Unit 1 Vocab - AP Gov.

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• A design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy

• A governing document that created a union of thirteen sovereign states in which the states, not the union, were supreme

• A document asserting that persons born in the U.S. are citizens and prohibits states from denying persons due process or equal protection under the law

• A design of government that distributes powers across institutions in order to avoid making one branch too powerful on its own

The ___ is the elected head of a republican state whose role is to carry out laws created by the federal legislature

Which of the following policies is the Tenth Amendment?

• A constitutionally required process for selecting the president through slates of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election

• An agreement reached by delegates at the Constitutional Convention that a slave would count as three-fifths of a person in calculating a state’s representation

• Reserves powers not delegated to the national government to the states and the people; the basis for federalism

• Asserting that persons born in the U.S. are citizens and prohibits states from denying persons due process or equal protection under the law

Who are the Decentralists?

• People who favor state of local action rather than national action

• A group of self-interested people

• People who look over elections and make sure nothing gets rigged

What is a Social Contract?

• An agreement for a plan of government that drew upon both the VA and NJ plans; it settled issues of state representation by calling for a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives apportioned proportionally and a Senate apportioned equally

• An agreement whereby individuals voluntarily commit to establish a government that will protect the common interests of all

• The belief that the authority and legitimacy of government is based on the consent of the individuals living within its boundaries

• A governing agreement that creates a union of sovereign states in which the states are supreme

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

• People who favored national action over action at the state and local levels

• People who joined together to create a group that were not government affiliated but fought to change things within the government

• People who opposed the proposed constitution who favored stronger state governments and adding individual rights to the U.S. constitution

• People who favor state of local action rather than national action

Where did Shay's Rebellion take place?

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Which answer below describes Congress?

• A form of government in which elected leaders represent the interests of the people

• A national legislative (law-making) body that was created under the Articles of Confederation and in Article I of the U.S. Constitution

• The branch of the federal government that interprets that laws of the nation

• A political system in which there are certain restrictions placed on the government to protect individual rights and liberties

Select two answers:

A) What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

B) Who did it represent?

• An agreement for a plan of government that drew upon both the VA and NJ plans; it settled issues of state representation by calling for a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives apportioned proportionally and a Senate apportioned equally

• An agreement reached by delegates at the Constitutional Convention that a __ would count as three-fifths of a person in calculating a state’s representation

• Citizens

• Slaves

The Amendment Process is a procedure to change the U.S. Constitution. Which two ways does this happen?

• The citizens vote on the amendment and the majority of the vote 'wins'

• ⅔ of both Houses of Congress approve then ¾ of the states ratify

• An elite group of people vote on the amendment based on what the citizens voted for

• ⅔ of a national convention then ¾ of special state conventions