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What is the fundamental difference between a duty and a responsibility?

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The duties of a good citizen revolve around his or her committment to obey the law. A responsibility is an abiding respoect for each of the core beliefs on which democracy is based on this country.

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A supreme political authority rests within the people. The peoople hold the soverign power.

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A Democracy

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Those who rue cannot be help responbile to the will of the people. The government is not held accountable for its policies, nor for how they are being carried out.

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A Dictatorship

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List the Characteristics of a democracy

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-Recognition of the fundamenal worth and dignity of every person. -Respect for the equality of all persons. -Faith in majority rule and resistance upon majority right. -Acceptance of the necessity of compromise. -Insistence upon the widest possible degrree of individual freedom.

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Often described as a centralized government. All powerd held by the government belong to a single, central agency.

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Unitary Style of Government

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The federal principle system of government.

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Federalism

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Where did the Virgina Plan & New Jersey Plan Disagree?

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How states should be represented in Congress

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Why did the Articles of Confederation Fail?

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It was too weak

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This plan called for bicameral leiglature by James Madison. States with larger population favored this plan.

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Virginia Plan

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This plan was proposed by William Patterson of New Jersey. Called for a one house unicameral legislature This plan called for more keeping the Articles of Confederation and less for getting rid of them entirely.

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New Jersey Plan

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Connecticut Plan (Great Compromise)

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States would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State’s Population

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What does the Constitution do?

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It sets out the basic principles upon which government in the United States was build and operates today.

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What are the three parts of the Constituion?

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-Preamble -Artices -Amendments

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How many Articles does the Constituion have?

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7

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What is the basic principle of the American system of government which assers that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and that the government can only exist with the consent of the goverend.

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Popular Sovereignty

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What is a system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to beck the actions of the others.

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Checks and Balances

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What branch is responsible for making laws?

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Legislative Branch

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What branch is responsible for executing laws?

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Executive Branch

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What branch is responsible for reviewing laws?

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Judicial Branch

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This clause grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enurmerated list of powers.

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The Elastic Clause

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What is an expressed power?

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Those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly in the Constitution

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What is an implied power?

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Those delegated pwers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution. NECESSARY AND PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE EXPRESSED POWERS

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Name the two party system in America

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Bicameralism

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Who was the Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was a wealthy merchant and smuggler froom Boston. He had a large Signature

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John Hancock

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Those powers that can be exercised by the National Government Alone

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Exclusive Powers

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The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputres within the society.

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Judicial Power

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The power to make a law and to frame public policies.

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Legislative Power

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System of overlapping the powers of the legislatie, executive, and judicial brances to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.

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Checks and Balances

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Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis.

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Division of Powers

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The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.

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Judicial Review

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The first Contential Congress send a Declarationof Rights protesting Britain’s colonial polcies, to _____

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King George III

33
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Which Article allows for the Constitution to be amended?

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Article V

34
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The first 10 Amendements to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

35
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Which landmark Supreme Court Case established the power of Judicial Review?

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Marbury vs. Madison

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How many Amendments are in the Constitution?

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27

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We the People off the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, esablish justice…” come from what section of the Constitution?

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Preamble

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How can the Judicial Branch check the power of the other two branches of government?

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Judicial Review

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Who was the Father of the Constitution?

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James Madison

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All Political power resides in the people. The people are the only sources for any and all governmental power.

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Popular Sovereignty

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What is the difference between an Executive Agreement & a Treaty?

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Treaties must be approved by the Senate.

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How is the Constitution organized?

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A Preamble, 7 Articles and 27 Amendments

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The Smallest unit of election administration; a voting district

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Precinct

44
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A unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members

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Ward

45
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Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788

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Federalists

46
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Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788

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Anti-Federalists

47
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What is Amendment 13?

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It Abolished Slavery

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What is Amendment 14?

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It identified terms of citizenship

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What is Amendmeent 15?

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Allowed African Americans to vote

50
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Which Amendment prohibited alchohol?

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18th Amendment

51
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Which Amendment allowed woman to vote?

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19th Amendment

52
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Which Amendement ended Prohibition?

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21st Amendment

53
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The 22nd Amendment did what?

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Set a term limit for Presidents

54
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The Presidental advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers.

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Cabinet

55
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Formal approval, final consent to the effeciveness of a constitution, constitutional amendmnt, or treaty.

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Ratification

56
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An extraordinary session of a legislative body, called to deal with an emergency situation

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Special Session

57
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What is a 1754 Trade meeting where Ben Franklin was one of the meetings chief organizers and the meeting was to unite the 13 colonies in a discussion about colonial trade, as well as what to do about hostile Native American Tribes and thier partners, the French.

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Albany Plan of Union, 1754

58
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A joining of several groups for a common purpose

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confederation

59
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This convention addressed the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.

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Constitutional Convention, 1787

60
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Who wrote the Federalist Papers?

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James Madison

61
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The Federalist Papers promotes the ______ of the US Constitution

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Ratification

62
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How did FDR Impact the US?

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He brought us out of the Great Depression and led us through most of WWII

63
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How have Political Parties impacted the government?

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They each give a different set if beliefs and views that help form the government today

64
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Where in the Constitutions are Political Parties mentioned?

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Nowhere

65
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What was George Washington’s impact on the US?

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Lead the Constitutional army to victory in the War of Independence and was our first President

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How did Ben Franklin impact the government?

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Was very influential in writing if Constitution. In front of $100 bill

67
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What is a Theocracy?

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A totalitarian government run by a religious group

68
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How did the Ancient Greeks impact the US today?

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Invented democracy as we know it

69
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How has JFK impacted the US?

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Lead us in the “Space Race” against Russia during the Cold War

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