History
Principles
Powers
Checks and Balances
Bill of Rights
100
Founders
Who are the Political leaders of the colonies?
100
Citizens who put the common good above their own selfish interests demonstrate...
What is Civic virtue.
100
The difference is it's Congress has the power to act directly on the people.
What is an important difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution is that the Constitution gives...
100
Prevents branches of government from abusing power.
What is it the system of checks and balances were established to do?
100
The Bill of Rights are these.
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the...
200
The purpose was to improve the Articles of Confederation.
What was the purpose of the Philadelphia Convention was to...
200
An agreement to create a government and follow its laws.
What is the Social contract.
200
Provide for the common defense and common good of the United States.
What The general welfare clause of the Constitution allows Congress to...
200
Separation of powers.
What is Dividing the government into different branches is an example of?
200
When the Government treats individuals fairly.
What does the right to due process of law mean?
300
The colonists argued that laws such were invalid because the colonists were not allowed to vote for members of Parliament.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765...
300
It always includes... A limitation of powers.
What is A constitutional government?
300
Federal system.
What is A system of government in which power is shared by the national government, the state governments, and the people is called a...
300
To protect themselves from the abuse of power, the colonists created their colonial governments to include...
What is Representative government?
300
Individual development and human dignity, the advancement of knowledge, and peaceful social change are it's benefits
What are the benefits of Freedom of expression?
400
The authors of it feared a strong national government, so they created a single branch of government, the Legislature.
What is the Articles of COnfederation
400
Must be obeyed by those running the government.
When is A constitution considered a higher law?
400
It describes the purpose of government to protect the people's natural rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence
400
The Constitution grants the president the power to...
What is Veto laws passed by Congress?
400
Speech, press, assembly, and religious belief are what this document guarantees.
What is it the constitution guarantees, with some limits, to every citizen.
500
The decision to divide Congress into two houses, with equal representation in one and proportional representation in the other.
What is the Great Compromise?
500
The government gets its right to govern from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
A bill is
What is a proposed law.
500
Allow judges to hold their offices for life with good behavior.
What is one way of ensuring the neutrality of the national judiciary was to...
500
You have no freedom in this teacher's classroom
Who is Ms.Frederick?
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