Vocabulary
Documents/Policies/ Court Cases
People
Amendments
Alexis de Tocqueville's Five Values
100
Congress, President, Supreme Court
What is the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
President of the Continental Congress who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock
100
protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What is the 1st Amendment
100
Means freedom or the power to choose
What is liberty
200
people are the source of the government's power
What is popular sovereignty
200
documents which declared the colonies Independence from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
200
founding father who was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers and the First Supreme Court Justice
Who is John Jay
200
protects against unreasonable search and seizure
What is 4th Amendment
200
means that people have different backgrounds and experiences
What is individualism
300
rights that cannot be denied by the government - life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
What is Unalienable Rights
300
the First Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
300
Frenchman, who wrote Democracy in America
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville
300
protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and establishes eminent domain
What is the 5th Amendment
300
minimal government regulation of business and the economy
What is laissez-faire
400
symbolizes the different colonies coming together to form one country
What is E Pluribus Unum
400
sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States
What is the U.S. Constitution
400
founding father, who signed the Declaration of Independence, was an abolitionist, and favored educating women
Who is Benjamin Rush
400
prohibits cruel and unusual punishment for a crime
What is the 8th Amendment
400
equality in society and politics
What is egalitarianism
500
government run by representatives elected by the people whose job it is to uphold the Constitution
What is a constitutional republic
500
Supreme Court Cases which ensures that law enforcement agents read you your constitutional rights when being arrested
What is Miranda v. Arizona
500
the only Colonial Governor to support the Revolution
Who is Jonathan Trumbull
500
states that power not given to the federal government belong to the states
What is the 10th Amendment
500
promotes the interests of the common people
What is populism
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