Gov Exam Review

nation

ideas and culture of united people

country

defined by physical borders

parts of a state

population, government, sovereignty, territory

parts of a national/federal level government

president, congress, supreme court

parts of a state level government

government, state legislative

parts of a local level government

mayor, city council

theories on the origin of a state

forced labor, evolution theory, divine right theory, social contract

second in command to president

vice president

parts of congress

senate, house of representatives

current senators of South Carolina

Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham

number of districts in South Carolina

7

representative of 7th district in South Carolina

Russell Fry

current governor of South Carolina

Henry McMaster

second in command to the governor

lieutenant governor

current lieutenant governor of South Carolina

Pamela Evette

current chairmaster of Horry County

Johnny Gardener

current mayor of Myrtle Beach

Brenda Bethune

makes decisions for the county

county council

makes decisions for the city

city council

elected official of a county

chairman

elected official of a city

mayor

parts of classifying a government

geological power, relationship of executive and legislative, number of participation

forms of a government geographically

unitary, confederate, federal

branches of government

legislative, executive, judicial

types of dictatorship

authoritarian, totalitarian, propaganda

authoritarian dictatorship

complete control of government

totalitarian dictatorship

complete control of everything that happens in the state

propaganda dictatorship

complete control of government of media, influencing people through media

state with an uppercase “S”

state of America

state of a lowercase “s”

country

autocracy

dictatorship ruled by one person

oligarchy

dictatorship ruled by a small group or elite few

aspect of communism

classless society, bourgeoise, proletariat

bourgeoise

dominated by the middle class

proletariat

the working class

types of democracy

direct, indirect, republic

republic democracy

form of government run through elected officials, representative government

legitimacy

recognition and acceptance of the government structure, principles, authority, authority, and expression by the citizens of a political unit

rule of law

no one is above the law

basic principles of democracy

fundamental worth of the individual, equality of people, majority rule and minority rights, necessity of compromise, individual freedom

laissez-faire

a hands off government

junta

military run government

anarchy

no government

first direct democracy

Athens

first representative government

Rome

book written by Thomas Hobbes

The Levithan

Thomas Hobbes beliefs ’

strong government, survival of the fittest, social contract

social contract

give up some freedom to the government for protection

John Locke beliefs

natural rights, everyone is born with natural rights, pushed for social contract

natural rights

life, liberty, and property

Baron de Montesquieu beliefs

separation of power, checks and balances

checks and balances

system to keep the power fair in government

Mayflower Compact and Virginia House of Burgesses

first attempt of self govern

Magna Carta

give rights for trial by jury, limited the king’s power

English Bill of Rights

first to focus on individual rights and fair government

fought in the French and Indian War

French and Native Americans vs Colonists

after events of the French and Indian War

England lost a lot of money, made the colonists pay heavy taxes

Boston Massacre

British soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists

Boston Tea Party

colonists dressed as Native Americans and threw tea in the Boston Harbor to protests taxes

Lexington and Concord

“the shot heard around the world,'“ inspired other countries to rebel

meanings of the Declaration of Independence

all men are created equal, natural rights, a bad government can be overthrown

first part of the Declaration of Independence

the theory of a democratic government

second part of the Declaration of Independence

a list of all of the British wrongs inflicted on the colonies

amendments affected by the Magna Carta

5th amendment and 6th amendment

weakness of the Articles of Confederation

it was weak, loose alliance, independent states, failed to give the central government enough power

reason why the Articles of Confederation was so weak

feared the kind of sul they had under the monarchy

main purpose of the Articles of Confederation

to have a system where the states held the most

Shay’s Rebellion

farmers in Massachusetts rebelled after taxes were raised, showed the Articles of Confederation as not working

Constitutional Convention

held to help fix the Articles of Confederation

chosen president at the Constitutional Convention

George Washington

Virginia Plan

states represented based on population

New Jersey Plan

states represented equally

Great Compromise

putting both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan in place, made congress

Congress

Senate and House of Representatives

House of Representatives

the states are represented based on population, Virginia Plan

Senate

the states are represented equally, New Jersey Plan

purpose of Congress

makes laws, legislative branch

3/5ths Compromise

slaves were counted as 3/5ths a person when determining a population

reason the anti-federalists wanted the Bill of Rights

would help prevent the central power from getting too strong, protected individual rights

Federalist beliefs

the constitution, a strong central government

Anti-Federalist beliefs

against the constitution, a strong state government

another name for anti-federalists

Democratic Republicans

effects of the Constitution

changed the power between the state and national government, made federal government stronger

Federalist Papers

written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, still used by judges today, says that checks and balances will prevent tyranny

Whiskey Rebellion

farmers rebelled after tax on whiskey, showed that the Constitution was working

Marbury vs Madison

established judicial reveiw

Six Basic Principles

popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, limited government

popular sovereignty

government based on consent of the people

federalism

government run by the national and states

separation of powers

more than one branch of government to prevent the government from getting too powerful

judicial review

the court has the authority to determine the legitimacy of the acts of the executive and the legislative branch

limited government

the government only has powers delegated to it by law

delegated powers

given to the national government by the Constitution

expressed powers

physical and written down, explicitly said in the Constitution

implied powers

not written down, makes laws that are necessary and proper to carry out in the Constitution

inherited powers

not explicated stated, allows the government to take actions, national government has historically supported and exercised

exclusive powers

reserved to the federal government or the states

reserved powers

not specifically granted to the federal government, state government

concurrent powers

shared by both the federal governments and states government

denied powers

prohibited by the Constitution