Clep American Government - Chapter 2 Questions With Correct Answers

Clep American Government - Chapter 2 Questions With Correct Answers democracy - answer"by the people and for the people" Constitution of the United States - answerWritten in 1787 and begins with the words "We the people of the United States". democracy - Dynamics of Democracy - answer'form of government in which the people are the ultimate political authority' right to vote - answerevery citizen who is 18 pluralism - answerdifferent interest groups argue for different things. Problem is that they can be led and financed by Elites. James Madison - answerwrote about how to frame the constitution and factions (interest groups) could put their own causes ahead of the national good. factions - answerinterest groups How many times has the Constitution been amended? - answer27 times Representative Assembly - answerMembers of this assembly were men who owned large amounts of property, but nonetheless self government was put into place. Mayflower Compact - answerPuritans drew up their own governing document. 1. government by consent 2. willingness to live under the rule of law Navigation Acts - answerrestricted trade with anyone other than Britain. Keep as much wealth with the British. Salutary neglect - answerBritain left America alone and Americans benefited by learning to manage their own affairs. Revolutionary War - answerFirst American Civil War Tories - answerLoyalists living in America who did not see that revolution was justified. Sugar Act - answerA tax designed to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War and to fund British Govt Operations.