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dorman ch 7 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the three branches of government? | legislative, executive, judicial |
| Who makes up the legislative branch and what is their job? | Congress and to make laws |
| Who makes up the Executive branch and what is their job? | President, Vice president, and cabinet and they enforce laws |
| Who makes up the judicial branch and what is their job? | Supreme court and Federal Courts and they interpret the laws |
| What is popular sovereignty? | people are the primary source of government authority (we the people) |
| What is limited governemnt? | government only has power that the constitution gives it |
| What is seperation of powers? | limits the power of governmnet, seperates the powers into jobs of the three branches |
| What is checks and balances? | each branch has power to check the other so no one abuses their power |
| What is federalism? | the division of power between the federal government and the states (10th amendment) |
| What is republicanism? | citizens elect people to carry out their wants |
| What are individual rights? | laws that protect the individual rights like freedom of speech (Bill of Rights) |
| What are the six goals of a government? | form a perfect union, equality, peace, common defense,general welfare,citizens rights |
| Where was the constitutional convention? | Philadelphia |
| What did people want to do at the convention? | they wanted to revise the articles of confederation |
| Who attended the convention? | 55 delegates from 12 states (rhode island did not show) |
| What was the Virginia Plan? | A new strong central goverment with three branches of government |
| What was the New Jersey plan? | Congress should be able to raise taxes and regulate trade and small states wanted equal representation in the legislature |
| What was the great compromise? | Each side gives up something- house of reps based on population and senate gets 2 seats per state |
| What was the debate over slavery between the southern and northern states? | Southern states wanted slaves to be calculated in population, northerners wanted to stop slave trade |
| What is economic depression? | a period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, unemployment rises |
| What was Shays rebellion? | An uprising of Mass. farmers that led to forming of a stronger central government |
| What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? | Congress stated that basic rates would be given to anyone who settled north of the Ohio river and they also banned Slavery there |
| What was the problem with the Articles of confederation? | Each state had their own form of economics (money,trade, no ability for central government to tax so there was no money to run the government. The seperation of states made US appear weak to other nations. |
| What did the weak Articles of Conferation lead to? | lead to economic depression, rebellions, and a need for a strong centralized governement |
| Who is known as the "father of the constitution" | James Madison |
| Who wrote the great compromise? | Roger Sherman |
| Name 3 federalist (those who supported a national government) | James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay |
| Name two anti federalist | George Mason and Patrick Henry |
| Why were the Bill of Rights added to the constitution? | To give people individual rights such as Freedom of speech and the right to bear arms |
| Name three weaknesses of the national government under the articles of confederation | no power to tax or regulate trade, weak to other countries, only 1 branch of government, no way to enforce laws, |
| Name three reforms of the National Gov after the Constitutional Convention. | 3 branches of gov, congress split into 2 houses, single executive(president), expanded powers to tax and regulate, slavery compromises, constitution based on we the people |
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