Units 1 and 2

Mrs. Milito

What is government?

The administration of public policy and affairs of an area.

Definition of government…

Democracy – government exercised directly through the people or elected representatives

Republic - a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly  by them

Absolute Monarch – a country that is ruled by a monarch (king or queen)

What types of governments exist?

Constitutional Monarchy – monarch who governs under the confines and limits of a constitution.

Aristocracy – a government run by higher society of people who own most of the land.

Oligarchy – government by a few people.

Theocracy – government by a religious group

What are important characteristics in a government leader?

Constitution of the United States written in 1787

What established the government we have today?

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

What are the goals that the Preamble in the US Constitution has for our country?

How is our Federal System of Government work?Federal System – divides the power betweenState and the federal government

Delegated PowersPowers assigned to the nationalGovernmentExamples:Coining MoneyRegulating Trade

Reserved PowersPowers kept by theStatesExamples;Creating local Government andHolding Elections

Concurrent PowersPowers shared by the State and federal GovernmentExamples:TaxesBorrowing MoneyEnforcing laws

Necessary and Proper ClauseProvides flexibility to the government and Constitution

Governor = Tom CorbettState Senator = D. PileggiState Rep = Barrar