The Beginning
The five American ideals
What are opportunity, liberty, democracy, equality, rights?
The Articles of Confederation established a _____ central government.
What is weak/ineffective?
The 55 delegates that met in Philadelphia during the Constitutional Convention in 1787 were initially planning on revising the Articles of Confederation. (True or False)
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What is true?
The introduction to the Constitution is called...
What is the Preamble?
This principle is established in the opening words of the Preamble ("We the People").
What is popular sovereignty?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This event highlighted the problems inherent in the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
This plan was favored by small states. It included a unicameral legislature with equal representation.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
Identify two requirements needed to become president.
What are: 35 years of age, natural-born citizen, live in the US for 14 years?
This principle states the the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
The King of Britain during the American Revolution
Who was King George III?
The only branch of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the legislative branch?
This group wanted a Bill of Rights included in the Constitution to guarantee the protection of individual rights.
Who were the anti-federalists?
The Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction. Define both.
Original - What are cases start with SCOTUS?
Appellate - What are cases can make their way through the courts to the SCOTUS?
The division of power between the federal and state governments.
What is federalism?
Identify two main goals of the Declaration of Independence.
What are: explain why the colonies are separating from Britain, announce our status as a free and independent nation, attract allies from Europe?
Identify two powers given to the federal government under the Articles of Confederation.
What are: create a postal service, declare war, coin and regulate currency, negotiate with foreign powers, make laws, settle disputes between states?
The Connecticut (Great) Compromise settled a dispute between large and small states by establishing a...
What is a bicameral legislature with equal representation in Senate and population-based representation in the House of Representatives?
A police department searches the storage shed of a murder suspect without a warrant. This violates the ______ Amendment.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Identify the three branches and their main responsibility.
What are: legislative (create laws), executive (carry out/enforce laws), and judicial (interpret laws)?
Thomas Jefferson was influenced by this Enlightenment thinker while writing the Declaration of Independence. Identify the thinker and two of his ideas included in the Declaration.
Who was John Locke?
What are Natural Rights and the Social Contract?
Identify three problems created by the Articles of Confederation.
What are: the inability to collect taxes and muster a militia, a weak central government, lack of an executive and judicial branch, state control of interstate trade?
The number of electoral college representatives for each state are calculated by...
What is adding the number of Senate seats (2) and House of Representative seats?
What are: make laws, establish rules of naturalization, coin and borrow money, raise and maintain military, declare war, regulate commerce (foreign and domestic), regulate taxes, promote science and arts, establish post offices, create tribunals below SCOTUS?
Identify two examples of checks and balances.
Executive: president can veto laws, appoint judges, pardon
Legislative: congress can override vetoes (2/3 majority), impeachment power, approve federal judges
Judicial: declare laws and presidential acts unconstitutional