Government End of Course Exam Review

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Thinking critically about public issues, voting, and participating in public affairs is all an expectation of citizens in this type of government.

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Constitutional Democracy

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When both parties search for common ground or areas of mutual agreement to solve an arguments they are using

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consensus building.

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Protecting individual rights is said to be the main purpose of government under which philosophy of government?

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natural rights philosophy

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The fact the Constitution did not explicitly protect the individual rights of people was the key argument made against ratifying the Constitution by this group.

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Anti-Federalists

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When citizens give sovereignty (power) to their government in exchange for the government protecting their rights it is considered to be

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the social contract between the government and the people.

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James Madison stated in Federalist #51 that "you must first enable the government to control the governed....oblige it to control itself". Madison is suggesting a need for

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a system of checks and balances.

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Which of the following is considered a flaw of the government under the Articles of Confederation? Too many taxes, Lack of a Central Power (Executive Power), Too flexible of rules that made amending laws too easy, Too many national courts

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Lack of a Central Power (Executive Power)

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The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to

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revise the Articles of Confederation.

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Alexander Hamilton stated "Here sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives." What basic principle of government is Hamilton highlighting?

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Popular Sovereignty

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The Bill of Rights consists of the

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First 10 Amendments