Basic Knowladge Flashcards
What is Political Liberalism?
The belief that all individuals have certain god given rights
What did John Locke believe in?
Private Property Rights as being inseperable from liberty.
What did Jean Rousseau believe in?
That people were born in a natural state of freedom.
What are social systems?
The grouping of people based off of individuality, class, job status etc.
What is a social contract?
An agreement between the higher status and the lower status stating their rules and regulations. An example is the social contract between Kings & Queens and pesants
What is ratification?
When something is agreed on.
What is Democracy?
When the people operate the government themselves.
What is Republicanism?
When the people elect others to operate the government based of their behalf.
What is Federalism?
The sharing of political power between the federal government and the state government.
What is enumaeration?
When something is plainly visible or spelled out.
What was the name of our first federal constitution?
Articles of Confederation
What chamber is the lower one, and which one is the upper one?
House of representitives is the lower chamber and the Senate is the upper chamber.
What are delegates?
People who are selected to represent and vote for a group of people.
Why did the delages meet in 1787?
To revise the Articles of Confederation.
Who is the main author of the countrys second federal constitution?
James Maddison
Which group of people where for approval of the 2nd federal const. and which group was against it?
The federalists were for the radification and the anti-federalists were against it.
What was the Virginia plan?
It said that the bigger the population, the more people they should have in the legislature. Large states benifited from this plan.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
It said that each politically independant state is equal and shall get equal representation in the legislature. Small states benifited from this plan.
What was the Connecticut compromise?
The Connecticut compromise combined both the ideas of the VA plan and the NJ plan creating a bi-cameral legislature.
What is the Filibuster Rule?
Is a way that the senate can prevent legislation from passing by never ending a debate on a bill.
In what two areas did King George III of Great Britian and the Parliament intervene?
Trade and forgein relations from other countries.
Why is private property considered necessary to secring individual liberty?
Because it is inalienable (It cant be taken away from you)
What is the purpose behind the 3/5 comprmise?
The compromise was between the northern and southern delegates. The north didn’t want slaves votes to be counted at all while the south did. This gave the south a huge advantage because with the slaves, their population became bigger and gave them more political power.
Under the Federal Const. who determines the voting rights for the citezens?
Individual States
