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Government 9-22-10
Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the four essential features of a state. | Population, Area with boundaries, sovereignty, and government. |
| What are the origins of state? | Evolved from family group. Came from one person or a group who used force. mandate of heaven. People gave government the power. |
| What are the purposes of government? | Maintain order. Provide services for the people. Protect people from attack. Pass laws that shape and control the economy. |
| What are the two government systems? | Unitary system and Federal system. |
| What is a unitary system? | all the power goes to the national government. |
| What is a federal system? | power is divided between national and state government. |
| What is the constitution? | A plan that provides the rules for government. |
| What are politics? | The effort to control what government does. |
| What are the three types of government? | Autocracy, oligarchy, democracy. |
| What is autocracy? | dictatorship |
| What is oligarchy? | communism |
| What is democracy? | people hold the power. |
| What is capitalism? | individual economic choice |
| Who wrote the theory of capitalism/ | Adam Smith |
| What is socialism? | Government owns basic means of production. |
| What is the Magna Carta? | Idea of limited government. |
| When the second congress met what did they establish? | Government and started the revolution. |
| Who wrote the declaration of independence? | Thomas Jefferson. |
| What was the name of the United States first government? | Articles of Confederation. |
| How many votes did each state have under the AOC? | One |
| What was wrong with the AOC? | No executive branch and no courts. |
| What happened after the Shay's rebellion? | Government met in philly to revise the AOC. |
| What did the Virgina plan want? | A strong executive branch, national judiciary, and a two house legislature. |
| What did the New Jersey plan want? | Weak executive branch, elect official by congress not common man, and one house legislature. |
| What did the Connecticut compromise establish? | Two house legislature, house of representatives, and two senates from each state. |
| What was the 3/5ths compromise? | How to count the slaves. |
| What was the commerce and slave trade compromise? | Slave trade could continue, congress could not tax exports. |
| How many years are in one presidential term? | four |
| What is the electoral college? | The number of congress members per state is that states number of electoral votes. |
| Who was for the constitution? | Federalist |
| Who was against the constitution? | Anti-Federalist |
| What did the federalist have to do to get the anti-federalist to ratify the constitution? | Make a Bill of Rights |
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