-What part of the federal government was designed in the 1787 Constitution to be
directly elected by the framers? - ️️The Constitution establishes a federal
democratic republic form of government. That is, we have an indivisible union of 50
sovereign States. It is a democracy because people ...
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-What part of the federal government was designed in the 1787 Constitution to be
directly elected by the framers? - ✔️✔️The Constitution establishes a federal
democratic republic form of government. That is, we have an indivisible union of 50
sovereign States. It is a democracy because people govern themselves. It is
representative because people choose elected officials by free and secret ballot. The
original idea was for the most knowledgeable and informed individuals from each State
to select the president based solely on merit and without regard to State of origin or
political party.
-What is bicameralism? Why was this structure created in the legislative branch? -
✔️✔️The founders established Congress as a bicameral legislature as a check against
tyranny. They feared having any one governmental body become too strong. This
bicameral system distributes power within two houses that check and balance one
another rather than concentrating authority in a single body.
-What are the three branches of the federal government? - ✔️✔️The Federal
Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative , executive , and judicial
, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and
the Federal courts, respectively.
-What is the commerce clause in the Constitution? - ✔️✔️The Commerce Clause (Art.
I, § 8, cl. 3 of the U.S. Constitution) is well known as the source of Congress' authority
to make federal laws regulating interstate commerce. Another consequence of that
clause is to prohibit states from making laws that unduly restrict interstate commerce.
-What was the process used for ratifying the U.S. Constitution? - ✔️✔️Ratification. The
process set out in the Constitution for its ratification provided for much popular debate in
the States. The Constitution would take effect once it had been ratified by nine of the
thirteen State legislatures; unanimity was not required. To ratify amendments, three-
fourths of the state legislatures must approve them, or ratifying conventions in three-
fourths of the states must approve them.
What was the Connecticut Compromise? Examine other political compromises from the
meetings at the Constitutional Convention which ended up becoming part of the
, Constitution. - ✔️✔️The compromise provided for a bicameral federal legislature that
used a dual system of representation: the upper house would have equal representation
from each state, while the lower house would have proportional representation based
on a state's population. The Great Compromise settled matters of representation in the
federal government. The Three-Fifths Compromise settled matters of representation
when it came to the enslaved population of southern states and the importation of
enslaved Africans.
-What is federalism? - ✔️✔️A sharing of power between states and national
government
-What are some main characteristics of American political culture? - ✔️✔️Liberty,
equality, democracy
-What was the first framework of government adopted by the U.S. after becoming
independent? - ✔️✔️The Articles of Confederation
-Examine how the Articles of Confederation was designed to limit national power? -
✔️✔️In order to protect states' rights, the Articles set strict limits on congressional
authority. Under the Articles, the states, not Congress had the power to tax. Congress
could raise money only by asking the states for funds, borrowing from foreign
governments, and selling western lands.
-What are some major examples of checks and balances in the Constitution? - ✔️✔️To
further safeguard against an abuse of power, the Constitution gave each branch of
government a way to check and balance the power of the other branches. An example
of these checks and balances would be the president's power to veto laws passed by
Congress.
-What methods have been used in the U.S. to restrict voting rights? - ✔️✔️White
primary unconstitutional in 1944.
Poll tax banned by 24th amendment.
Literacy test banned by Voting Rights Act 65.
Grandfather Clause declared unconstitutional.
-What is Judicial Review? - ✔️✔️The Supreme Court's authority to decide if a law
violates the Constitution
-What is the term length of a Supreme Court Justice? - ✔️✔️America is alone among
modern constitutional democracies in allowing its high-court justices to serve for
decades without term or age limits, resulting in some Presidents appointing no justices
and others appointing as much as a third of the Court.
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