Vocab
Important Documents
Governments
Amendments
Federalist VS Anti-Fedrealists
100
A written document or plan of government
What is the Constitution?
100
a document written in 1689 that established freedom from taxation without representation
What is The English Bill of Rights?
100
Government with power to the citizens as a law making body
What is a Direct Democracy?
100
Freedom of speech, religion, press, and protest
What is the 1st Amendment?
100
document ratified in 1788 that guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens
What was the Constitution?
200
An enlightened thinker who believed in Natural Rights
Who is John Locke?
200
Document written in 1215, first to check the power of the king
What is the Magna Carta?
200
Government run by religion
What is a Theocracy?
200
Police need warrant to search a house/property
What is the 4th Amendment?
200
Formed by Alexander Hamilton, this Party, which existed from 1792 to 1824, was the culmination of American federalism and the first political party in the United States
Who are Federalists?
300
a law by which a person born in the United States is automatically a citizen
What is Rule of Naturalization?
300
First document that established self government and the colonies
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
Government run by a small group of people
What is an Oligarchy?
300
right to a fair trial
What is the 6th Amendment?
300
Believed in a weaker central government
Who are Anti-Federalists?
400
The law making body of Great Britain
What is parliament?
400
The speech Abe Lincoln gave that reiterates American ideals.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
Government run by one single person
What is a Dictatorship?
400
The section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a jury trial for civil cases in the federal courts.
What is 7th Amendment?
400
A 13-articled agreement between the 13 founding states that covering issues of state sovereignty, equal treatment of citizens, development of congress, armed forces, fund raising, and war debt
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
A written order to allow authorities to search.
What is a warrant?
500
George Washington writes about the potential dangers posed by the political parties
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
500
Leader often shares power with other parts of government
What is a Monarchy?
500
Section of the Bill of Rights that basically says that any power that is not given to the federal government is given to the people or the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
500
the second president of the United States, was the first and only Federalist president
Who was John Adams?
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