Answer:
1. What is government?
- It is a set of institutions in which these philosophical decisions are made
- It is unique because it has authority and legitimacy
Why does government exist?
- To do what individuals cannot do for themselves
- To do "what is good, just, and honest" -John Winthrop
Why do we need government?
- without it, we would live in an anarchy
2. What ideas influenced the Constitution?
- a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority.
3. What is the importance of the Constitution?
- It is our CURRENT framework of government
- It puts the power of the government in the hands of the PEOPLE
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It protects our rights as citizens
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It separates the power of the government into 3 branches so that no one person or group becomes too powerful
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It places important limits on government power
4. What is federalism and how does it work?? What are its Strengths & Weaknesses?
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the system of dividing power between federal and state governments in the United States
- strengths: One of the strengths of a federal system is that it encourages innovation and experimentation in policy development.
- weakness: It hinders policy development and leads to budgetary inefficiency
5. How and why do people vote the way they do?
- Where people vote based on the portrayal of the leader or figureheads rather than for their constituency candidate
Explanation:
So many questions so here is the first 5
Location. terrorist attacks in western countries (U.K., U.S.) get far more coverage than attacks that occur in say, the Middle East or Africa.
Simplified in the best way possible:
World War 1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed by a Serbian man. As of a result, Austria demanded territory (taking advantage of the fact that the killer was Serbian). Austria declared war on Serbia. Serbia was in an agreement with Russia which led to war. Germany declared war on Russia for declaring war on Austria. Germany knew that France was allied to Russia, so Wilhem II declared war on France (it was going to happen anyways.) Britain later declared war on Germany after they had declined an ultimatum. During the war, UU Boats attacked British boats, and tried to starve them. While attacking British boats, they had accidentally attacked an American steamboat. This had caused tension. Germany agreed not to do it again. A few years later, they had started attacking American boats, thinking that the Americans were supplying the British. Tension grew again, which led Germany to send a telegraph to Mexico asking them to attack the United States, promising them their old lands. Since Mexico was at a civil war at the time, their generals told their leader not to attack the United States, and side with them. Mexico did exactly that, and had informed the United States. The people's will to fight in the United States grew, as mobilization started. In 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and sent thousands of troops to France almost every week.
Serbia was to blame as a part of their military known as the black hand secret society had trained soldiers to kill Ferdinand and split Austria's provinces so Serbia can form Yugoslavia. The head of the black hand secret society was the chief of the Serbian military intelligence.
