Government Midterm

Question 1

private life

Answer 1

things you do that do not involve your roles as a citizen of your country or community

Question 2

civic life

Answer 2

things you do that involve you in community events

Question 3

political life

Answer 3

things you do to participate as a citizen of your government

Question 4

direct democracy

Answer 4

all citizens vote on whether to pass a law

Question 5

monarchy

Answer 5

monarch has complete power

Question 6

oligarchy

Answer 6

a small group is in charge

Question 7

republic

Answer 7

people elect representatives

Question 8

totalitarian

Answer 8

government controls everything

Question 9

unitary government

Answer 9

central government is in charge

Question 10

confederal government

Answer 10

state governments are in charge

Question 11

constitutionalism

Answer 11

government’s powers are restricted by a body of law

Question 12

House of Representatives

Answer 12

American equivalent of the House of Commons

Question 13

Senate

Answer 13

American equivalent of House of Lords

Question 14

Bill of Attainer

Answer 14

British law that allowed someone to be arrested for a crime without going to court

Question 15

George Mason

Answer 15

father of the Bill of RIghts

Question 16

3/5 Compromise

Answer 16

agreed to count a portion of the slave population as population for the purposes of representation in Congress and for taxation

Question 17

Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise

Answer 17

agreed to create a two-house legislature, one based on population and the other the same number of votes per state

Question 18

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Answer 18

called for a separation of church and state

Question 19

John Locke

Answer 19

English philosopher that said that the only legitimate laws were the ones that protected everyone’s natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Question 20

Thomas Paine

Answer 20

English philosopher that argued that the American colonists should overthrow the King of England

Question 21

Declaration of Sentiments

Answer 21

women should enjoy the same rights as men

Question 22

federalists

Answer 22

favored the Constitution and a strong US government

Question 23

antifederalists

Answer 23

favored powerful states and feared a strong US government

Question 24

federalism

Answer 24

power is divided between a national and state government

Question 25

10th Amendment

Answer 25

spells out reserved powers

Question 26

market economy

Answer 26

the government stays out of the economy

Question 27

mixed economy

Answer 27

the government is involved with the economy to some degree

Question 28

planned economy

Answer 28

the government runs the economy

Question 29

posse comitatus act

Answer 29

1878 act that was passed to prevent US troops from being used as a police force in the states

Question 30

fiscal policy

Answer 30

the name for the government use of spending and tax collecting to influence the US economy

Question 31

monetary policy

Answer 31

the name for the actions of the central bank to regulate the amount and growth of the money supply

Question 32

quorum

Answer 32

minimum number of Congress members needed to conduct business

Question 33

discharge petition

Answer 33

method used to force a bill out of committee

Question 34

bench trial

Answer 34

trial in which there is no jury

Question 35

Citizens United V. The Federal Election Commission

Answer 35

super PACs raise money without limits

Question 36

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Answer 36

caused inflation