Module 1 Lesson 1
Module 1 Lesson 2
Module 1 Lesson 3
Module 1 Lesson 4
Combination of all lessons
100
A person in a government system.
What is a CITIZEN.
100
A government ruled by the people.
What is DEMOCRACY.
100
A system of government where power is divided between the national federal government and the states.
What is FEDERALISM.
100
Any change to the U.S. Constitution
What is an AMENDMENT.
100
You have the right to privacy and cannot be searched or have property seized without probable cause. Your homes, your belongings, and body are protected against unreasonable searches or seizures. The government must get a warrant that states what they are looking for before they can search.
What is AMENDMENT 4.
200
A government ruled by the people.
What is DEMOCRACY.
200
John Locke's idea of the things you are born with that no one should be able to take away. These include life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
What is NATURAL RIGHTS.
200
The document that tells how the American government is put together and works.
What is the CONSTITUTION.
200
You have the right to a speedy trial and the right to have a jury decide if you are innocent or guilty. You have the right to have representation by an attorney (lawyer). If you are poor and need an attorney, you have the right to have one appointed to you by the government.
What is AMENDMENT 6.
200
Fair legal procedures, such as fair trials and trials by jury.
What is DUE PROCESS.
300
How rules are made and enforced.
What is government.
300
The document which said America was now its own country. It listed the reasons why England no longer had the right to be in charge of America.
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
300
An approval of a law.
What is RATIFICATION.
300
Laws cannot be made that limits the freedom of religions, free speech, free press, or the right to assemble in groups, or ask the government to change things that they disagree.
What is AMENDMENT 1.
300
When the government tries a person for the same crime twice. The 5th amendment protects people from being tried twice for the same crime.
What is DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
400
The study of what citizenship is and the rights and duties of citizens to the government.
What is CIVICS.
400
The people have the most power in the decisions of the government by voting.
What is POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.
400
To settle a disagreement by having each side give up something.
What is a COMPROMISE.
400
The first ten amendments to the Constitution ensuring people's rights.
What is the BILL OF RIGHTS.
400
Name given to those who were against the ratification of the Constitution.
What are ANTI-FEDERALISTS.
500
A legal member of a country/government and the responsibilities of a citizen in that government system.
What is CITIZENSHIP.
500
Meant that the colonists would not pay taxes unless they had a say in what taxes they should pay.
What is TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
500
A member of a former political party (1786) in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government.
What are FEDERALISTS.
500
The government cannot make homeowners keep soldiers in their homes during times of peace; during war laws must be followed in order to house solders in homes.
What is AMENDMENT 3.
500
A series of papers that were written to show concern about the constitution.
What are ANTI-FEDERALIST PAPERS.