Chapters 1-2

Question 1

Characteristics of the State

Answer 1

Population, territory, sovereignty, government

Question 2

Introduction to the constitution that states the purposes of our government

Answer 2

Preamble

Question 3

A type of government in which one person or a small group has absolute power and the people can not do anything about who is in control

Answer 3

Dictatorship

Question 4

Government by the people; power to the people; Direct and Indirect are examples

Answer 4

Democracy

Question 5

A system of government in which the powers of the government are divided between the national, state and local level

Answer 5

Federal government (federalism)

Question 6

Something you “have to” do if asked; Ex. Serve on a jury or pay taxes

Answer 6

Duty

Question 7

Something you “should do” as a citizen; Ex. Vote

Answer 7

Responsibility

Question 8

In a Free Enterprise System individuals, not the government decides what to make, how to make it, what price to sell for and whether to buy it or not……often referred to as CAPITALISM.

Answer 8

Free Enterprise System (Economic System)

Question 9

Signed in 1776; it declared the United States was now free of England and listed all of the abuses the colonists had to endure for years…………Thomas Jefferson (Main writer)

Answer 9

Declaration of Independence

Question 10

French writer that said even an elected legislature can abuse power so if you want to prevent tyranny, you have to separate power within your government

Answer 10

Montesquieu

Question 11

Abuse of power

Answer 11

Tyranny

Question 12

War in which the American Colonies defeated England to gain their independence. (1775-1783)

Answer 12

Revolutionary War

Question 13

English writer that supported changing a government or removing it from power if that government abuses power and denies basic rights.

Answer 13

John Locke

Question 14

The first plan of government for the US after the Revolutionary War; gave majority of power to individual states and little to no power to national government…..would be replaced by the US Constitution.

Answer 14

Articles or Confederation

Question 15

National government (Congress) had limited power……..very difficult to pass laws……….could not TAX……no lead executive or presidential leader.

Answer 15

Flaws of the Articles of Confederation

Question 16

Government plan that replaced the Articles of Confederation………“Supreme Law of the Land”…….focused on powers granted to the government as well as limitations on their powers……1787

Answer 16

U.S. Constitution

Question 17

Branches of Government

Answer 17

Legislative, Executive and Judicial

Question 18

Power shared by the national and state governments. (EX. Taxes)

Answer 18

Concurrent Power

Question 19

Congress……number one job is to make laws

Answer 19

Legislative Branch

Question 20

President…….number one job is to carry out laws

Answer 20

Executive Branch

Question 21

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

Answer 21

1st Amendment

Question 21

Supreme Court/Court System……number one job is to interpret the meaning of laws

Answer 21

Judicial Branch

Question 22

Used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch……gives each branch a way to “check” the other when they get out of line to balance the powers back where they belong.

Answer 22

Checks and Balances

Question 22

Dividing power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government…….powers specific to each branch

Answer 22

Separation of Powers

Question 22

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution…….protects citizens from the national government and guarantees basic rights for citizens.

Answer 22

Bill of Rights

Question 23

A change or addition to the Constitution…..we have 27.

Answer 23

Amendment

Question 24

Fair treatment in the legal system……innocent until proven guilty………..listed in the 5th Amendment.

Answer 24

Due Process of Law

Question 25

A government in which the people rule.

Answer 25

Popular Sovereignty

Question 26

Protection that keeps a citizen from being tried more than once for the same crime.

Answer 26

Double Jeopardy (5th Amendment)

Question 27

The President refusing to sign a proposed law made by Congress………………Ex. A “Check” the President can use on Congress.

Answer 27

Veto

Question 28

Tyranny…………….founding fathers wanted to prevent this at all costs in designing and writing our plan of government after breaking from England.

Answer 28

Abuse of Power

Question 29

Colonial governors were appointed by the king to be the eyes and ears of England in the colonies; the colonists were against them being there and did not feel they needed to listen to them.

Answer 29

Colonial Governors

Question 30

The Magna Carta and English BIll of Rights were important documents that would involve limiting the government’s power and focused on legal rights, private property, private weapons and free speech for citizens.

Answer 30

Inspiration to Limited Government Power

Question 31

Life, Liberty, and Property……all men are born with and no one should be able to take away.

Answer 31

Natural Rights

Question 32

Taxes, no basic freedoms no fair legal system

Answer 32

England’s Abuses

Question 33

Permission from the king to start a colony in America

Answer 33

Colonial Charter

Question 34

The first three words of the Constitution’s Preamble……sets the tone for a government of the people and by the people.

Answer 34

We the People