Question 1

limited government

Accepted Answer

Basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

Question 2

representative government:

Accepted Answer

System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections

Question 3

Magna Carta

Accepted Answer

Great Charter forced upon King John of England by his Barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility

Question 4

Petition of Right:

Accepted Answer

Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land

Question 5

English Bill of Rights:

Accepted Answer

Document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689, designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American government and politics today

Question 6

charter:

Accepted Answer

A city’s basic law, its constitution; a written grant of authority from the king

Question 7

bicameral:

Accepted Answer

An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers (houses)

Question 8

Proprietary Colony:

Accepted Answer

Organized by a proprietor (a person to whom the king had a grant of land) Example: William Penn, Lord Baltimore

Question 9

unicameral:

Accepted Answer

An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber(house)

Question 10

confederation:

Accepted Answer

A joining of several groups for a common purpose

Question 11

Albany Plan of Union:

Accepted Answer

Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown

Question 12

delegate:

Accepted Answer

Representatives

Question 13

boycott:

Accepted Answer

Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services

Question 14

repeal:

Accepted Answer

Recall

Question 15

popular sovereignty:

Accepted Answer

Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed

Question 16

Articles of Confederation:

Accepted Answer

Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established “a firm league of friendship” among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central government

Question 17

ratification:

Accepted Answer

Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty

Question 18

presiding officer:

Accepted Answer

Chair

Question 19

Framers:

Accepted Answer

Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787.

Question 20

Virginia Plan:

Accepted Answer

called for a three-branch government with a bicameral legislature in which each State’s membership would be determined by its population or its financial support of the federal government

Question 21

New Jersey Plan:

Accepted Answer

Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention; called for a unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented

Question 22

Connecticut Compromise:

Accepted Answer

Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which States would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State’s population

Question 23

Three-Fifths Compromise:

Accepted Answer

An agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining the population and taxation of a state.

Question 24

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise:

Accepted Answer

An agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade

Question 25

Federalists:

Accepted Answer

Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788

Question 26

Anti-Federalists:

Accepted Answer

Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788

Question 27

quorum

Accepted Answer

Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority

Ch. 2 vocabulary

American Government

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