Purposes of Government
Types of Governments
Articles of Confederation
Principles of Government
Bill of Rights
100
This is the acronym (letters) for purposes of government
What is ESPN
100
What type of government is used in the United States?
What is a representative democracy?
100
This was the first kind of government the United States tried.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
100
This principle is covered by having a Bill of Rights.
What is individual rights.
100
The Bill of Rights is found in this document.
What is the Constitution
200
The FBI, National Guard, and police are all examples of this purpose of government.
What is National Security
200
Hitler was a leader under this type of government.
What is a dictatorship.
200
Who had the power to tax?
What is the state governments?
200
The government is limited by laws and regulations.
What is limited government.
200
How many amendments were first in the Bill of Rights?
What is ten.
300
The Constitution is an example of our government following what purpose of government?
What is Social Order
300
This type of government allows the leader to have total control over every aspect of its constituents' lives.
What is totalitarian.
300
How often did the members of Congress meet under the Articles of Confederation?
What is annually.
300
Americans created a democracy because they wanted to follow this principle after living under the rule of a monarch.
What is Popular Sovereignty
300
This amendment provides you your privacy from police when dealing with "search and seizure".
What is the fourth amendment.
400
Theodore Roosevelt created many national parks, such as Yellowstone National Park. This is an example of what purpose of government?
What is Public Services
400
These are the two main types of governments.
What is autocracy and democracy.
400
These were the powers of the National government.
What is declare war/peace, sign treaties, take money from the national treasury.
400
The U.S. government practices separation of powers because each branch has these powers. . .
What is legislative makes laws, executive enforces the laws, and the judicial branch judges the laws.
400
This amendment keeps you from self incriminating and speaking when you don't need to.
What is the fifth amendment.
500
FDR created lots of new jobs during the Great Depression to help with this.
What is Economic Stability
500
The difference between a representative democracy and a direct democracy.
What is a representative democracy votes for representatives to vote on every issue for the people. In a direct democracy, citizens vote on every issue.
500
The Articles of Confederation failed because . . .
What is the state governments had too much power, Congress could never get anything done, states could coin their own money so there were multiple currencies in the nation, all states had to vote unanimously in order to get anything done/changed.
500
The local, state, and national court systems are an exampled of this principle of government.
What is federalism.
500
The first amendment covers these three ideas. . .
What is freedom of speech, press, and religion.
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