Concepts of American Government
What are sheriffs, coroners, or judges?
This document announcted the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Changes to the constitution are called _____
What are amendments?
Name two of the five freedoms granted in The First Amendment.
What are freedom of religion, press, assembly, petition, and speech.
This amendment prohibits slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters. Those officials are then held accountable in periodic elections
What is Representative Government?
What is the Declaration of Intent?
What is coining money, making treaties with foreign countries, taxing imports, regulating interstate commerce.
This amendment states that no person is forced to be a witness against themselves, nor can they have their property taken away without just compensation.
What is the 5th amendment?
This amendment grants women the right to vote?
What is the 19th amendment?
Government is restricted in what it may do and each individual has certain rights that government cannot take away
What is Limited Government?
Preamble, Statement of Beliefs, ______, Prior Attempts to Address Grievance, Declaration of Intent
What is List of Complains?
Within a federal government, power is shared by the by the Federal/National government and the _______ governments
What is individual state/state governments?
This amendment states that people have the right to a speedy trial and the right to counsel (a lawyer)
What is the 6th amendment?
What is the 14 amendment?
Government is used to create orderly regulation of relationships among other people
What is Ordered Government?
This was our first National Government, formed in response to the British refusing to repeal the intolerable acts.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
What is collecting taxes, borrow money, enforce laws, having court systems
This amendment protects people from search and seizures without the issue of a warrant
What is the 4th amendment?
The amount of Congress that needs to vote for an amendment to approve it's proposal (the first step in the amendment process).
What is the two-thirds?
The 1215 document included the principles of Trial by Jury, Due Process of the Law, and protection against the taking of life, liberty, and property.
What is the Magna Carta?
Name one of the six Intolerable acts.
What is the Boston Port Bill, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, the Quartering Act, or the Quebec Act?
Name all of the ideals in the Preamble of the Constitution.
What is "We the people, etc. etc. etc."
These two amendments state that rights not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution still apply to the people and that all powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states.
What are the 9th and 10th amendment?
The amount of states legislatures that need to vote for an amendment in order for it to be added to The Constitution?
What is three-fourths?