _____ was responsible for the original concept of natural law. | Aristotle |
| ______ said that natural law is part of the law of God, knowable by human beings by their power of reason. | Thomas Aquinas |
| ______ said humans by nature are not only reasonable but social and that rules are natural to them -- those dictated by reason alone -- are those which enable them to live in harmony with one another. | Hugo Grotius |
| How members of the house are there? | 435 |
| How many electors in the electoral college are there? | 535 |
| Absolute rule claiming the right to govern came directly from God. | Divine Right of Kings |
| 3 key figures in The Reformation: | Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Pope Leo X |
| ______ proposed separation of executive and legislative powers | John Locke |
| ______ proposed separation of judiciary in addition to executive and legislative | Baron de Montesquieu |
| ______ was a conservative in Parliament supporting the colonies | Edmund Burke |
| ______ wrote “Leviathan” (1651), and believed that a government’s power must be absolute. | Thomas Hobbes |
| Wrote the Second Treatise on Government 1689 | John Locke |
| ______ states that people are [politically] free and equal by the God-given right to consent to the government which has authority over them. | Social Contract Theory |
| A ______ is an agreement between the people and their government signifying consent to be governed. | social contract |
| Puritans were also known as ______. | Separatists |
| The first American legal code was ______ also known as ______. | Lawes Divine, Moral and Martiall, Dale's Code |
| 2 examples of proprietary charters given to an individual were ______. | William Penn, Lord Baltimore |
| Royal charters were given to the colonists themselves in what 2 states? | Connecticut and Rhode Island |
| ______ was an age of the development of commercial industry and favorable balance of trade. | Mercantilism |
| The phrase "no taxation without representation" was a response to the ________. | Stamp Act of 1765 |
| The Boston Tea Party was a response to the ______. | Townshend Acts of 1767 |
| The ______, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were a total blockade of Boston and the housing British troops. | Coercive Acts of 1774 |
| The General Assembly of Virginia consisted of Governor Sir ______, his __ concillors (the upper house), and ___ elected burgesses (the lower house) | George Yeardly, 6, 22 |
| The ______ consisted of Governor Sir George Yeardly, his 6 concillors (the upper house), and 22 elected burgesses (the lower house). | General Assembly of Virginia |
| ______ wrote Common Sense. | Thomas Paine |
| The Declaration of Independence was authored by ______. | Thomas Jefferson |
| The idea the government originates from an implied contract among people who agree to obey laws in exchange for the protection of their natural rights | Social Contract |
| Government by representatives of the people rather than directly by the people themselves | Republicanism |
| Belief that shared cultural, historical, linguistic, and social characteristics of a people justify the creation of a government encompassing all of them | Nationalism |
| The resulting nation-state should be independent and legally equal to all other nation-states | Nationalism |
| A government in which power is concentrated in the legislature, which chooses from among its members a prime minister and cabinet | Parliamentary government |
| A constitutional plan that merged elements of a Virginia plan and a New Jersey plan into the present arrangement of the US Congress | Connecticut Compromise |
| A compromise in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 between pre- and slave states in which slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for both taxation and representation. | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| Compulsory payments to the government | Taxes |
| Tax imposed on imported products (also called a customs duty) | Tariff |
| Unified trade area in which all goods and services can be sold or exchanged free from customs or tariffs | Common Market |
| The clause in Article VI of the US Constitution declaring the Constitution and federal laws “the supreme Law of the Land” superior to state laws and constitutions and requiring state judges to be bound thereby. | National Supremacy Clause |
| proposed laws or constitutional amendments submitted to the voters for their direct approval or rejection, found in state constitutions, but not in the US Constitution | Referenda |
| Constitutional division of powers among the three branches of the national government – legislative, executive and judicial | Separation of Powers |
| Constitutional provisions giving each branch of the national government certain checks over the actions of other branches | Checks and Balances |
| Power of the US Supreme Court and federal judiciary to declare laws of Congress and the states and actions of the president unconstitutional and therefore legally invalid | Judicial review |
| Power of a legislature to approve or reject decisions made by other bodies. | Ratification |
| ______ or ______ must have the power to ratify constitutional amendments submitted by Congress. | State legislators, state conventions |
| The US Senate has the power to ratify ______ made by the president | treaties |
| The ______ has the power to ratify treaties made by the president | US Senate |
| Opponents of the ratification of the Constitution, who later coalesced into a political party supporting Thomas Jefferson for president in 1800. | Anti-Federalists |
| Written guidance of basic individual liberties; the first ten amendments to the US Constitution | Bill of Rights |
| Powers specifically mentioned in the Constitution belonging to the national government | Enumerated powers |
| Formal changes in a bill, law or constitution | Amendments |
| Proposed amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing that equal rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex | Equal Rights Amendment |
| The ______ was passed by Congress in 1972, the amendment failed to win ratification by three of the necessary three-fourths of the states. | Equal Rights Amendment |
| What is the article, section, clause of the Elastic or Necessary and Proper Clause? | Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 |
| What article, section, clause deals with the powers denied to the states? | Article 1, Section 10 |
| What article, section, clause outlines the presidential powers? | Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1-3 |
| What article, section, clause is the Supremacy Clause? | Article 6, Clause 2 |
| The first 10 amendments were written by ______. | James Madison |
| What are 2 court cases which affirmed the 2nd amendment's right to bear arms? | District of Columbia v. Heller, Chicago v. McDonald |
| What amendment protects citizens from quartering troops? | 3rd amendment |
| What amendment protects against unreasonable searches? | 4th amendment |
| What amendment provides for a grand jury; protects against double jeopardy; due process of law; compensation for confiscation of private property for public use? | 5th amendment |
| What amendment? speedy and public trial; confront witnesses in court; legal counsel | 6th amendment |
| What amendment? right to a jury trial in civil cases | 7th amendment |
| What amendment? prohibits excessive bail, fines or cruel or unusual punishment | 8th amendment |
| What amendment? Protects all other unspecified rights of the people | 9th amendment |
| What amendment? reserves to the states or the people those powers neither granted to the federal government nor prohibited to the states in the Constitution | 10th amendment |
| The term ______ began in the administration of Richard Nixon (1969-1974) and the program of general revenue sharing continued into the Ronald Reagan administration. | New Federalism |
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