Constitution
This is what the colonists were afraid of.
What is a king/monarch/King George III?
This is considered the law-making body of the government.
What is the legislative branch?
The principle that a government’s power is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
What is popular sovereignty?
The idea that espoused "life, liberty, and property."
What is natural rights?
Bonus Question: What document is natural rights most prominent in? (+100)
These are the first three words of the Constitution.
What is "We the people?"
These are the powers granted to the US President by Article 2 of the Constitution.
What is the commander-in-chief, ability to make treaties, ability to make judge and cabinet appoints, etc.?
These are the two chambers of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The ability for a judge to declare a law constitutional or unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
Montesquieu came up with these ideas.
What are checks & balances and separation of powers?
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
It establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the "supreme Law of the Land".
What is the supremacy clause?
This body of government has the ability to approve or disapprove of presidential cabinet picks. Hint: Must be precise.
What is the Senate?
A fundamental constitutional principle dividing government responsibilities into three distinct branches—legislative (Congress), executive (President), and judicial (courts)—to prevent the concentration of power.
What is separation of powers?
Name an example of separation of powers. (+200)
This man championed freedom of speech.
Who is Voltaire?
This is the amount of time a Supreme Court justice can serve.
What is forever/until they are dead/infinite?
This is the amount of legislatures and states needed to amend the Constitution.
What is 2/3 and 3/4?
Bonus: What article of the Constitution is this related to? (+300)
This is the Speaker of the House as of 2026.
Who is Mike Johnson?
An example of this is that state and local government can regulate their own school districts.
What is federalism?
This allowed the king to get there authority from God, not the people.
What is divine right?
This is the definition for concurrent powers.
What is authority shared by both federal and state governments in a federation, allowing them to operate simultaneously?
Bonus: Name one example of concurrent powers (+200).
An example of this is that states must recognize the high school diplomas of other states.
What is the full faith and credit clause?
An example of this is when the Supreme Court uses judicial review to declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional.
What is checks and balances?
An example of this is that the federal government must have a warrant before they search your house.
What is limited government?
The state exists only to serve the will of the people and they are free to give or withhold power as they choose. The people surrender certain freedoms in exchange for society's protection.
What is the social contract?
These are powers granted to the Federal Government through delegated powers.
What is regulating interstate commerce, coining money, declaring war, and maintaining the armed forces?