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Government Bobbi 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four characteristics of state | body of power, defined territory, organized political power, serviegn power |
| What are the four theories about how government forms | force theory, evolutionary theory, divine rights theory, social contract theory |
| what ere the 6 documents that led to the Constitution | Magna Carta, english Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, thomas Paines Common Sense, the declaration of independence, articles of confederation |
| Definition of a democracy | a government that has been elected by the people and serves to protects its people and their rights |
| 2 examples of democracy | Sweden and America |
| Force theory | claiming control by force winning a battle or war and gaining land |
| evolutionary theory | evolved naturally from a family unit one person as a head of a group - a tribe |
| Divine rights theory | god created state and god gave certain people the divine right to rule kings and queens |
| social contract theory | thomas hobbs and john locke and others contends that a state arises because the people of free will give powers to a government unit to protect |
| magna carta led to the constitution by | gave people rights government has no absolute power |
| bill of rights | rights to the people, right to bear arms, no excessive bail or fines, no cruel punishment, right to petition |
| mayflower compact | first social contract of the constitution |
| thomas paints common sense | inspired declaration of independence |
| declaration of independence | thing that separated america from Britain |
| articles of confederation | the failed draft of american society |
| magna carta | 1215, protects private property and won't delay justice, and trial by jury |
| James Madison #10 | mischief of functions, representative form of government, strong central gov |
| James Madison #51 | checks and balances |
| Alexander Hamilton | independent judiciary, more powerful, justice for life, right to judicial review |
| Federalist paper writers | James Madison 29, John Jay 5, Alexander Hamilton 51 |
| Virginia Plan | Big states, 3 separate branches, bicameral house and senate, representation based on state population/money given gov |
| Popular Sovereignty | people source of analytical gov power, we the people preamble, |
| checks and balances | each branch subject to constitutional checks, a I sec I a 2 sec 2 a 3, president veto and congress refuse funds |
| judicial review | constitutionality of laws and exec orders, not in constitution marbury and madison, court case decide how to interpret condition |
| federalism | state gov divide power of central gov, article 6 |
| New jersey Plan | state equally represented compromise = senate equal rep small states |
| how many plans | 2 |
| Hoe many principles of the constitution | 6 |
| separation of powers | 3 equal branches, articles I II III, branches independent |
| Limited government Government | 27 expressed power; gov restricted what it can do, article I section 8 clause 1-18 |
| Who are the US representatives and senators | rep: Bill Huizenga Senators: Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow |
| what are the constitutional requirements to be a US Representative | 25 and older 7 years resident |
| what are the constitutional requirements to be a senator | 30 and older 9 years resident |
| what are the requirements to be a president | 35 or older born citizen and resident fr 14 years |
| how many states did it take to ratify the constitution | 9 out of 13 |
| how many reps are there in the house and how many does Michigan has | 435 in house Michigan has 14 |
| what are the lower and upper house | lower is rep upper is senate |
| what article sets up the legsilative, executive and judicial branch | a I, a II, a III |
| how many amendments are there to the constitution | 27 |
| which branch of power has the purse | legislative |
| which is the difference between liberal and conservative justice | l = loose interpretations c= strict interpretations |
| who has the power to declare war | congress |
| who is the commander in chief and which article states this | executive branch and article II sec 2 |
| how long is a house reps term | 2 |
| how long is the senators term | 6 |
| why did the founding fathers give judges life tenure | to be independent from the others |
| why is A I the largest portion of the constitution | the ff wanted it to be the most powerful |
| what powers do the legsislative branch have that make it so powerful | supreme law of land |
| why did the founding fathers make a supermajority needed to amend the constitution and what is the supermajority needed to amend it | difficult but plausible, 2/3 fed 3/4 state |
| what were the antifederalists 5 reasons why they were against the constitution | lack bill of rights, less states, tyranny, illegal document, favored wealthy |
| who were the federalist papers written for | new yorkers |
| what was the 3/5ths compromise | slaves 3/5 a person and south has to pay for them |
| what does article IV do | supremacy clause |
| what is the diff between dual and cooperative federalism | dual= no overlap cooperative = overlap |
| where is federalism in the consitution | supremacy clause and 10th amendment |
| expressed powers | powers stated in article I sec 8 27 expressed powers |
| implied powers | clause 18, talked expressed and stretch meaning to make new power |
| inherent powers | given national gov because they are national gov citizen/border control |
| diff between virginia plan and new jersey plan | representation in congress |
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