american government

Question 1

Persuasion

Answer 1

is the process of inducing others into accepting a point of view by means of reasoning and argumentation

Question 2

Compromise

Answer 2

is a process of making concessions to settle differences

Question 3

Consensus Building

Answer 3

is a process of making everyone achieve a general agreement

Question 4

Negotiation

Answer 4

process of setting differences of issues through discussion.

Question 5

New Jersey Plan

Answer 5

designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation

Question 6

Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Answer 6

!787-1788, What was the biggest question to be answered at the Constitutional Convention?

A central issue at the Convention was whether the federal government or the states would have more power. Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.

Point of Convention= Created the U.S. Constitution

Question 7

Declaration of Independence

Answer 7

Founding document of the United states, declared 13 colonies free from brittish rule, signed 1776,

Question 8

Articles Of confederation

Answer 8

U.S. First constitution, was the framework for Us governments after declared independence from Brittan

Question 9

Popular sovereignty

Answer 9

Governemtn has a right to rule the people because the people have given consent. This the house or representatives being directly chosen by the people

Question 10

Federalist and ant-federalists

Answer 10

Federalists supported having a federal government that would the the supreme law of the land

Anti-feds wanted states to run themselves.

Question 11

Limited Government

Answer 11

theory of governance in which the government only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution. Governmental authority is prescribed and restricted by the law, and individual’s rights are protected against government intrusion.

Question 12

Checks and Balances

Answer 12

principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.

t allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power.

Question 13

Preamble

Answer 13

Introduction on the U.s Constitution 2.0, about who and why the document was made so that the reader would know.

Question 15

Ratification

Answer 15

us. constitution 2.0 was ratified or approved by 9 out of 13 colonies, which was the specified number needed for approval for the document

Question 16

Bill of Rights

Answer 16

It’s the first 10 Amendments of the consititutuon.

Question 17

amendment process

Answer 17

2/3s of both congress houses or 2/3s of state governments

Question 18

Dde process

Answer 18

Governments has to follow laws , they can’t randomly decide to kill, imprison, punish , or take away properly.

Question 19

Reserved
Concurrent
Delegated,
implied

Answer 19

Delegated = powers that the Constitution assigns to the national government. Reserved = powers kept by the states. Concurrent = powers that are shared by the federal and state governments.
powers Congress exercises that the Constitution does not explicitly define, but are necessary and proper to execute the powers.

Question 20

Rule of Law