Citizenship, Rights, and Responsibilities
What document guarantees rights at the national level, and is considered the supreme (highest) law of the land?
The Constitution
What was the first governing document of the United States, before the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
Which branch's main job is to create laws?
Legislative Branch
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of the people to assemble peacefully and petition the government for a redress of grievances, for everyone in the US
The 1st Amendment
Complete the sentence: No taxation without _____________
Representation
What is the process by which someone born in a country other than the United States can become a US citizen?
Naturalization
This Enlightenment philosopher was known for his writings about natural rights, and the right to choose a new government if the current government infringes on those natural rights.
John Locke
Which branch's main job is to sign and carry out laws?
Executive Branch
The Bill of Rights contained the first _____ amendments to the Constitution
Ten
I was a young plantation owner from Virginia who became the main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Name at least one right that only United States citizens have.
Bonus 100pts for a second right, and 200pts for three rights
Voting in federal elections
Serving on a jury
Running for political office
Signed in 1215, this document was important because it was an agreement between the people of England and King John, which gave them more rights and the king less power
Magna Carta
A president, when being presented with a law passed by Congress, can "return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it." This is called a...
veto
This amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people, and ensures equal protection under the law for all within a state's jurisdiction. It was key to the Brown v. Board of Education case.
The 14th amendment
Before John Adams became president, he was known for being a lawyer involved in the case following what event?
Boston Massacre
What right was at the center of the case Texas v. Johnson?
Bonus 100pts for which amendment it comes from!
Right to free speech
First amendment
The Roman Republic and the United States government both have multiple branches that make up the government (Rome had consuls, tribunes, an assembly, etc.) rather than giving all the authority to just one person. What is this idea called?
Bonus 200pts: Name the Enlightenment philosopher who wrote about this idea.
Separation of Powers or Checks and Balances
Montesquieu
How does the legislative branch check the power of the other two branches? Name at least two.
Bonus 200 pts if you can get three. Bonus 400 pts if you get 4!
Override presidential vetoes
Approve presidential nominees
Impeach and remove the president
Confirm judges
Impeach and remove judges
This 19th amendment granted ________ the right to vote.
Women
Debt from this war led to the disastrous British tax policies that brought on the American Revolution.
The Seven Years' War
or
The French and Indian War
If a police officer were to go into your home without getting verbal permission or written permission (a warrant), your _______ amendment rights may be violated.
4th amendment protection again unreasonable search and seizure
This native/indigenous nation's form of government inspired the United States founders when they created the Constitution.
Iroquois Confederacy
How does the executive branch check the power of the other two branches?
Bonus 200 pts if you can get two. Bonus 400 pts if you get 3!
Nominates judges
Veto bills passed by Congress
Pardon people convicted of crimes
This amendment states that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
The 10th Amendment
The final act the British passed to punish the Bostonians, which closed the harbor, gave more power to the royal governor, and increased the number of British troops stationed in Bostonians' homes.
The Intolerable Acts
or
The Coercive Acts