Test 7-10-14 Flashcards
Public policy (definition)
Anything the government decided to do (also called LAWS)
Government (definition)
The institution through which society makes and enforced its policies. Must have authority over its people.
Constitution (definition)
Fundamental laws that set out a country or state’s principles, structure, and processes of government
Popular sovereignty (definition)
Government is based on the consent of the people
Sovereignty (definition)
The people are the source of power
State (definition)
A body of people living in a defined territory, organised politically and the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher authority
What four things must be present for a State to exist?
- ) defined territory
- ) people
- ) sovereignty
- ) any type of government
Why was Madison’s three branch government idea so absurd?
Because the standard model of government was Great Britain, who had a monarchy with one branch of government
Why did the framers of the constitution not have a bill of rights?
Every State at the time had their own bill of rights
What was the most important rebellion?
Shay’s Rebellion in Massachusetts
Why was Shay’s rebellion so important?
- ) showed the weakness of current government form (under the AoC)
- ) showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
- ) led to the constitutional convention
Bicameral legislation
Every state gets two votes regardless of size
1774 (timeline of the constitution)
First continental congress
1775-1781 (timeline of the constitution)
Second continental congress
1775-1783 (timeline of the constitution)
War for Independance
1776 (timeline of constitution)
Declaration of Independance
1781 (timeline)
Articles of Confederation adopted
1781-1789 (timeline)
Confederation government
1787 (timeline)
Constitutional convention
1787-1790 (timeline)
Ratification of the constitution
1789 (timeline)
Constitution adopted
New Hampshire ratified the constitution when?
1788
Where did most of the opposition to the constitution come from and why?
People who wrote the deceleration of Independence and war patriots, because it didn’t have a bill of rights and in that time constitutions didn’t last long at all
McCulloch vs. Maryland- what were the issues of this case, what was the ruling, and why was that the ruling?
Can congress build a national bank? Can a state tax that bank?
The ruling was that the Supreme Court had control over building banks and the states could not tax those banks because of the necessary and proper clause in article one section eight clause eighteen
