Chapter 4 Flashcards
What two English documents set the stage for popular government?
Manga Carta
English Bill of Rights
What three nations governments greatly influenced the founding fathers?
Greece
Rome
Great Britian
What was the purpose of the bill of rights?
To limit the power of the national and state governments over individual citizens and protect individual rights.
The concept of __________ is reflected in the division and distribution of government power between national and state levels.
Federalism.
What is a government in which the scheme of representation takes place?
Republic
What are two ways the founding fathers set out to create a representative republic with democratic principles?
Establishing a split government to limit power.
Establishing representation through majority rule.
Congress passing a bill into a law by a two thirds majority vote is an example of:
Representative majority
A state policy on a particular matter is established through a referendum is an example of:
Popular majority
In which electoral system could a political party earn only 51% of the votes and yet win a full house in legislature?
Majority Pleurality representation
One of the clearest examples of growing equality in America has been
The expansion over time of the right to vote.
During the Great Depression president Roosevelt redefined equality in _____________ terms.
Economic
Democracy literally means
Government of the people by the people and for the people.
In a true democracy majority rule must be accompanied by the protection of
Minority rights
The president is __________ elected into office.
Indirectly
What is a sign of a flourishing democratic society?
A large middle class
