Enlightenment & Social Contract
Road to the Constitution
Constitution 101
Federalist Debates
NC Government
100
The belief that citizens give up some of their rights to the government in exchange for its protection.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
100
The date that the American colonies signed the Declaration of Indendence.
What is July 4, 1776?
100
The constitutional principle expressed in this photo.
What is popular sovereignty?
100
The group of people who believed the following:
A strong central government would infringe upon state rights and individual rights and lead to tyranny.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
100
The 3 branches of the NC government
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
200
John Locke's belief that in exchange for protection, citizens give up some of their rights and obey laws.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
200
The major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What are:
1. Inability to curb rebellions
2. No national military
3. Needed 9/13 states to pass a law, all 13 states to ratify
200
The 3 branches of government.
What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches?
200
The compromised addition to the U.S. Constitution that led to its ratification.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
The name of the NC Legislative Branch.
What is the General Assembly?
300
The 3 inalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Indepdence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
300
The compromise that stated that 3 out of 5 enslaved people would be counted for representation based on a state's population.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
300
The principle that no branch can be stronger than the other.
ex: veto, congressional approval, supreme court review
What is checks and balances?
300
According to Federalists, individual rights were ______
What is implied?
300
The current Governor of North Carolina
Who is Josh Stein?
400
Three early social contracts that inspired values in the U.S. Constitution.
What are:
1. The Magna Carta
2. The House of Burgesses
3. The Mayflower Compact
4. The English Bill of Rights
5. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
400
The founding mother who was often regarded as "Mrs. President" and urged her husband to "Remember the Ladies" when drafting the U.S. Constitution.
Who was Abigail Adams?
400
The number of Articles in the Constitution
What is 7?
400
The purpose of the publishing of the Federalist Papers
What is to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
400
The head of the Executive Branch of NC's government
Who is the Governor?
500
The philosopher who believed that there should be a separation of church and state (government) and advocated for religious tolerance.
Who was Voltaire?
500
How the Virginia and New Jersey Plans based their representation on.
What are:
Total population/proportional representation (Virginia Plan) and equal amount/representation (New Jersey)?
500
The 7 Principles of the U.S. Constitution.
What are:
1. Popular Sovereignty
2. Federalism
3. Separation of Powers
4. Checks & Balances
5. Republicanism
6. Limited Government
7. Individual Rights
500
The names of the 3 Federalist Papers authors.
Who are Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison?
500
The version of the NC Constitution that is still in-use today.
What is the 1971 version?