Government Vocab
Across
- 2. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- 4. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
- 6. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the
- 10. a compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
- 13. of a few.
- 17. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
- 19. the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
- 20. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- 21. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
Down
- 1. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- 3. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
- 5. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- 7. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- 8. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- 9. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
- 11. __explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
- 12. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
- 14. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- 15. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- 16. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- 18. monarchy_king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)