The Constitution
The Enlightenment
Types of Government
Rights of the Accused
Foundations of Government
100
It explains why the Constitution was written.
What is the purpose of the Preamble? (2)
100
An agreement between the government and the people.
What is a social contract? (13)
100
A government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy? (9)
100
Nobody can search your body, or your house, or your papers and things, unless they can prove to a judge that they have a good reason for the search.
What is the 4th amendment? (23)
100
Laws are fair, they’re enforced and nobody is above the law.
What is rule of law? (8)
200
Establishes the legislative branch of government.
What is Article I of the Constitution?(36)
200
Life, liberty, property.
What are natural rights? (16)
200
A form of government where one leader has absolute control over citizen’s lives.
What is a dictatorship? (10)
200
You cannot be tried for the same crime twice. You cannot be forced to admit you are guilty. You cannot be fined, or put in jail, unless you were convicted by a jury. The government cannot take your personal property unless you are paid a fair price.
What is the 5th amendment? (24)
200
Citizens give their permission to be governed.
What is consent of the governed? (7)
300
Establishes the executive branch of federal government.
What is Article II of the Constitution? (37)
300
He believed that without government, people would live in a state of nature. He also believed that people has a right to revolt of the government was not doing its job.
Who is John Locke? (14)
300
Religious law is used to settle disputes and rule people.
What is a theocracy? (11)
300
You have the right to a speedy, public trial. You have the right to a trial by jury. The have the right to cross-examine witnesses. You have the right to an attorney.
What is the 6th amendment? (25)
300
The powers and responsibilities of government are divided among the three branches of government.
What is Separation of Powers? (6)
400
Establishes the judicial branch of the federal government.
What is Article III of the Constitution? (38)
400
He believed that people were "quick and brutish" and needed to be under the control of a single monarch.
Who is Thomas Hobbes? (15)
400
Citizens hold the political power.
What is a democracy? (4)
400
You have the right to a jury when it is a civil case (a law case between two people rather than between you and the government).
What is the 7th amendment? (26)
400
An addition or change to a document.
What is an amendment? (30)
500
“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 is the Preamble to the Constitution? (1)
500
The idea that the government is created by, and gains its power from, its people, and that it must operate in conformity to the will of the people.
What is popular sovereignty? (12)
500
Representative and Direct.
What are the two types of democracy? (5)
500
The government can’t make you pay more than is reasonable in bail or in fines, and the government can’t inflict cruel or unusual punishments (like torture) even if you are convicted of a crime.
What is the 8th amendment? (27)
500
A system of government where states share power with the national government.
What is federalism? (3)
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