Founding Principles
This principle ensures government powers are restricted by law.
What is limited government?
The first step in creating a law.
What is introducing a bill?
This document announced America’s independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The President’s group of advisors heading executive departments.
What is the Cabinet?
The idea that government gets its authority from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This group resolves differences between House and Senate versions of a bill.
What is a conference committee?
The first governing document of the United States, replaced by the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The case that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The President’s role as the leader of the U.S. armed forces.
What is Commander in Chief?
The belief that citizens have duties to participate in their government.
What is civic responsibility?
The President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
The document that outlines individual freedoms, forming part of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This case determined that police must inform suspects of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The President’s ability to forgive a crime and eliminate punishment.
What is a pardon?
Rights that all people are born with, according to the Declaration of Independence.
What are natural rights?
A method used by Senators to delay voting on a bill.
What is a filibuster?
The document that influenced the U.S. Constitution and established "trial by jury."
What is the Magna Carta?
The decision that upheld the federal government's power over interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
The executive department responsible for foreign relations.
What is the State Department?
The idea that citizens agree to follow laws in exchange for protection of their rights.
What is the social contract?
The percentage of votes needed in both houses to override a presidential veto.
What is two-thirds?
This document explained why the colonies were separating from Britain.
What is Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”?
The ruling that said enslaved people were not citizens and could not sue.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The annual speech where the President outlines goals for the nation.
What is the State of the Union address?