Philosophical Foundations
This form of government means “government by the people.”
What is democracy?
This document explained why the colonies separated from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This branch makes laws and includes the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the legislative branch?
Freedom of speech, religion, and press are examples of these freedoms or protections
What are rights?
This amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This level of government handles national defense, immigration, and foreign policy.
What is the federal government?
Number of articles in the U.S. Constitution
7
John Locke argued that people are born with these basic rights: life, liberty, and property.
What are natural rights?
This was the first plan of government for the United States, but it created a weak national government.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This branch enforces laws and includes the President, Cabinet, and federal agencies.
What is the executive branch?
Voting, serving on a jury, paying taxes, and obeying laws are examples of these.
What are responsibilities?
This amendment abolishes slavery
The 13th amendment
This state executive leader enforces Massachusetts state laws.
Who is the governor?
Number of terms the President may serve
2
This Enlightenment thinker influenced separation of powers and checks and balances.
Who is Montesquieu?
This rebellion showed that the national government under the Articles was too weak to respond to crises.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This branch interprets laws and includes the Supreme Court and lower federal courts.
What is the judicial branch?
This civic value means fair legal treatment before the government can take away life, liberty, or property.
What is due process?
This clause gives Congress power to make laws needed to carry out its responsibilities.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause or Elastic Clause?
This Massachusetts branch makes state laws and includes the State Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the state legislative branch?
How does a bill become a law
A bill becomes a law after it is drafted, approved by majority votes in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and signed by the President.
Ancient Rome influenced this idea, where citizens elect people to make decisions for them.
What is representative government or a republic?
This group supported ratifying the Constitution because they wanted a stronger national government.
Who were the Federalists?
This power allows the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
This means the decision of more than half the people wins
What is majority rule?
Supreme Court Case declaring students do not lose rights at the door step (Protest)
Tinker v. Des Moines
In this form of local government, residents vote directly on local issues.
What is a town meeting?
Group of advisers to the President and heads of various departments
Cabinet
This principle means leaders and citizens must all follow the law.
What is rule of law?
This was added to the Constitution in 1791 to protect individual freedoms and helped answer Anti-Federalist concerns.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This system is used to determine presidential elections.
What is the Electoral College?
The five rights guaranteed under the first amendment
Press, Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press
This amendment includes due process, right to not self incriminate and eminent domain
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This amendment reserves powers not given to the federal government to the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
Amendment that allows women the right to vote
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