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Study Guide Foundations of Government

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Why would a State of Nature fail? What did John Locke believe the purpose of a government was? What is a social contract? What did Crevecoeur believe made America unique? What did Montesquieu believe was the best way to prevent abuse of power? What did we learn from the Romans? What did we learn from the Iroquois?

Study Guide Article One

8. What is the difference between Equal Representation and Proportional Representation? 9. What does bicameral mean? 10. What was the solution to the problem of NJ Plan vs. VA Plan called? 11. How many Representatives in the House of Representatives? 12. How many Senators in the Senate? 13. How many does Illinois send to the House? 14. What is our Representatives name? 15. How many do we send to the Senate? 16. How old does a Senator need to be? 17. How long is the term of a Representative? 18. Who leads the House of Representatives? 19. Who leads the Senate? 20. And who backs up that Senate leader? 21. Who can be impeached? 22. True of False: all Senators and Reps are elected on the same day. 23. List three powers that Congress has. 24. Which power of the Congress is the most important? Be sure to list 3 reasons why you believe so. 25. List 2 things that Congress cannot do.