Rights
What are the basic human rights according to the U.S Constitution
What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What country was the U.S a colony for?
What is England
Which president served 3 full terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What document lists the rights of Americans specifically?
Bill of Rights
How many presidents has America had?
What is the 2nd amendment right state
Right to bear arms
What government was America before it was a democracy?
A confederacy
Who are our current house representatives?
David Purdue and Johnny Isakson
What is the first right in the Bill of Rights
Freedom or religion, speech, petition, and assembly
Who are the people who work under the government in bureaucracies called?
Social Servants
What is the 14th amendment apply to?
Stops states from restricting the freedom or citizenship of the people, and whoever is born in america is a naturalized american
How were senators originally chosen before the 17th amendment
State representatives chose them.
Who led the anti-hate civil rights movement that changed how we think of race
Martin Luther King Jr.
What were the weaknesses of the articles of confederation.
Inability to tax, raise an army, print money, or pass laws efficiently
What event showed that the Articles Of Confederation were weak.
Shay's Rebellion
What does the 17th Amendment state
That each state was to have 2 senators and that these senators would be elected by popular vote.
What event took place so that small states had as much representation as larger states in the senate
The Great Compromise
Which man wrote the spirit of the laws?
Montesquieu
What document freed the slaves in the south on January 1st, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
Which President decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?
Harriet Truman
Which Right gives you the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Miranda Rights
How many Presidents have been tried for impeachment and who were they?
Only 2, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
Which president lied under oath?
Bill Clinton
What document made the people think that true freedom was possible through a king being forced to sign it?
Magna Carta
What are a citizens civil duty
Pay taxes, serve jury duty, and vote