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Government

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What are the four purposes of government?   Maintain order, Povide public services, provide national security, and make economic decisions.  
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What is the purpose to maintain order?   To provide ways to live peacefully in groups.  
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What is the purpose to provide public services?   To Promote general welfare and make commuinty life possible.  
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What is the purpose to provide national security?   Protect boarders from invasion  
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What is the purpose to make economic deccisions?   To provide economic resources.  
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What are some characteristics for an authoritarian govt.?   Unlimited power, personal/small group, limited freedoms  
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What are some characteristics for a democratic forms of government?   Limited power, rule by the people, and freedoms protected.  
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What set up a strong state govt. and a weak central govt. in the US?   Articals of confederation  
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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  
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?   To explain why the colonies were seperated from England  
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Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose the constitution?   No bill of rights  
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