l.l Ideals of Democracy

Question 1

What are the three branches?

Answer 1

Legislative, Executive and Judicial

Question 2

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 2

The idea that power comes from the consent of the people

Question 3

checks and balances

Answer 3

a system to keep the three branches in check to make sure there is no overreach happening

Question 4

What is the limited government rooted in the ideals

Answer 4

Natural Rights, Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism and Social contract

Question 5

limited government

Answer 5

restrictions placed on the government to limit its reach of power & protect the natural rights of the people

Question 6

What are the Natural Rights?

Answer 6

Life, Liberty and property

Question 7

social contract

Answer 7

implicit agreements between citizens who are expected to comply with the rules of governmental authority in exchange for state protection.

Question 8

Natural Rights

Answer 8

rights that every person is born with

Question 9

Bill Of Rights

Answer 9

the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. and guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual like freedom of speech, press, and religion.

Question 10

U.S Constitution

Answer 10

the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it.

Question 11

What took over the article of Confederation?

Answer 11

U.S Constitution

Question 12

Legislative Branch

Answer 12

make the laws; foreign commerce, control taxing

Question 13

Executive Branch

Answer 13

enforcing the laws

Question 14

Judicial Branch

Answer 14

Interpreting the meaning of laws.

Question 15

Declaration of Independence

Answer 15

The independence of each individual and gave equal rights to all men

Question 16

grand committee

Answer 16

represented an effort to find a compromise between the positions of the large and small states.

Question 17

republicanism

Answer 17

Beliefs that men were entitled to “life, Liberty and property” and that these cannot be taken away except under laws created through the consent of the governed

Question 18

representative republic

Answer 18

collection of sovereign states gathered for the national interest, national needs, and national defense.

Question 19

natural law

Answer 19

Is the law of God and that this law is acknowledge through human sense and reason

Question 20

Locke John

Answer 20

British/political philosopher and argued all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people,

Question 21

key factors of republicanism

Answer 21

civic virtue and common good

Question 22

federalism

Answer 22

the division of power between the federal government and states