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Gov Flashcards

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Approval

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Ratification

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2
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Great Britain’s lawmaking body

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Parliament

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3
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Agreement made with opposing sides yield to reach a solution

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Compromise

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4
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Opposed ratification of the Constitution

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Anti-federalist

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5
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Document the Constitution replaced

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Articles of confederation

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Gathering of delegates to write and approve the constitution

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Constitutional convention

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7
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City where the constitutional convention was held

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Philadelphia

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8
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Protected the rights of nobles against the British monarch in 1215

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Magna Carta

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9
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Included the right to petition and fair punishment for people found guilty of crimes in England

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Bill of rights

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10
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Kept an accurate journal of convention proceedings

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James Madison

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11
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18th century movement that influence the framers of the Constitution

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Enlightenment

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12
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Agreement to create a bicameral legislature called Congress

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The great compromise

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13
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Series of articles that helped increase support for the constitution

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Federalist papers

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14
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Became the first president of the United States in 1789

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George Washington

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15
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Government controlled by a king or a queen

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Monarchy

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16
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Government in which one person holds all the power

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Dictatorship

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17
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People rule directly or elect representatives who act on their behalf in this system

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Democracy

18
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Voters in the community meet to make laws and decisions for their community in a

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Direct democracy

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People elect representatives to make laws for them in a

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Representative democracy

20
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The rights and freedoms guaranteed individuals are set out in

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The US Constitution

21
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US citizens are guaranteed the freedom of

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Speech

22
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List five services that government provides to its citizens

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Service, protection, laws, freedom, helping people cooperate

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Colonial representatives who met in Philadelphia

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Continental Congress

24
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Main author of the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson

25
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Document that justifies separation from Great Britain in the states American ideals

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Declaration of independence

26
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Basic rights to which all people are entitled

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Human rights

27
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First US plan of government approved in 1781

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Articles of Confederation

28
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Loose association or league

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Confederation

29
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States absolute power or autonomy

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Sovereignty

30
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John Locke arrived at his ideas by imagining what life might be like if people were living in a

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State of nature

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Lock said that the rights to life life and property are natural rights

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True

32
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Aristocrats

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The wealthy class

33
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Type of A government in which the citizens have the power to govern

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Republican government

34
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The people themselves control the government

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Direct democracy

35
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The main purpose of government is to

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Protect those natural rights that individual cannot effectively protect in a state of nature

36
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Person chosen to act for a represent others is known as….

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Delegate

37
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Representative democracy

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People choose leaders to make and administer laws for their country

38
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That which is good for the community as a whole

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Common good or common welfare

39
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When both citizens and their leaders are willing to set aside their private interests and personal concerns

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Civic virtue

40
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Sharing Power between state and federal governments

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Federalism

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