Jeopardy Ch. 1-3

Question 1

This theory about government was developed by English philosopher John Locke: government exists to protect people’s life, liberty, and property, and the people should be free to pursue their individual interests

Answer 1

What is liberalism

Question 2

Those who are willing to use government to promote equality but not order

Answer 2

What are the liberals

Question 3

Those who are willing to use government to promote order but not equality

Answer 3

What are conservatives

Question 4

Those who are opposed to using government to promote either order or equality

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What are libertarians

Question 5

Those who are willing to use government to promote both order and equality

Answer 5

What are communitarians

Question 7

In this form of democracy, all members of a group, rather than representatives meet and make decisions

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What is direct or participatory democracy

Question 8

The United States Constitution creates this form of democratic government, where citizens elect public officials to govern on their behalf

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What is a representative democracy

Question 9

The theory of government assumes: citizens are knowledgeable about government and politics; that they want to participate in the political process; and they make wise, rational decisions in voting for elected representatives

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What is the majoritarian model of democracy

Question 10

The view that a small group of wealthy well-connected individuals actually make most of the important government decisions

Answer 10

What is elite theory

Question 11

This author of the Declaration of Independence was highly influenced by John Locke by writing “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Answer 11

Who is Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

Our nation’s first form of government, in which the states held the most political power, and the national government consisted of only Congress, which had no direct authority to tax

Answer 12

What is the Articles of Confederation

Question 13

This Massachusetts rebellion, led by a former officer of the Continental Army, put a spotlight on the weaknesses of the national government, and led to Congress calling for A Constitutional Convention

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What is Shay’s Rebellion

Question 14

This plan resolved differences between James Madison’s Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan by creating a bicameral Congress in which representation in the House is based on population, and states have equal representation in the Senate

Answer 14

What is the Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise

Question 15

The Constitution was written in Philadelphia in the summer of this year

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What is 1787

Question 16

This part of the Constitution creates a People, explains the reason for the Constitution, articulates goals, and fashions a government

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What is the preamble

Question 17

This constitutional principle divides power between the national government and the states

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What is federalism

Question 18

The constitutional principle that assigns a specific function to each of the three branches of government: Legislature (Congress makes laws); Executive (President enforces laws); Judicial (Courts interpret laws)

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What is separation of powers

Question 19

The constitutional principle that gives each branch of government some control over the other branches

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What is checks and balances

Question 20

Has happened only 27 times, and involves two steps: Proposal by a 2/3 majority of the House and Senate or 2/3 of the states calling for a national convention (never done) AND then ratification by 3/4 of the states )either legislators or state conventions)

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What is a constitutional amendment

Question 21

This group of people strongly opposed the Constitution written in Philadelphia for a number of reasons, but the biggest was that it lacked a Bill of Rights to protect the rights of citizens and states

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What are the anti-federalists

Question 22

The number of states required to ratify the Constitution as specified in Article VII

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What are 9 out of the 13 states

Question 23

This famous and well respected individual help to generate support for the Constitutions ratification by proposing a “list of guarantees through the amendment process” (a bill of rights)

Answer 23

Who is George Washington

Note: While George Washington suggested to add the Bill of Rights, it was James Madison who did the work of writing them

Question 24

Written by James Madison, this famous article or “paper” argued that the new government would not be dominated by any faction

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What is Federalist #10

Question 25

Written by James Madison, this well-known article or “paper” argued that separation of powers and checks and balances would control tyranny from any source within the government

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What is Federalist #51

Question 26

This model of government interprets government by the people as: government by the people as operating through competing interest groups and a decentralized structure of government

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What is the pluralist model of democracy