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| All or most citizens make government decisions by themselves |
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| Voters do not decide policies; they choose leaders.. Also known as a Republic |
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| Government whose decisions almost all people will obey because they think the government has the right to make them |
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| All national authority is vested in an elected national legislature that then chooses the chief executive (prime minister) |
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*May rule as long as he or she is supported by the majority of Parliament
*Elections usually held every 5 years |
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| Power is divided between a separately elected president and Congress and there are courts that can declare a law unconstitutional |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Constitution drafted by the newly independent states in 1777 and RATIFIED in 1781.It was weak, so it was replaced in 1789 by our current constitution in order to create a stronger national government |
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| Governmental unit that has supreme authority and is accountable to no higher institution |
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| Unicameral (one-house) Legislature |
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| Lawmaking body with only one chamber |
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| Rebellion in 1787 led by Daniel Shays and other ex-Revolutionary War soldiers and officers to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes. The revolt highlighted the weaknesses of the Confederation and bolstered support for a stronger national government |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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*1776
*Main author was Thomas Jefferson |
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*Convention that called for a constitution
*Oldest working constitution
*Took two years to get ratified (1789) |
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| Main author of Constitution |
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| Guiding Principles of Republic |
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*US organized limiting government
*Rule of Law
*Voting |
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*Mostly over slavery
*650,000 dead as result
*1861-1865 |
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*Executive, Legislative, Judicial
*Each has different base of power
*One can't be more powerful than the other |
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*Division of Powers
**States are endowed with a significant level of power
**Education & Police enforcement
**Many laws encountered are State, not Federal
**Most education policy comes from local area |
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*Supreme Court was given no number in Constitution (we now have 9)
*Purpose:
**Can rule on issues deciding their Constitutionality
**Roe v. Wade - case that legalized abortion
**What the court decides is DONE
**Only they can reverse their decision
**Brown v. Board of Education - segregation in schools |
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*Have Parliament ~ Congress
*Have High Court ~ Supreme
*Have Royalty ~ Queen/King
*Very efficient
*Have Division of Powers (each of 4 parts of UK)
*Judicial Review - Whatever Parliament says is final (not like US) |
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*"Magnificent charter" that essentially took away (Royal) power and established Parliament (12th century England)
*50% of world was free (more than anytime in history)
*7 billion people in world |
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*First ten amendments of Constitution
**1st ~ Speech, press, assembly, petition
**2nd ~ Keep and bear arms
**4th ~ Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
**5th ~ Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain
**10th ~ power of states and people
***22nd ~ Presidents can only run for two terms |
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| Rights of citizens to vote, to receive equal treatment before the law, and to share equally with other citizens the benefits of public facilities |
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| Rights to be free of government interference |
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| Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
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| 50% of population does not vote |
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| The United States Today.. |
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*Slightly leaning conservative
*Regions of country vote differently
**South - Republican
**Northwest - Democrat
**Southeast - Republican
*270 electoral votes to become president |
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*Majority Republican
*Run by committees
**All chairmen of all committees are members of majority party |
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*Cuban missile crisis
*35th Prez
*In office 1961-1963
*Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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*WWII
*End of Depression
*Only president elected more than two terms |
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| Only president ever impeached |
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*Wrote second treatise of London
*First to write separation of powers |
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*Opposite of Brown case
*Segregation was constitutional
*Separate but equal |
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*Tend to be in favor of less regulation
*Big government |
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*Want more regulation
*Small government |
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