answered to pass
what are the 2 main broad purposes of government? - correct answer ✔✔provide
order and promote the general welfare
a system of checks and balances - correct answer ✔✔gives each branch of the
national government some power over the others
for james madison, the notion that the government is necessary depended
strongly on - correct answer ✔✔his belief that people are self-interested and
could not be trusted to rule themselves
America primarily uses which form of democracy - correct answer
✔✔representative
when a group interest conflicts with an individual's interests in a , ________
occurs. - correct answer ✔✔Collective action problem
what is politics? - correct answer ✔✔the process that determines the decisions
made by the government
Why did the articles of confederation fail? - correct answer ✔✔the document
placed too many limits on governmental power
, which part of the national gov. was formed under the articles of confederation? -
correct answer ✔✔special panels of judges to resolve disputes between states.
when the interest of the people are represented through their elected leaders,
this is an example of what kind of government? - correct answer ✔✔republic
The Federalists generally: - correct answer ✔✔supported increasing the authority
of the national government
For james madison, the problem associated with a tyranny of the majority was
that - correct answer ✔✔large factions might capture control of the government
and ignore the rights of the minority
Despite significant agreement on the need for a ______ national gov at the
constitutional convention, there was serious division about _______. - correct
answer ✔✔Stronger; how much stronger the federal gov should be
which agreement gave the legislature two houses? - correct answer ✔✔great
compromise
which was NOT a source of a source of conflict at the Constitutional Convention? -
correct answer ✔✔whether to throw out or amend the Declaration of
Independence.
Real sources of conflict:
-how much power to give the legislative branch
-how to represent small and large states