US Government Revision

Purpose of Government

• Form a more perfect union and Establish justice

• Insure domestic tranquility and Provide for the common defense

• Promote the general welfare and Secure the blessings of liberty

• None of above

Basic Principles of American Democracy

• Worth of the individual and Equality of all persons

• Majority rule, minority rights

• None

• Necessity of compromise and Individual freedom

Six Basic Principles of the Constitution

• Popular Sovereignty and Limited Government

• None

• Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review and Federalism

Bill of Rights

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual freedoms.

• The first amendment to the Constitution protect individual freedoms.

• The first nine amendments to the Constitution protect individual freedoms.

• The first two amendments to the Constitution protect individual freedoms.

Define Compromise

• The process of blending same interests to reach an agreement.

• The process of blending competing interests to reach an disagreement.

• The process of blending competing interests to reach an agreement.

• None

Role of Government in a Mixed Economy

• Protect only Congress

• Protect the public.

• Preserve only private enterprise.

• Preserve private enterprise.

Reasons for Taxation

• Fund public services and defense.

• Regulate behaviors.

• none

• Reduce economic disparities.

Virginia Plan

• Proposed a bicameral legislature based on population, favoring large states.

• Proposed a unicameral legislature based on population, favoring large states.

• Proposed a bicameral legislature based on population, favoring small states.

• none

New Jersey Plan

• none

• Proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states.

• Proposed a bicameral legislature with equal representation for all states.

• Proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all small states.

Connecticut Compromise

• Choose New Jersey plan

• Choose Virginia plan

• Combined both plans with a unicameral legislature.

• Combined both plans with a bicameral legislature.