AP Government: Chapters 1, 2, 3 Unit Tes

AP Government: Chapters 1, 2, 3 Unit Test democracy - Answer-A form of Government in which the supreme authority rests with the people. direct democracy - Answer-A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives Articles of Confederation - Answer-1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) social contract - Answer-An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed natural rights - Answer-Life, Liberty, and Property Virginia Plan - Answer-"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation. New Jersey Plan - Answer-A framework for the Constitution proposed by a group of small states; its key points were a one-house legislature with one vote for each state, the establishment of the acts of Congress as the "supreme law" of the land, and a supreme judiciary with limited power. Connecticut Compromise/Great Compromise - Answer-Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which states would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State's population; BICAMERALISM Federalist Papers - Answer-A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to defend the Constitution in detail. separation of powers - Answer-Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law checks and balances - Answer-