Enlightenment
Checks & Balances
Equal Application of the Law
Principles of Rule of law
Founding Documents
100

Montesquieu is most known for his idea..

Separation of Powers 

100

The legislative branch can "Check" the executive branch by 

1. by overriding the President's veto with a 2/3 majority 

2. Impeachment 

100
Nobody is ___ the law
What is above?
100

We are a nation of laws in which everyone must follow the law.

Rule of Law

100

Limited monarch's power, established the rule of law 

What is Magna Carta?

200

He believed that a social contract existed between the people and government: People agreed to give up some rights and in return received protection from the government.

John Locke

200

The President can "check" the judicial branch by 

appointing justices/judges 

200
Whether you are a politician or average joe the judicial system treats you the ___
What is same?
200

All people are legally responsible for their actions.

Accountability to the Law 

200

Set out rights of English citizens that no monarch could violate; established Parliament as leading

English Bill of Rights 

300

This Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

John Locke

300

The Constitution splitting government into different branches is __

Separation of Powers 

300

 Actions based on random choices or personal bias instead of the law. 

What is Arbitrary?

300
The rules for legal proceedings need to be this
What is fair?
300
This document helps citizens enforce their rights
What is the constitution
400

The idea that "the people" give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules

Social Contract

400
An example of checks and balances is that Congress has the power to declare war but ___ has the power to run the military.
What is executive branch/ president
400
This amendment says "equal protection of the laws"
What is 14th amendment
400
The right to a speedy trial is a procedural fairness rule provided in this document.
What is the constitution?
400

Established self-governance and a direct democracy in colonial America

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Mayflower Compact 

500

Wrote that rulers should be feared not loved, but supported republics

Niccolò Machiavelli 

500
In order for checks & balances to work government branches must be ___
What is divided?
500
This is who has equal protection under the law
What is everyone, & the government
500

Actions that are known to everyone. Nothing is done in secret.

Transparency 

500

Used the ideas of John Locke makes the case for independence

What is Thomas Paine- Common Sense 

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