Unit 1 Test Question Flashcards
What is the “social contract”?
In Hobbe’s view, people agreed to give up some rights and power in exchange for protection. Once people agreed to hand over power in exchange for protection, they lost right to overthrow,
replace, or even question the gov’n.
What does “tabula rasa” mean?
A blank slate or page
According to John Locke people have the rights to what?
Natural rights, rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
What are the similarites between John Locke and Thomas Hobbes?
No Government = State of Nature
Idea of a Social Contract
What is democracy?
Supreme political authority rests with the people, people have sovereign power, and government is conducted only by and with the consent of people.
What is a major difference in the government between the UK and the US?
Uk- Constitutional Monarchy, Current Government - Parliament
US- Constitution- based federal republic, Democracy
What is the “state of nature” according to Hobbes?
Everyone had a right to everything. In order to what you wanted, people would always be at war with everyone else. Nobody produced inventions, art, or even crops or tools
What is a major difference between a unitary and federal Government?
Unitary- all power belongs to one central agency
Federal - power is divided between one central & several local governments
Which theory best explains dictatorship?
Force theory - one person or small group claim an area and force all within to submit to their rules
What are the four characteristics of a state?
Population, territory, sovereignty, government
What does the word “ Bicameral” mean?
Having 2 house legislatures
What were the weaknesses of the articles of Confederation?
Congress did not have the power to tax
Congress had no power to regulate trade between the States
Congress had lack of power to make State only the Articles of Confederation or the laws it made
What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
Bill of Rights
Which is the method by which an amendment to the constitution can be ratified?
Formal Amendment- Ratified by 3/4 of the State Legislatures
Ratified by conventions in 3/4 of the States
In what way is the formal amendment process is an example of federalism?
Proposal takes place at the national level and ratification is a State-by-State matter.
Why did the Framers leave out some sections of the Constitution without a detail?
They knew that even the wiser of constitution makers could not build for all time
What is a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state called?
Executive agreement
Which has been a major agent of change even though not mentioned in the Constitution?
Implied powers
Why did the Framers choose a Federalist system?
Governmental power inevitably poses a threat to individual liberty, exercise of governmental power must be restrained, and dividing governmental power will prevent it’s abuse
The power to coin money is an example of what?
Expresses powers
To be able to collect federal and state income tax is an example of what?
Concurrent powers
Monetary obligations of the national government towards the state governments are called what?
Reserved powers
Before it can become a state, a territory applying for statehood must do what?
Act of admission
Assistance for a state’s disaster relief is an example of which grant?
Categorical grants
Managing shared resources and concerns between states is called what?
Interstate compacts
What is full faith and credit clause?
Recognize and respect the validity ( in court cases, the judgement made by the courts in different states)
A teacher is searching license In Cali. Is an example of what power?
Reserved powers
Hawaii becoming a state is an example of what power?
Expressed power
A military draft during Vietnam war is an example of what?
Implied power
Charter
A written grant or authority from the kind
Due process
Protection against the arbitrary taking of life, liberty, and property
Commerce and Slave trade compromise
Prevented Congress from restricting slave trade for 20 years
Connecticut Compromise
An agreement that Congress should be composed of a Senate, with states represented equally, and a house, with representation based on the state population
New Jersey plan
Called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be equally represented
Three- fifths compromise
an agreement about how to count slaves when determining the population of a a state
