Philosophers & Foundations
This English philosopher believed people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
A government where the people hold power through voting is called this.
What is democracy?
These first 10 amendments were added to protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This principle ensures no branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This branch makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This French philosopher's big idea was a system where power is divided among 3 branches of government.
Who is Montesquieu?
A government ruled by one person or a small group with total power.
What is authoritarianism?
This group supported ratifying the Constitution and wanted a stronger central government.
Who were the Federalists?
This principle says government’s power comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This branch enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
Rousseau believed in this type of agreement between the people and their government.
What is the social contract?
DAILY DOUBLE
This 1776 document, written mainly by Thomas Jefferson, declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This group opposed the Constitution and demanded a Bill of Rights.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
DAILY DOUBLE
This principle means the government is not all-powerful and must follow the law.
What is limited government?
DAILY DOUBLE
This branch interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
Signed by Pilgrims in 1620, this document established self-government in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Virginia’s 1619 assembly was the first representative government in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
DAILY DOUBLE
This compromise created a two-house legislature: Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the Great Compromise?
This system divides power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This amendment officially ended slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
DAILY DOUBLE
This 1215 English document limited the king’s power and gave protection in courts for the first time.
What is the Magna Carta?
America’s first constitution, it created a weak central government and was later replaced.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This compromise decided how enslaved people would count for taxation and representation.
What is the Three-Fifths (3/5) Compromise?
This principle means citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them.
What is republicanism?
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all born in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?