Democracy

1. A type of government where the leaders/officials are chosen by the people through voting Dictatorship Democracy The United States government is a democracy.

2. The group of arrangements such as checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, rule of law, due process, and a bill of rights, that makes it necessary for the leaders/officials to think and examine before they create laws. Ultimate authority/power Constitutionalism (to form or create) Checks and balances is one example of ways we ensure that the leaders don’t abuse their power through constitutionalism.

3. the belief that the nations rights are supreme above the individual’s rights that are included within the nation popular consent Stat ism (position) China uses a form of government called statism in which the nations rights are above the citizen’s rights.

4. the common idea that the government receives its powers from the people it administers statism Popular consent The idea of popular consent was used in the Declaration of Independence to state that the power is derived from the people.

5. powers that are given/shared amongst the national and state governments reserved powers Concurrent powers Due to concurrent powers, both the national and the state governments have the power to establish courts.

6. the individuals who prefer or are in favor of the actions of the national governments over the actions of the state or local governments decentralists Centralists One supporter of national activities, a centralist, was Abraham Lincoln.

7. the representative of a political party who wins more than half of the votes minority Majority The candidate for the Republican Party won the election by having the majority vote.

8. powers that are given to the national/central governments straight from the Constitution Reserved powers Express ed powers One expressed power given to the national government is the power to declare war.

9. the party or representative of the party wins the election by having the most votes even if it is less than half due to the votes being divided amongst several parties and/or representatives of the parties Majority Plural ism In the high school’s election for SCA President, Abby won by pluralism (having more votes than the other 3 candidates did).

10. a type of government where religious leaders run the government by declare having divine rule or guidance Democracy Theocracy The Puritans living in Massachusetts used a form of government called theocracy.

11. a legislature made up of two houses unicameral Bicameral ism (two) The Connecticut Compromised proposed a bicameral government.

12. an agreement stated in a constitution where power is held and focused within the central government Federalism Unitary System (one) China government uses a unitary system.

13. the people who prefer for state and local action as opposed to national actions Centralists Decentralists Ronald Reagan is an example of someone who was a decentralist because he believed in giving more responsibilities to the states.

14. the people in favor of ratifying the Constitution and in having a strong central government Anti-federalists Federal ists James Madison was a federalist and his reasoning's were outlines in The Federalist Papers.

15. the people against ratifying the Constitution and wanted there to be a less strong central government overall Federalists Anti-Federalists The Anti-federalists were led by Samuel Adams as he stated his reasons against ratifying the Constitution.