Government

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When was the Declaration of Independence issued?

July 4th, 1776

What are the Articles of Confederation?

The documents that established the functions of the national government of the US after declaring independence from Great Britain

How long did the Articles of Confederation last?

Through the revolutionary war

What is a confederation?

When the smaller units have more power than the larger unit

What was congress not allowed to do because of the Articles of Confederation?

Tax

Create and army or navy

Regulate trade

Make the states obey

What was the Constitutional Convention?

When the constitution was written

When and where was the Constitutional Convention held?

1787 in Philadelphia

How many states attended the Constitutional Convention?

12 out of 13

Why didn’t Rhode Island attend the Constitutional Convention?

It chose not to attend

Who wrote the Great Compromise?

Roger Sherman

What was the Great Compromise?

Created the congress by combining the Virginia and New Jersey Plans

Virginia Plan

Wanted representation in congress based on population

New Jersey Plan

Wanted equal representation in congress

What type of legislature does the US have?

Bi-cameral

Senate

Equal representation

House of Representatives

Representation based on population

How many articles is the constitution divided into?

7

How many amendments are there?

27

What is an amendment?

A change in the constitution

How long has the constitution been around?

234 years

When was the constitution ratified?

1789

When was the Bill of Rights added to the constitution?

1791

What were the two biggest drawbacks to ratification?

Fear the federal government had too much power

No bill of rights

Basic principles of the Constitution

Popular Sovereignty

Federalism

Limited Government

Separation of Power

Checks and Balances

Judicial Review

Popular Sovereignty

All the power rests with the people.

Manga Carta

First document to give “rights” to the people

Who signed the Manga Carta?

King John in 1215

Why was the Manga Carta signed?

King John was forced by the Nobles

Peasants had no rights

Who came up with the idea of Social Contract?

John Locke

Social Contract

People voluntarily give up some rights to the government in exchange for social stability

What did the Declaration of Independence declare?

All men are created equal

All men have unalienable rights

Listed grievances against King George declaring why the United States should be independent

Unalienable Rights

God given rights

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Tyranny

Oppressive government

Federalism

the division of power between national, state, and local governments

Limited Government

The government is not all powerful.

What article explains the powers the federal government has?

Article 1, section 8

What article explains the powers the government DOES NOT have?

Article 1, section 9

Delegated Powers

Powers given to the federal government

\-Copyrights, declaring war, make treaties, etc.

Reserved Powers

Powers given to the states

\-Driving laws, drinking, marriage laws, casinos, education, smoking

Concurrent Powers

Powers shared by federal and states

\-voting, maintaining roads, taxes, abortion, minimum wage

Elastic Clause

Article 1, section 8, clause 18

Stretches the power of congress

AKA the necessary and proper clause

Who did FDR’s Federal Programs help?

The unemployed, the homeless, and the elderly

What did the federal programs do for the federal government?

It became increasingly larger and more prominent in people’s lives

Medicade

Health insurance for the poor

What did the great Society programs include?

War on poverty (Welfare) and Medicare

Bureaucracy

The large complex organization of government that handles day to day business…all the red tape that goes with federal programs

Separation of Power

The three branches of government

Checks and Balances

Each branch of government makes sure the others aren’t too powerful

Judicial Review

Courts have the right to determine the constitutionality of a law- the courts can set aside a state law, or declare it null and void

How many votes does an amendment need to be passed?

2/3 vote in congress

3/4 or 38 states

The 21st amendment was passed this way

proposed by congress and ratified by a convention

What topic can’t an amendment be about?

The number of senators from each state

How many amendments have been proposed?

More than 9,000

How many amendments have been sent to the states?

34

How many amendments have been ratified?

27

How many amendments have been rejected?

7

Who has the power to admit new states?

Congress

What is the one exception for admitting new states?

No state can come from an existing state’s territory without that state’s permission

How to become a state

Apply to congress

If OK, congress passes an enabling act, which allow for framing of the constitution

Constitution submitted to congress for approval

The power of the courts to decide whether government acts are constitutional

Judicial Review

Illegal; null and void; of no force and effect

Unconstitutional

The division of power between a central government and several regional governments

Federalism

A governmental system having basic political powers distributed among three distinct and independent branches

Separation of Powers

The president’s rejection of an act of congress

Veto

The government may do only the things the people have given it power to do

Limited Government

Devised as a compromise between a powerful central government and a loose confederation of States

Federalism

15th Amendment

Slave’s right to vote

19th Amendment

Women’s Suffrage

10th Amendment

Reserved Powers

26th Amendment

18 years old to vote

27th Amendment

Congressional pay raises