Foundations
True or False?
Most Americans are active in politics.
False
The Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Constitution
•Article I outlines the roles of which branch?
•Legislative
•The number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
10
•The US Congressional District that Deep Run High School is in.
•What is the 7th District
When people vote directly on each policy or for people
What is Direct Democracy
This Plan proposed by James Madison set up a 2 house legislature
•What is the Virginia Plan
•The role of the President is outlined in this Article
•Article II
•This amendment prevents soldiers being put in homes during peacetime
3rd
•These are rights that cannot be taken away
Unalienable Rights or Life, Liberty and Property
What is a Representative government
•Powers of the national government that are not specifically stated in the Constitution
What are Implied Powers
•This early US government was replaced due to being too weak.
Articles of Confederation
•Under the 4th Amendment, a ___ is needed otherwise it is considered an unreasonable search and seizure
Warrant
•Three types of Mass Media
Tv, Newspapers, Social Media, Radio or Broadcast, Print and Digital
This ancient civilization gave us ideas about government by having a Senate and being a Republic.
What is Rome
This clause makes the Constitution the Supreme Law of the Land.
•Supremacy Clause
•This Article outlines life terms for members of this branch.
•Article III
•Rights to a jury trial, attorney and the prevent of self incrimination are part of this Amendment.
5th Amendment
•In this primary, only those registered with that specific party can vote.
•Closed Primary
Philosopher who said in this Social Contract Theory that we give up individual freedoms for leadership
Who is Thomas Hobbes
•The Great Compromise was a compromise between big states and little states meaning that Congress would have a ____ legislature?
•A bicameral or two house system
•Total number of Articles in the US Constitution
7
•This Amendment says that not all individual rights are listed
•9th Amendment
•This Compromise defined what slaves counted as for population count.
•Three-fifths Compromise