Unit 1- Basis Of Government Flashcards
Detail the structure of government
Constitution
Life, liberty, and property, all rights guaranteed, government can’t take them away
Natural rights
Proposal to create a weak national government
New Jersey plan
Interest groups compete for the popular vote by promoting their policies and when conflict arises, compromise
Pluralist theory
A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote
Representative democracy
Constitutional authority is shared by 3 branches of government
Separation of powers
Proposal to create a strong national government
Virginia plan
Parts of the constitution
Amendments
View that the government is dominated by appointed officials
Bureaucratic theory
Those who opposed the ratification of the constitution because it gave too much power to the central government. Wanted bill of rights
Anti-federalists
The first written constitution of the US. Created the confederation congress, where each state had one vote. Central government was extremely limited.
Articles of confederation
First 10 amendments to the constitution, ratified in 1791, which protected basic civil rights.
Bill of rights
A system where each branch of the government has the power to limit the others power if they become too dominant
Checks and balances
Plan to have popularly elected house based on state population and a state-selected senate, with two members for each state.
Connecticut (great) compromise
The rule of many
Democracy
A government where most people participate directly
Direct democracy
Persons who posses a disproportionate shape of some valued resource, like money or power
Elite theory
Government authority shared by national and state government
Federalism
Defended the new constitution and today still help understand the fathers original intent
Federalist papers
Those who favor a stronger national government
Federalists
“Who gets what, when, and how”
Government
A system of government where many groups have so much strength that government is often pulled in numerous directions at the same time causing gridlock and ineffectiveness
Hyperpluralism
The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
Judicial review
Belief that government is not all-powerful, government has only those powers given to it
Limited government
Established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
People are the source of governments authority
Popular sovereignty
Is the excuse of government power I. Doing things necessary to maintain legitimate authority and control over society
Public policy
Passing something, the constitution was ratified, ratification of the Declaration of Independence
Ratification
Republic, founding fathers decided this
Federal system
Voluntary agreement between the government and the governed
Social contract
Each slave would count as 3/5 of a person. To represent the southern states population
Three-fifths compromise
Government depends on the consent of the governed
Traditional democratic theory
Congress was prohibited from taxing exports front the states and from banning the slave trade for 20 years. The federal government was given the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
Commerce and slave trade compromise
Sent to Britain saying what they did wrong and what our new government was going to be
Declaration of Independence
