Texas Government Final

• According to Aristotle, the just rule of many is called

  • democracy
• The just rule of the one is called

  • Monarchy
• The unjust rule of the few is called

  • oligarchy
• The mayflower compact was an agreement based on

  • mutual survival
• The declaration of independence is based on the writings of

  • John Locke
• According to the declaration of independence our natural rights are

  • Endowments by God
• According to the declaration of independence governments are created in order to

  • secure the rights of man
• The ability to get individuals, groups , or institutions to do something is a

  • power
• Believed life to be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"

  • Hobbes
• The legislative branch creates laws
• The executive branch enforces laws
• The executive branch negotiates treatise
• The legislative branch ratifies treatise
• The executive branch can veto a bill
• The legislative branch can restrict the other branches of government by amending the constitution
• The judicial branch can restrict the other branches of government by declaring laws and acts as unconstitutional.
• Representatives republicanism provides more stability for the nation
• members of the house of representatives are elected every two years
• The house of representatives has the sole power of impeachment
• Each state has two members of the Senate
• to be a member of the house of representatives one must be at least 25 years old
• Members of the Senate are elected every six years
• The legislative branch determines naturalization
• The legislative branch has the power to declare war
• the executive branch can veto a bill
• The Anti-federalist argued that big government cannot meet the needs of the average citizen
• Article II of the constitution discusses the executive branch
• Article I of the constitution discusses the legislative branch
• Article III of the constitution discusses the judicial branch
• The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery
• The fourteenth amendment gave full citizenship to slaves
• The equal protection clause is in the fourteenth amendment
• Women were excluded from the purview of the fifteenth amendment
• The legislator doing his best to discern the will of the people and then acting is known as the trustee model of governing
• The legislator doing what he thinks is best for the nation rather than strictly following the will of the people is known as the delegate model
• The constitution establishes bicameral legislature
• The house of representatives has 435 members
• House members must be 25 years of age to serve
• Senator serve 6 years terms
• Gerrymandering is the drawing of legislative district to affect ta political advantage