The Enlightenment
How did the English Bill of Rights influence the Founding Fathers?
Ideas from the English Bill of Rights eventually influenced the United Sates Bill of Rights
Magna Carta was in 1215 and was made to limit power of the king of England and to protect rights.
What was the case with Tinker v. DeMoines?
The Case was the school was limiting the students freedom of expression.
What was the problem with the articles of Confederations? No details just the overall.
The problem was the states were too powerful and the central or federals were weak.
Direct Democracy?
people get to vote directly for everything
What did Montesquieu influence in the United States today?
He influenced the separation of powers.
What and When was the Mayflower Compact?
Mayflower Compact was in 1620 and it was made to create a government.
What was the case of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
The case was the school limiting the students freedom of press because of newspapers. The rights were lowered.
What are the details with the Articles of Confederations problem?
The problem was the central govt couldn't collect taxes so no military, Couldn't regulate trade, couldn't enforce laws, no Supreme Court, no federal govt, and it was difficult to change.
Socialism?
controlled by the people of a nation
could be a company
What did John Locke influence in the United States today?
He influenced the Natural Law and the social contract.
What and When was the English Bill of Rights?
The English Bill of Rights was in 1689 and it increased power of English Parliament and to make better people's rights.
What was the case with Plessy v. Ferguson?
The case was 1/8 of African American on trains were segregated.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
Shay's Rebellion was poor famers from Mass. protected high taxes.
Communism?
all property is publicly owned
no private property
What is the Enlightenment?
The Enlightenment was a period of time that people could do to be happy and have a better life.
What and When was the Common Sense?
The Common Sense was in 1776 to support people to gain independence from Great Britain.
What was the case with Brown v. Board of Education?
The case was students were segregated in schools.
What was a constitutional convention?
A constitutional convention is a gathering to make a new constitution because of the problems of the AOC.
Oligarchy?
ruled by a group of a few people
What is the Natural law and the Social contract.
Natural law is the life, liberty, and property.
Social contract is the laws that are made to keep everyone safe.
What was the impact of these documents in the US today?
The impact of these documents is it helped create self-government and have individual rights.
The case of In re Gault?
The case was the Juveniles legal rights.
What is Articles of Confederations?
This was the original constitution of the US (1781) it had to many problems so they changed it to the US constitution the current one.
Monarchy and Autocracy?
Monarchy is ruled by a king or queen
Autocracy is one person with absolute power