I guaranteed African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
100
You can trace the Bill of Rights (attached to the first state constitutions) to the two of us.
What are the Magna Carta AND the English Bill of Rights?
100
We are the two people that make up the Executive Branch.
Who are the President and the Vice President?
100
Government by consent of the governed.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
100
The basic philosophical principles of John Locke are best reflected in THIS.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
I was passed to limit the president to 2 terms.
What is the 22nd amendment?
200
When the United States chose democracy as its foundation of government, it gave the TWO of us to all citizens.
What is Power AND Responsibility?
200
We are the people who plan to stay in the United States for a short time.
Who are Aliens?
200
Requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding him or her.
What is a Writ of Habeas Corpus?
200
The political system that allows powers to be shared by both state and national government.
What is Federal?
300
These three would be very important to you, if you were ever accused of a crime.
What is the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments?
300
We are the TWO concepts that would work best in order to ensure that the law applies to everyone (even those who govern us).
What are Rule of Law AND Limited Government?
300
We are the representatives of interest groups who contact public officials directly.
What are Lobbyists?
300
An election in which only the declared members of a party are allowed to vote for the party's nominees.
What is a Closed Primary?
300
The three freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.
What are speech, religion, and assembly?
400
I am known as the "equal protection under the law" clause, as I strike down discriminatory race, gender, and age practices.
What is the 14th amendment?
400
We are the TWO political systems that give the state governments power to collect taxes.
What are the Federal AND Confederal?
400
Citizens delegate authority to us in a representative government.
Who are elected officials?
400
Citizens can use THIS to approve or reject a local or state law.
What is a referendum?
400
Separation of power, a system of checks and balances, and accountability to the public are all distributed and shared in THIS.
What is a Republic?
500
I say that you are protected, if you criticize the government.
What is the 1st amendment?
500
We allow each branch of government to exercise some control over the others.
What are Checks AND Balances?
500
My idea of "life, liberty, and property" influenced Thomas Jefferson's idea of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
500
The Supreme Court bases its decisions on the Constitution and THIS.
What is Precedent?
500
The element of the Constitution that reflects the influence of French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu.