Ch 1 Constitutional Democracy

Question 1

V: Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly

Answer 1

Direct Democracy

Question 2

V: Government in which the people elect those who govern and pass laws; also called a republic

Answer 2

Representative Democracy

Question 3

V: A government that enforces recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard through free, fair, and relatively frequent elections

Answer 3

Constitutional Democracy

Question 4

V: Set of arrangements, including checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, rule of law, due process, and a bill of rights. Requires our leaders to listen, think, bargain, and explain before they act or make laws.
Hold them politically and legally accountable for how they use their powers

Answer 4

Constitutionalism

Question 5

V: The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals who make up the nation

Answer 5

Statism

Question 6

V: The idea that a government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs

Answer 6

Popular Consent

Question 7

V: Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority

Answer 7

Majority Rule

Question 8

V: The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election

Answer 8

Majority

Question 9

V: Candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election, not necessarily more than half

Answer 9

Plurality

Question 10

V: Government by religious leaders, who claim divine guidance

Answer 10

Theocracy

Question 11

V: The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 ratified in 1781 and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789

Answer 11

Articles of Confederation

Question 12

V: A convention held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation, attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention

Answer 12

Annapolis Convention

Question 13

V: The convention in Philadelphia, May 25 to September 17, 1787, that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States

Answer 13

Constitutional Convention

Question 14

V: Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. Highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.

Answer 14

Shays’s Rebellion

Question 15

V: The principal of a two house legislature

Answer 15

Bicameralism

Question 16

V: Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states

Answer 16

Virginia Plan

Question 17

V: Proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by William Paterson of New Jersey for a central government with a single-house legislature in which state would by represented equally

Answer 17

New Jersey Plan

Question 18

V: Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators

Answer 18

Connecticut Compromise

Question 19

V: Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives

Answer 19

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 20

V: Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government

Answer 20

Federalists

Question 21

V: Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government

Answer 21

Antifederalists

Question 22

V: Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution, published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in 1788 and 1788

Answer 22

The Federalist

Question 23

Vocabulary: Government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections

Answer 23

Democracy