Government test 2

Question 1

system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections.

Answer 1

representative government

Question 2

a city’s basic law, it’s constitution, a written grant of authority from the king.

Answer 2

charter

Question 3

basic principle of American government which states that governments is restricted in what it may do, citizens have rights that can’t be taken away.

Answer 3

limited government

Question 4

a system that provides orderly regulation of citizens’ relationships with one another.

Answer 4

ordered government

Question 5

a one-house legislature

Answer 5

unicameral

Question 6

a two-house legislature

Answer 6

bicameral

Question 7

colony organized by the land own, to whom the king made a grat of land

Answer 7

proprietary

Question 8

taxes levied on imports

Answer 8

duty

Question 9

the idea that government can exist only with the consent of the people being governed

Answer 9

popular sovereignty

Question 10

the joining of several groups for a common purpose

Answer 10

confederation

Question 11

people with authority to represent others at a conference or convention

Answer 11

delegates

Question 12

constitutional requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

Answer 12

full faith credit

Question 13

formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of the constitution

Answer 13

ratification

Question 14

fewest number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business

Answer 14

quorum

Question 15

chief executive’s power to reject a bill passed by a legislature

Answer 15

veto

Question 16

three basic concepts of government found in English colonies

Answer 16

ordered, limited, representative

Question 17

idea of due process of law

Answer 17

magna carta

Question 18

free elections and fair trials

Answer 18

english bill of rights

Question 19

can’t imprison people without a fair trial

Answer 19

petition of right

Question 20

first document that reduced the power of the king

Answer 20

magna carta

Question 21

no excessive punishments

Answer 21

english bill of rights

Question 22

concept, no one is above the law

Answer 22

petition of right

Question 23

trial by jury

Answer 23

magna carta

Question 24

no marital law, no quartering of troops

Answer 24

petition of right

Question 25

directly controlled by the crown

Answer 25

Royal

Question 26

king appointed a apprecier

Answer 26

proprietary

Question 27

self govern

Answer 27

charter

Question 28

How did british colonial practices contribute to the growth of self-government in the colonies?

Answer 28

england was too far away, colonists learned how to rely on themselves

Question 29

identify some steps that led to growing feelings if unity in the colonies:

Answer 29

albany plan (7 states), stamp act( boycott taxes), first continental congress

Question 30

describe the outcomes of the First continental Congress:

Answer 30

declaration of Independence, refuse trade, 12 colonies, may meeting if didn't improve

Question 31

describe some of the outcomes of the second continental congress.

Answer 31

first national government, created AOC= first constitution

Question 32

list a couple key ideas that were found in the Declaration of Independence:

Answer 32

natural rights, all men were created and treated equally, government should be representative

Question 33

list five common features of the new state constitutions:

Answer 33

popular sovereignty, checks and balances, limited government, civil liberties, separation of powers

Question 34

describe the government make-up under the AOC:

Answer 34

only had congress, each state got one vote

Question 35

name some weaknesses of the AOC:

Answer 35

no power to tax/regulate trade, lack of power to make states obey the AOC or laws it made

Question 36

describe some things that were happening in the US that showed a need for a stronger national government and led to constitutional COnvention:

Answer 36

treaties with foreign countries, creating own armies, not paying there debts

Question 37

[identity of framers] of the constitution and how they organized the proceedings at the Philadelphia Convention

Answer 37

[55 delegates, from 12 state] they pick george washington to preside, each state get one vote, majority vote

Question 38

describe the basic features of the Virginia Plan.

Answer 38

bicameral, big states support, population based representation

Question 39

describe the basic features of the New Jersey Plan.

Answer 39

unicameral, small states support, equal representation, include tax and trade power

Question 40

bicameral congress (ending) for small + large states, fight over congress

Answer 40

Great Compromise

Question 41

enslaved people counted 3/5 of population, would still pay for them

Answer 41

3/5s compromise

Question 42

congress couldn't tax exports or goods from any state and couldn't interfere with slave trade, could regulate trade

Answer 42

Commerce and slave trade

Question 43

identify some sources the framers used when writing up the constitution:

Answer 43

based on own experience (veterans), Ancient govs (greece and rome), borrowed from state constitution, AOC powers

Question 44

no SOP, no tax, no trade regulation, social problems

Answer 44

federalists

Question 45

too much power to national government, no bill of rights

Answer 45

anti-federalists

Question 46

describe some steps taken to inaugurate the new government under the constitution:

Answer 46

george washington unanimously chosen for president, Delwar first state to ratify, New Hampshire was the Ninth to ratify (last one needed)