9. Democracy Flashcards
The people voted for incumbent ____ over _______ in the 1996 presidential election
Democrat Bill Clinton, Republican challenger Bob Dole
American’s democratic government has survived well over ____ years, but it is a concept that goes back _____ of years
200, thousands
Democracy started with?
The Greeks and romans
The city-states of Ancient Greece and the Roman republic had?
Citizens voting in direct democracies
Democracy
A system of politics in which the people of a nation actually rule by their voting power
Representatives may be replaced by the people according to the voting process called?
Recall
Elected officials are directly accountable to?
The electorate
Four pillars of democracy:?
Citizens’ freedom
Equality under the law
Voting rights
Opportunity for education
____ countries flock to the democratic system
Independent
Argentina’s 23 provinces
Elects three senators to six-year terms
In 1991, Bangladesh voted in a?
Parliamentary democracy, headed by a prime minister
Earlier that year in Bangladesh, a ____ member parliament was elected and ____ additional seats were subsequently filled by?
300, 30, indirect ballot
Democracy still?
Thrives today just as strong as it did centuries ago
John Langdon-Davies
English journalist
De a bold, public statement in 1936: “Democracy will be dead by 1950.”
Alexander Hamilton
One of the three writers of the Federalist Papers; Secretary of Treasury under George Washington
Electorate
The voting public
The Federalist
A defense of the brand-new Constitution of the United States in a series of articles in 1787-1788
Indirect ballot
The elected representatives cast the vote in the place of the members they represent
James Madison
One of the three writers of the Federalist Papers, fourth president, and “the Father of he Constitution.”
John jay
One of the three writers of the Federalist Papers and the first Chief Justice of the United States
Prime minister
Elected leader in a parliamentary democracy
Province
A territory of a nation
Representative
A member of a legislative power, elected by, and acting on behalf of the voters of his district
Term
An assigned period of time for an elected official
