Locke it Down
The chief goal of the social contract is the protection of this very personal thing...
WHAT IS PROPERTY?
Reflected in:
The Bill of Rights
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Writ of Habeas Corpus
If one did not resist in some way, Aristotle felt then one was naturally intended to be one of these
WHAT IS A SLAVE?
Three-Fifths Compromise
Slave Importation Clause
British colonial tax policies in the aftermath of this costly war was a decisive turning point in the road to the American Revolution.
WHAT IS THE SEVEN YEARS WAR / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR?
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father.
WHO IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON?
The first female candidate for president to run for a major party.
WHO IS HILLARY CLINTON?
The first and most fundamental thing a commonwealth (government) should do is establish this as supreme power and, once established, never give it away
WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE POWER?
Article I, Sec. 1
Article I, Sec. 2
Under this doctrine, father knows best and excludes all the rest.
WHAT IS PATERNAL RULE?
Article I, Sec. 4 leaves Election law to the states;
use of he, him, and men throughout.
A dangerous perversion of the rule of the best.
WHAT IS OLIGARCHY?
Historians refer to the time between 1781 and 1789 when we were governed by this document as the "critical period"
WHAT ARE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
A native of Slovenia, she is the current First Lady of the United States.
WHO IS MELANIA TRUMP?
To secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity, we humans have come together to under this "collective agreement"
WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CONTRACT?
Preamble of DOI;
Preamble to the Constitution (inherent powers)
This question was answered by the 14th Amendment which established jus soli in the United States.
WHO SHOULD BE A CITIZEN?
Article I, Sec. 8
Amendment XIV, Sec. 1
Constitution a.k.a. commonwealth a.k.a. polis a.k.a. some sort of vehicle to get things done
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?
This rebellion in Western Massachusetts laid bare the weaknesses of the new United States.
WHAT IS SHAYS' REBELLION?
A former mayor of San Francisco, she has been our senior senator since 1992.
WHO IS DIANNE FEINSTEIN?
In order to combat human frailty, so apt to grasp at power, Mr. Locke recommended this tidy diffusive solution
WHAT IS SEPARATION OF POWERS?
Article I (Congress)
Article I, Sec. 2 divides Congress
Article II (Executive)
Article III (Judicial)
To tell when a virtuous regime (like a monarchy) goes bad (like a tyranny), one need look no further than the system that metes out this.
WHAT IS JUSTICE?
Equal Protection Clause of 5th and 14th Amendments
Separation of Powers
Term Limits (Articles I and II)
The first successful English settlement on the Eastern Seaboard, though "successful" is a stretch.
WHAT IS JAMESTOWN?
Three men calling themselves "Publius" wrote these 85 documents, lobbying for ratification of the new constitution.
WHAT ARE THE FEDERALIST PAPERS?
Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman elected to the Senate in her own right, famously issued a "declaration of conscience" against Sen. Joseph McCarthy during congressional investigations into the presence of these people in government.
WHAT ARE COMMUNISTS?
If trust is breached, or the people neglected, they they reserve this (but only after a long train of abuses, of course!)
WHAT IS THE RIGHT OF RESISTANCE?
DOI Preamble: "a history of repeated injuries and usurpations..."
This branch should be sovereign on matters of war and peace and the making and breaking of alliances.
WHAT IS THE DELIBERATIVE BRANCH
Article I, Sec. 8
If you're talking politics, and nothing will sway your opinion, you might just be one of these.
WHAT IS AN IDEOLOGUE?
Powers prohibited to the federal government were tacked on to the Constitution in 1791 and are collectively referred to as this.
WHAT IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
She is San Francisco's voice in the House of Representatives as well as the first (and thus far only) female Speaker of that body.
WHO IS NANCY PELOSI?
Although he waxed poetic, he was an investor in the trade himself -- Locke's words and actions did not align on this "peculiar institution"
WHAT IS SLAVERY?
Three-Fifths Clause (Article I, Sec. 2)
Fugitive Slave Clause (Art. IV, Sec. 2)
Slave Importation Clause (Art. I, Sec. 9)
Article V
This branch carries the "power of the sword" to back up the written law.
WHAT IS THE EXECUTIVE?
Article II, Sec. 2
A polarizing political climate means we have more extremes and fewer of these.
WHAT ARE MODERATES?
Because of he commanded near universal respect (and the Continental Army), this man would be brought in to lobby for ratification of the Constitution.
WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON?
The former Attorney General of California, she became the second Asian-American and first African-American to represent California in the Senate.
WHO IS KAMALA HARRIS?
It is clear from the wording of the Declaration of Independence, that Jefferson was struck by Locke's views on this synonym for fundamental or universal law
WHAT IS NATURAL LAW?
Preamble to the DOI;
Preamble of Constitution
This bundle of characteristics, including the ability to reason and to talk about it, allows us to come together to work towards a common goal: eudaemonia.
WHAT IS HUMAN NATURE?
Preamble to DOI
Preamble to Constitution
Whether labradoodle or a golden retriever, man's best friend seems to be a key component of this lofty goal.
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM?
After debating different plans named after these two states, the Great Compromise was reached.
WHAT ARE VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY?
Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress in her own right, famously voted twice (once in 1917 and once in 1941) against American involvement in these two major global events.
WHAT IS WWI AND WWII?
The idea that the ultimate authority to govern rests with the people.
WHAT IS POPULAR CONSENT OR THE PEOPLE'S POWER?
Amendment IX, X
Articles I, II
To decide by vote or by lot, the referees of the government are found here, may they, as Locke would say, be known and indifferent
WHAT IS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH?
Article III
The most recent group of Americans to be granted the right to vote.
WHO ARE 18-20 YEAR OLDS?
Those with serious qualms about the sweeping powers granted under the new constitution were called this negative term, given to them by their opponents.
WHAT IS ANTI-FEDERALIST?
WHO IS CESAR CHAVEZ?
Locke was inspired by the English Declaration of Right and the English Bill of Rights, penned during and after this famous change of regime.
WHAT IS THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION?
When Phocylides wrote, "fain would I be of the middling..." he was referring to this group of people.
WHAT IS THE MIDDLE-CLASS?
Although not the fastest growing group in the whole country, they are the largest ethnic group in our state.
WHO ARE HISPANIC/LATINOS?
He has "plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives our our people,"
WHO IS KING GEORGE III?
Best known for her role as First Lady during WWII, she was also our country's first delegate to the United Nations.
WHO IS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT?
A prime philosophical influence on Locke's development of his social contract theory came from this man.
WHO WAS THOMAS HOBBES?
Aristotle was born and raised in the court of this mighty king.
WHO WAS PHILIP OF MACEDON?
Madison wrote, "the concentration of power in the same hands is the very definition of this..."
WHAT IS TYRANNY?
Meaning "self-rule", it is given to states in election law and education.
WHAT IS AUTONOMY?
WHO IS SONIA SOTOMAYOR?