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| Define: "Government" | The "government" is set up by the people to make decision and policies that help the people and to handle state affairs. |
| Define: "Monarchy" | A "monarchy" is a country ruled by a king or queen. |
| Define: "Totalitarianism" | "Totalitarianism" is a country ruled by a dictator (one man), through force, who makes all the decisions and limits the people's rights. |
| Define: "Oligarchy" | An "oligarchy" is a country ruled by just "a few men" by force who make all the decisions and limit the rights of the people. |
| Define: "Direct Democracy" | A "direct democracy" is a country in which all the people are the government and get together and make decisions and policies to run the country; it is only good where there are very few people because if there are too many people it would be hard for all the people to meet in one place to do this. |
| Define: "Indirect Democracy" | An "indirect democracy" is a country where the people elect representatives to be part of the government and represent them in making decisions and policies to run the country. |
| What are the "functions" of "American Government"? | The "functions" of "American Government" are the following: 1) "Establish Justice" (so people are treated equally and fairly); 2) "Ensuring Domestic Tranquility" (keep the country peaceful); 3) "Providing for the Common Defense" (defending and protecting the country against enemies); 4) "Promoting the General Welfare" (helping "all the people" in country with their needs); "Securing the Blessings of Liberty" (making sure the people have "rights" to protect them from bad people and things; for example; freedom of speech; right to a fair jury trial if they are accused of breaking the law, and many other important rights). |
| Define: "Personal Freedoms" | "Personal freedoms" at first was protection "from" enemies and bad people who would harm them. But today it is more like having the freedom "to" vote; speak freely; write as you feel; and many other important personal freedoms as well (all "personal freedoms" protect the people from the government taking their rights away) |
| Define: "Popular Consent" | "Popular consent" is the government gets its right to be there from the people. |
| Define: Majority Rule" | "Majority rule" means that to get something done or win an election a person has to have the support of over 50% of the people. |
| Define: "Popular Sovereignty" | "Popular sovereign" means that all right come from the people not just from a few men. |
| Define: "Natural Law" | "Natural law" means that each person is given by God rights that no one can take away. |
| Define: "Individualism" | "Individualism" means each person is important and has rights that allow them to run their life as they like (the "Declaration of Independence" "states "each person has certain unalienable rights" that no one can take away) |
| Define: "Religious Freedom" | "Religious freedom" means that the government can "not" support any church and each person has a right to worship God as they please. |
| How can one explain the average age of the American population today? | The American population average age is "getting older" because of the 76.8 million Americans born between 1946 to 1964 (they are now reaching their 60's). |
| Who are the "Baby Boomers" | The "Baby Boomers" is the name for the 76.8 million Americans born between 1946 to 1964. |
| What problems are there for the U.S. as its population grows older? | The problems over an aging population for the U.S. is for the younger people who have to support more older people through Social Security and Medicare. |
| What is the average life span today in the U.S.? | It is 80 years old. |
| Define: "Political Ideology" | "Political ideology" are a set of "values and beliefs" on how government should be run. |
| Is the "typical American family" easy to describe today. | "No" the typical American family is not east to describe today (there are many different looking families for example-"Single parent families"; "Same sex families", etc.) |
| Define: "Conservative" | "Conservatives" are people who favor "less or limited" government- they believe that the government should interfer "less" in people's lives-this is particularly true when it comes to economic matters. |
| Define: "Liberal" | "Liberals" are people who want the government to be involved in helping people politically, economically, and socially. |
| Define: "Social Conservative" | "Social Conservatives" are people who believe the government should support and help further "traditional moral teachings". |
| Define "Moderate" | "Moderates" are people who take on a "middle -of-the-road" view of government and politics (their beliefs fall "in between" those of the conservatives and the liberals). |
| Define: "Statist" | "Statists" are people who believe in "a lot" of government control over people's lives and the ecnonomy. |
| Define: "Libertarian" | "Libertarians" are people who believe in "limited" government interference in people's personal lives and in the economy. |
| Define: "Politics" | "Politics" is the study of who gets what, when, and how-it is how policy positions are made (in other words, what the government will do). |
| Define: "American Dream" | The "American Dream" is the American ideal of "a happy and successful life" should be like (this usually includes having wealth (a lot of money), owning a house, having your chidren live a better life, and the opportunity to be President if they wish). |
| Define: "Mercantilism" | An "Economic Theory" designed to "increase the wealth of a nation (country) by "developing" "commercial industry" and a "favorable balance of trade" between countries. |
| What was the "Stamp Act Congress"? | The "Stamp Act Congress" was a "meeting of representatives" from "nine(9) colonies" that was held in "New York City" in "1765" - they "wrote a document" "to send to the King of England" and "telling" the "King of England" that "he was violating their right's".. |
| What is the "Committee of Correspondence"? | The "Committee of Correspondence" was "organized by" the "the colonies" to "keep them informed" as to "what the King of England and the British were doing". |
| What was the "First Continental Congress"? | The "First Continental Congress" was "held" in "Philadelphia" in "1774" - "delegates from every colony" "were there" "except for Georgia" - they "adopted" "a resolution" "against" the "Coercive Act" the King of England had put in place in the colonies. |
| What was the "Second Continental Congress"? | "Second Continental Congress" was "held in Philadelphia" in "1775" - it "allowed" for "raising" a "colonial army" and "appointed" "George Washington" the "General" "of this Army". |
| What was the "Declaration of Independence"? | The "Declaration of Independence" was "mainly written" by "Thomas Jefferson" in "1776" - it "stated" that "American Colonies" had the "right" to "separate" from "Great Britain (England)" and "get their independence" as a separate nation (country)." |
| What was the "Articles of Confederation"? | The "Articles of Confederation" was the "First National Government" of the "United States" "after" it "won the Revolutionary War" - it was a "weak group" of the "original 13 states" - often "called" "a league of friendship with little power - it "could 'Not' get much accomplished or done". |
| Define: "Confederation" | A "Confederation" is a "type of Government" where the "National Government" gets "its powers" "from the states" - it is "often referred to" as a "League of Independent States". |
| What was "Shays's Rebellion"? | "Shays's Rebellion" involved an "Army" of "1,500" "disgruntled and angry" "farmers" - it was "lead" by "Daniel Shays" - they "marched" on to "Springfield, Massachusetts" and "forced the "state court" from "Foreclosing (closing) and "taking away" the "Mortgages (house payments) for "their farms". |
| What was the "Virginia Plan"? | The "Virginia Plan" was the "First General Plan" offered at the "Constitutional Convention (held in Philadelphia)" in "1789" - it "proposed" for a "Bicameral Legislature (2 houses); and an a Executive (President); and "a Judicial (Courts)" "chosen" by the "National Legislature" - it is "known" as the "Big State Plan". |
| What was the "New Jersey Plan"? | The "New Jersey Plan" was the "Second General Plan" offered at the "Constitutional Convention (held in Philadelphia)" in "1789" - it "proposed" for a "One House Legislature" - with "that had one vote from each State" - it "called" the "one house legislature" the "Congress" who can "raise money (revenue)" - and to setup a "Supreme Court" whose "Judges" on it "serve for life" - it is "known" as the "Small State Plan". |
| What was the "Great Comprise"? | The "Great Comprise" was "the final decision" of the Continental Congress that "created" a "2 House Legislature (with the "Lower House" "elected" by "the People" and the "Powers" "divided" between the "2 Houses" - also, it made "National Law" "supreme over State law". |
| What was the "Three-Fifths Compromise"? | The "Three-Fifths Compromise" was an "agreement" "reached at the "Constitutional Convention" that "made" each "Slave" count as "Three-Fifths of a Person" - for both "Representation in the Congress" and "for Taxation purposes". |
