Prohibits the unreasonable search and seizure of persons and property.
What is the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
100
Requires a grand jury for serious criminal charges; prohibits double jeopardy; prohibits forcing accused persons to testify against themselves; prohibits government from taking private property for public use without just compensation.
What is the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
100
Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
What is Checks and Balances?
200
A book written by Alexis de Tocqueville that identified five values that were unique to American political system
What is "Democracy in America?"
200
Guarantees the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right of assembly and the right to petition the government.
What is the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
200
This amendment states that "a well-regulated militia" is "necessary to the security of a free state." For this reason, it says that people should have the right to "bear arms."
What is the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
200
Founding father responsible for the authoring the majority of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789.
What is Articles of Confederation?
300
States that the federal government has only those powers specifically given to it in the Constitution. All other powers are reserved to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
300
Assures people that they may have other basic rights in addition to those mentioned in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
300
The principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
400
The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
Prohibits quartering soldiers in private homes in peacetime and limits it in time of war.
What is the 3rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
400
Prohibits excessive bail and fines, also prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
400
Vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
What is Separation of Powers?
500
Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is is the Constitutional Convention?
500
Guarantees a jury trial in most civil cases.
What is the 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
500
Guarantees suspects the right to a speedy trial by jury in criminal cases; to know all charges; to question and obtain witnesses; and to have counsel.
What is the 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
500
A system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.