Three Branches
This branch of government has the power to declare war
Legislative branch
This document written in 1215 is considered the first to limit the power of a monarch
Magna Carta
This thinker is famous for his ideas about government. The most important being the separation of powers and checks and balances
Montesquieu
This FORM of government has a king or queen as its head of state
Monarchy
With regards to U.S. citizenship, a person in the U.S. can be classified as having one of three statuses: citizen, naturalized citizen, or ___________________.
non-citizen
This branch has the power to write and negotiate treaties
Executive branch
This Compact was the first created in what would become the United States of America that created a rule of law system that allowed all men to have a say in government
Mayflower Compact
This thinker is best known for his ideas of natural rights and the social contract
John Locke
This SYSTEM of government has a weak central government with strong states or regions
Confederal
A person living in the country that is not a citizen is known as a
alien
This branch checks the power of the other two branches by approving the appointments of any federal position
legislative branch
This influential American document written in 1776 begins with this famous phrase: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
Declaration of Independence
What Enlightenment idea influenced Thomas Jefferson the most when he said "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
natural rights
This FORM of government allows citizens to vote on every act of a government for their approval (most countries only have this a small part of their government)
How long must a person legally live in the U.S. before they can begin the process of naturalization?
5 years
The national government has the power to collect this.
What are taxes?
This document adopted in 1789 established a government with three separate branches and was hotly contested in its day between Federalists and Anti-Federalists
The United States Constitution
From whom do all governments derive their power from for John Locke?
The people
This system of government allows citizens to select people to represent them.
What is representative democracy?
14th
This court comes after the county court.
What is the Circuit Court?
This document was the first government created in the United States that consisted of a single Congress with 1 representative from each state. It was eventually replaced because some influential Americans felt it was far too weak
Articles of Confederation
This pamphlet called for colonists to fight for liberation.
What is Common Sense?
Communism
If Ivan is born in Guam (a territory of the United States) to parents that are both not U.S. citizens is Ivan a citizen? If so then by what law?
Yes, Law of Soil