Ch. 2- Origins of American Government

Someone who attended the Continental Congress or a convention

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Delegates

• Presiding Officer

Two-House Legislature

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Tricameral

• Quadcameral

Public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections

• Limited Government

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

• Representative Government

People are the source of any and all gov't power, gov't can only exist with the consent of the governed

• Limited Government

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

• Representative Government

Formal approval

• Ratification

• Repeal

• Recall

• Impeachment

Groups of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Framers

• Delegates

Agreement that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which the states would be equally represented, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State's population

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Called for 3 branches of government with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the central government

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Plan of gov't adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established a "firm league of friendship" among the states, but allowed few important powers to the central government

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Called for unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise