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The Constitution
Foundations of Government
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100
"Life, liberty and property..." as described by John Locke are examples of what? a. natural rights b. civil virtues c. rights of Englishmen
What is rights of Englishmen
100
Who is the father of the Constitution?
What is James Madison?
100
How many articles are in the Constitution?
What is 7
100
Which root of government gave us the ideas of limited government and rule of law?
What English roots?
100
What are the five types of power in government?
What are coercion, formal authority, rewards, expertise and persuasion?
200
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insue domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." - What is this called?
What is the Preamble to the Constitution?
200
Who was the first president of the United States of America?
Who is George Washington?
200
The first ten amendments to the constitution are known as what?
What is Bill of Rights
200
A New England town meeting, where everyone's vote is counted is an example of what type of Democracy?
What is direct democracy?
200
Where was the first REPUBLIC found?
What is Rome?
300
Niccolo Machiavelli said that a King needs to be as smart as a fox and as strong as a lion. What political game is he supporting?
What is a power struggle?
300
Give two examples of people who participated in Civil disobedience as a way to get their way.
What is Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, Rosa Parks etc.
300
What was the name of the Government in the United States before the Constitution was written?
What is the articles of Confederation?
300
A nation-state or country must have four things in order to exist, what are they?
What are population, territory, sovereignty and land?
300
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks went to jail rather than give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Her action is an example of which political game?
What is Civil Disobedience.
400
"HE shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate to make treaties, provide 2/3 of the Senators present agree." Article II, Section 2 Who is HE?
What is the President?
400
Name two Enlightenment figures or people.
Who are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
400
List five rights that the first amendment protects.
What are speech, press, religion, assembly and petition?
400
Which vocabulary word means thats the "power in government is through the people?"
What is popular sovereignty?
400
In a command economy, who decides how much of something to produce?
What is the government?
500
"The powers not delegated to the United State by the Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the States, are reserved for the States..." Which amendment is this?
What is the tenth (10th) amendment?
500
Who are the people who make the laws of the United States?
Who are Congress?
500
Which branch of government interprets the Constitution and laws to make sure that they are consitutional?
What is judicial branch or supreme court.
500
Why did anti-federalists protest the Constitution?
Because it didn't protect specific rights.
500
Which amendment in the Bill of Rights protects a person from cruel and unusual punishment?
What is the 8th amendment?
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