Amendments
The 24th Amendment outlawed:
What is poll taxes?
A ________ is a resident of a state or nation, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy the privileges there.
What is a Citizen?
Checks and balances?
What is dividing powers amongst constitutional bodies equally to check abuse of power and self-regulate the bodies to prevent autocracy. Ability to keep the other branches accountable?
A government where power is delegated in a constitution and representatives are elected by the people
What is Constitutional republic?
The document outlined the first form of government for the United States
What is Articles of Confederation ?
This group of people gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment. && for extra 10pts the term for right to vote.
What is Women? Suffrage?
The two ways a person can become a U.S. citizen (14th Amendment)
What is Birth (Natural Born) and Naturalization ?
separation of powers ?
What is the constitutional allocation of the legislative, executive and judicial powers among the three branches of government ?
Powers that are shared by the federal and state governments are called ______ powers
What is Concurrent?
The phrase means that all citizens are accountable to the law
What is Rule of Law?
The difference between the 6th and 7th
What is the 18th year old citizens?
Citizens pay pay taxes to...
What is help pay for public services?
The pamphlet was used to persuade members of the Second Continental Congress and to justify the ideals and reasons for independence from Great Britain?
What is Common Sense?
Symbolism is ...
What is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?
The goal of the Preamble to U.S. Constitution states that the government should be a better union of states than the one created under the Articles of Confederation
What is Form a more perfect union ?
The 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments protect the rights of the accused?
What is
4th: search and seizure
5th: Double Jeopardy, Due Process
6th: Speedy Trial, Impartial Jury, Right to attorney
8th: No excessive Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
An obligation or a duty for citizens to follow laws...
What is following laws helps maintain order in society?
Founding Document is the principle of “consent of the governed” expressed?
What is Declaration of Independence ?
John Locke's theory that certain principles in society are inherent in nature is known as ________.
What is Natural Law?
The main argument the Federalists used to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
What is The need for a stronger central government?
The Civil Rights Amendments are...
What is 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
13: end slavery
14: defined U.S. Citizenship
15: Right to vote cannot be denied based on race
List 4 responsibilities of citizenship
What is voting, attending civic meetings, petitioning the government, running for office, respecting others right, property, and opinions, community service?
The federal system of government?
What is System of government where the powers of government are divided between the national & state governments ?
Powers that are given specifically to the federal government are called what? (two terms)
What is Expressed/ Delegated Powers?
What is
1. Congress had no power to tax
2. No regulation of commerce / trade
3. No enforcement of laws (no executive branch)
4. No national court system (no judicial branch)
5. No central leadership / President
6. No national armed forces
7. Amending the Articles required a unanimous vote of all 13 states ?