Foundations of Government
This 1776 document declared the American colonies free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch of government is responsible for making laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This is the minimum voting age in the United States.
What is 18 years old?
This movement in the 1950s–60s sought to end racial segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This theory says government gets its power from the consent of the governed.
What is the social contract theory?
This clause allows Congress to make laws necessary to carry out its powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
This branch is responsible for interpreting laws.
What is the judicial branch?
This is the process of redrawing district boundaries for representation.
What is redistricting?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case struck down school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a two-house legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This clause in the First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing a religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
This branch of government enforces laws.
What is the executive branch?
These are organizations that raise money to influence elections.
What are Political Action Committees (PACs)?
This act in 1965 aimed to remove racial barriers to voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This philosopher’s ideas about natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
(DAILY DOUBLE) This principle ensures each branch of government can limit the others’ power.
What are checks and balances?
These meetings allow political parties to choose their presidential candidates.
What are party caucuses?
This major spending category in the federal budget includes Social Security and Medicare.
What is mandatory spending?
This failed plan in 1781 served as the first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This is the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This term describes when one party controls Congress while the other controls the presidency.
What is divided government?
This landmark case in 1973 established a constitutional right to abortion (overturned in 2022).
What is Roe v. Wade?