Introduction
What is an autocratic government?
This Enlightenment philosopher influenced the Declaration of Independence with his ideas of natural rights, consent of the governed, and right to alter or abolish the government.
Who is John Locke?
This principle means that even the government must follow the law.
These can be added to the Constitution according to Article V.
What are amendments?
The chamber of Congress that can initiate revenue bills.
What is the House of Representatives?
Going to school, paying taxes, obeying laws, serving on a jury
These are the 3 natural rights.
What are life, liberty, and property?
The U.S. government has 3 separate branches of government with each its own job which is an example of this constitutional principle.
What is separation of powers?
This was the first governing document of the U.S.A.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This process for drawing districts to give one party an advantage gets its name from an amphibian.
What is gerrymandering?
Some key beliefs of this political ideology is government involvement, equality, and restriction on gun ownership.
What is liberal?
This document was created in England in 1215 to limit the king's power of taxation and created due process.
What is the Magna Carta?
What is national or federal?
The result of the Great Compromise.
These are 2 delegated powers to Congress.
What is declare war, establish post offices, tax, regulate commerce, naturalization process, etc.
In French, this term means let it happen and it's a way to describe the conservative ideology of government's role in business.
What is Laissez-faire?
The Mayflower Compact features these two ideas that were later adopted to the U.S. Constitution.
Equality under the law such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to vote, etc. are all examples of this principle of government.
What are individual rights?
This compromise of the Constitution resulted in enslaved people being counted as 3/5 of a person toward representation & taxation.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
The Legislative Branch can check the Executive branch by this.
These organizations create a list of beliefs (called a platform) and try to get their members elected.
What are political parties?
These are the 4 ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
What are Equality, Unalienable Rights, Consent of the Governed, and Right to Alter or Abolish the Govt?
The definition of republicanism.
What is electing representatives to the government to represent its people?
What is the Bill of Rights?
The majority of the lawmaking process happens here.
What are committees?