Chapter 1 Wrap-Up

1.    How is government authority distributed in unitary, federal, and confederal systems?

2.    What is legitimacy and where does a government get it?

3.    What is the source of authority in a monarchy? in a democratic republic? in a dictatorship?

4.    How does feudalism differ from an absolute monarchy? from a constitutional monarchy?

5.    What is the difference between direct democracy and representative democracy?

6.    Why is it important that democracy gives people the opportunity to make choices?

7.    Does equality of opportunity mean the same thing as equality of results? Why or why not?

1. Explain the importance of a written constitution.

2. Which key documents limited the power of English monarchs and how did they do it?

 

3. How did Benjamin Franklin try to bring unity to the country during the conflict between Britain and France?

 

4. In the Declaration of Independence, what rights did Thomas Jefferson consider "unalienable"?

5. How did the Constitution address the weaknesses of the Articles?

 

6. What role did compromise play in the Constitutional Convention?

 

7. Why did delegates compromise on a bicameral Congress?

 

8. During the ratification battle in New York, how did the Federalists explain the principals of American constitutional government and try to win supporters?