Question | Answer |
What are the four purposes of government? | Maintain order, Povide public services, provide national security, and make economic decisions. |
What is the purpose to maintain order? | To provide ways to live peacefully in groups. |
What is the purpose to provide public services? | To Promote general welfare and make commuinty life possible. |
What is the purpose to provide national security? | Protect boarders from invasion |
What is the purpose to make economic deccisions? | To provide economic resources. |
What are some characteristics for an authoritarian govt.? | Unlimited power, personal/small group, limited freedoms |
What are some characteristics for a democratic forms of government? | Limited power, rule by the people, and freedoms protected. |
What set up a strong state govt. and a weak central govt. in the US? | Articals of confederation |
What are the five weaknesses of the Articals of Confederation? | 1. could not tax
2. could not regulate trade
3. laws needed 9 states to approve
4. no exec. branch system
5. no common currency |
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? | To explain why the colonies were seperated from England |
Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose the constitution? | No bill of rights |