THESE RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY BY THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE BORN WITH THEM.
What is NATURAL RIGHTS
100
What is the purpose of Government according to the Declaration of Independence?
What is To secure the rights of the people
100
Right to a speedy and public trial.
You can have a lawyer for trial.
What is 6th Amendment
100
The doctrine that the right of rule derives directly from God, not from the consent of the people.
What is divine right of kings
100
Finish this statement: "We hold these truths to be self evident..."
What is that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
200
THESE ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS WANTED TO REFORM THE ECONOMY.
Who are PHYSIOCRATS
200
Define "Misogyny"
What is hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.
200
No cruel or unusual punishment.
What is 8th amendment: No cruel or unusual punishment.
200
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Who are two of the women associated with leading the movement that led to the right of women to vote.
200
What is beneficial for all (or most) members of a given community.
What is The Common Good
300
THIS IS A TYPE OF ECONOMY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT PLAYS A VERY SMALL ROLE. (GET YOUR FILFTHY PAWS OFF OF ME!
What is LAISSEZ FAIRE
300
THESE ARE LAWS THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED. COULD BE FOUND IN NATURE OR HUMANS.
What is NATURAL LAWS
300
Name five of the seven men recognized as America's "Founding Fathers"
Who are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington
300
best known for his treatise On Crimes and Punishments (1764), which condemned torture and the death penalty. His ideas figure prominently in our current system of criminal justice.
Who is Cesare Beccaria
300
HE BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF POWERS IN A GOVERNMENT. DON'T LET ONE BRANCH BECOME TOO STRONG!
Who is MONTESQUIEU
400
Define "Heliocentric theory"
What is a model of the universe in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point while the Earth and other bodies revolve around it.
400
HE BELIEVED EVERY PERSON HAD NATURAL RIGHTS, AND THESE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY
Who is JOHN LOCKE
400
a ruler who governs alone and is not restrained by laws, a constitution, or custom
Who is an Absolute Monarch
400
HE BELIEVED EVERY PERSON HAD NATURAL RIGHTS, AND THESE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY!
Who is JOHN LOCKE
400
HE WAS THE RULER OF BRITAIN DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Who is King George III
500
HE WAS A GENERAL IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOR THE COLONIES. THE COLONISTS WANTED HIM TO BE THE KING OF AMERICA AFTER THE WAR.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
500
the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
What is Absolutism
500
SHE WANTED GIRLS TO RECEIVE THE SAME EDUCATION AS BOYS SO WOMEN COULD BE INDEPENDENT.
Who is WOLLSTONECRAFT
500
AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF WHAT MAJOR MOVEMENT?
What is THE ENLIGHTENMENT
500
1954: the Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. This case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society.