What meeting was called to revise the
Articles of Confederation after Shay’s Rebellion?
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
What type of government shares power between a
strong central government and weaker local ones ?
FEDERAL
The ___________ plan called for a unicameral legislature with each state
receiving one vote in Congress.
New Jersey
TRUE / FALSEUnder the principle of separation of powers, an individual
holding the office of vice-president can work for another office of the federal government at the same time?
FALSE
The Bill of Rights marked the first changes to the Constitution which
guaranteed certain freedoms to the American people. How many changes
are there in the Bill of Rights?
TEN
When was the Governor of Georgia limited to a one year
term?
Under the Georgia State Constitution of 1777
Archibald Bulloch - Georgia’s first appointed Governor under the 1777 constitution.
The Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles
of Confederation had what in common?
The legislature was most powerful in
each
TRUE / FALSEA major weakness of the Articles of
Confederation was the fact that the national government represented all thirteen states.
FALSE
What is a written document called that describes a government’s power and its people’s
rights?
Constitution
The fact that the U.S. and GA. each have three branches of government
demonstrates what political concept?
Separation of Power
During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the ___________ plan called for a bicameral legislature with each state’s representation in Congress to be
based on population .
Virginia
TRUE / FALSEUnder the principle of separation of powers, an individual cannot hold a position in more than
one branch of state or federal government at the same time?
TRUE
Legislative (Congress) Executive (President) Judicial (Supreme Court)
•Passes bills; has broad taxing and spending power; controls the federal budget; has power to borrow money on the credit of the United States (may be vetoed by President, but vetoes may be overridden with a two-thirds vote of both houses)•Has sole power to declare war, as well as to raise, support, and regulate the military.•Oversees, investigates, and makes the rules for the government and its officers.•Defines by law the jurisdiction of the federal judiciary in cases not specified by the Constitution•Ratification of treaties signed by the President and gives advice and consent to presidential appointments to the federal judiciary, federal executive departments, and other posts (Senate only)•Has sole power of impeachment (House of Representatives) and trial of impeachments (Senate); can remove federal executive and judicial officers from office for high crimes and misdemeanors
•Is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces•Executes the instructions of Congress.•May veto bills passed by Congress (but the veto may be overridden by a two-thirds majority of both houses)•Executes the spending authorized by Congress.•Declares states of emergency and publishes regulations and executive orders.•Makes executive agreements (does not require ratification) and signs treaties (ratification requiring by two-thirds of the Senate)•Makes appointments to the federal judiciary, federal executive departments, and other posts with the advice and consent of the Senate. Has power to make temporary appointment during the recess of the Senate•Has the power to grant "reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment."
•Determines which laws Congress intended to apply to any given case•Exercises judicial review, reviewing the constitutionality of laws•Determines how Congress meant the law to apply to disputes•Determines how a law acts to determine the disposition of prisoners•Determines how a law acts to compel testimony and the production of evidence•Determines how laws should be interpreted to assure uniform policies in a top-down fashion via the appeals process, but gives discretion in individual cases to low-level judges. The amount of discretion depends upon the standard of review, determined by the type of case in question.•Federal judges serve for life
The answer is, “It would create a strong national government, slavery was not
banned, and it would expand the territory.”What is the question?
Why did GA ratify the US Constitution?
The U.S. president is in charge of which branch of the federal government?
The Executive Branch
What Georgian voted for the small state plan and created a tie and forced the Constitutional Convention of 1787
to create the Great Compromise?
Abraham Baldwin
For what reason isButton Gwinnett most famous?
One of the three Georgians that signed
the Declaration of Independence
(also signed the Constitution)
According to the Georgia Constitution all government power comes from where?
The People Or
State’s Voters
TRUE / FALSEThe Articles of Confederation provided for a strong president.
FALSE
John Hanson: First Presidentunder the Articles of Confederation.
The New Jersey plan called for a _________ legislature with each state
receiving one vote in Congress.
unicameral
The state legislature can override a governor’s veto and Georgia courts can declare laws
unconstitutional. These are examples of what political concept?
A system of checks and balances
The branch of government that ensures that all laws do not violate a
citizen’s rights according to the Constitution is which one??
Judicial
According to the separation of powers concept, the federal government is divided into how many branches?
3 SEPARATE BRANCHES
To keep any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful, the U.S. Constitution uses a system of what?
Checks & Balances
The U.S. Constitution controls government power by splitting it in thirds. This is
known as what political principle?
Separation of Powers
What type of government shares power between a weak central government and
stronger local ones ?
Confederacy
Under the Georgia state constitution of 1777, how did the governor get his position?
Appointed by the legislature
Archibald Bulloch, Georgia’s first appointed Governor under the constitution of 1777
TRUE / FALSEA major weakness of the Articles of
Confederation was the fact that the national government was TOO STRONG.
FALSE
Because they had just freed themselves from the strong, powerful government of Great
Britain, the authors of the Articles of Confederation wanted what type of national
government?
A weak National
GOVERNMENT
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