Political Thinkers
Amendments
The Constitution
"I do declare!!"
So Fed' Up
100
The agreement between people and government that grants government the right to rule over the people.
What is Social Contract
100
The freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
100
This article of describes the organization and powers of the legislative branch.
What is Article I?
100
July 4, 1776
What is the date of the signing of the DoI?
100
the distribution of power between a central government and state governments.
What is federalism?
200
The conditions that people lived in before society or government came into being.
What is the state of nature?
200
The right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
200
This article describes the powers and organization of the judicial branch.
What is Article III?
200
Preamble --> Natural Rights --> Resolution of Independence --> Grievances
What is the structure of the DoI?
200
The pseudonym used by writers of the Federalist Paper.
Who is Publius?
300
The people tasked with drafting the US Constitution.
Who are the Founding Fathers?
300
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. Search warrants must be backed up by probable cause.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
300
A preamble, 7 Articles describing the powers and organization of government, and a list of amendments.
What is the organization of the US Constitution?
300
The formal complaints listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are "grievances"?
300
This group of people wanted a stronger national government than the Articles of Confederation provided.
Who are the Federalists?
400
A political thinker who penned the phrase "Life, Liberty, and Property." He greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson.
Who is John Locke?
400
Rights to a fair and speedy trial, confront your accuser, obtain witnesses for your defense, and have a lawyer
What is the Sixth Amendment?
400
"...in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity..."
What are the 6 purposes of forming government in the Preamble.
400
Those rights that you are born with and cannot be taken from you.
What are natural rights?
400
The authors of the Federalist Papers.
Who are Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison?
500
He said that life without government is "nasty, brutish, and short."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
500
No excessive fines or bail. No cruel or unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment?
500
Those governmental powers that are written down in the constitution.
What are expressed/enumerated powers?
500
"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," was referring to the ideas of this English philosopher.
Who is John Locke?
500
85
What is the number of Federalist papers?
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