Review: Constitutional Convention and events leading up to it

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Best definition of Republic
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Type of government in which people vote for the leaders who will handle the job of governing for them.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Best definition of a Democracy
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Type of government in which people participate directly in the decision making process by voting on what the government will do.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Best definition of Despotism
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Type of government in which a ruler gets exactly what he or she wants, whether it is good for the common people or not.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which type of government best matches the government we have in the United States? Options: Democracy, Republic, Autocratic or Dictatorial, Communist
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Republic
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which two are the most opposite: Communism and Democracy, Communism and Republic, Democracy and Despotism, Republic and Democracy?
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Democracy and Despotism
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the purpose of a constitution in a republic?
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It protects individual rights from unfair leaders who might have been voted into office.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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The first attempt at government by the United States, but it did not work for very long were known as
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The Articles of the Confederation
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