What's natural about it?
This English philosopher identified the "natural rights" of every man as "life, liberty, and property"
Who is John Locke
This amendment finally guaranteed women the right to vote in 1920 (!)
What is the 19th Amendment?
This problematic dictator in Peru was the example given in our text for what can happen when government is not limited.
Who is Fujimori?
On the state level, the __________ is the head of the executive branch.
What is The Governor? (bonus 100 if they know Missouri's governor's name)
Both state and the federal government have one of these documents which serve as a rulebook for how government should be run.
What is a constitution?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution, which largely protect one's natural rights, are also referred to as this
In many states, you have the right as a citizen to change your state's law through these two processes, one of which allows drafting new laws, the other changes or amends existing ones. (two possible answers)
What is an initiative? or What is a referendum? (bonus 100 points if you can explain the difference)
This is the term for our system of government where power is divided between the states and a central government
What is federalism?
This article, which establishes the legislative branch of government, is the longest in part of the constitution.
What is Article I?
What is the Separation of Powers?
Hobbes and Locke may have described it differently, but agreed that this condition of chaos is the result of people left without ANY form of government.
What is the State of Nature?
When someone says, in a court of law, "I plead the 5th," he is invoking his right to avoid this.
What is "self-incrimination."
Fill in the blank: The first 10 amendments to the constitution can be categorized as protecting the rights of the accused, limiting government, or protecting your personal _________.
What are "freedoms?"
Within federalism, these types of powers given to congress are explicitly stated in the constitution.
What are Expressed Powers
Because our constitution guarantees that our government is only in place by the consent of the governed, you (will eventually) have the right to choose your leaders and even amend the constitution by doing this.
What is voting?
This amendment reinforces the idea of natural rights by stating that the rights enumerated in the constitution are not the only rights available to us.
What is the 9th amendment?
This term refers to a country (or nation state's) right to make and enforce their own laws without interference from other countries or governments.
What is sovereignty?
Fill in the blank: Procedural ______________ requires that the government have rules for legal proceedings that make sense and are followed consistently.
What is "fairness"?
The Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Education, The Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Transportation are all members of this group of advisors to the President who run executive departments.
What is the cabinet?
This requires that laws be fair, apply to everyone regardless of wealth or status, and that procedures be in place to carry out the law.
What is The Rule of Law?
In addition to the Englishmen in our notes, Frenchman Jean-Jaque Rousseau advocated for this as the solution to the chaos of the ungoverned. In fact, it is the name of his book.
What is The Social Contract?
Passed between 1865-1870, these amendments finally granted basic human rights to Americans of African descent under the constitution.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th, or what are the Reconstruction Amendments?
The original group of men who wrote the constitution are also sometimes referred to as this. Hint: this word also refers to construction workers who build one of the first parts needed for a house.
What are the Framers?
This is the supreme court justice who was confirmed just this week and will join the bench in June as the first African American woman to ever be a supreme court justice.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
If not for this, the largest, most popular group of people in any society could end up with all of the decision-making power, leaving lots of smaller groups without true consent of the governed or access to justice.
What are minority rights/rights of the minority?