Enlightened Thinkers
Constitutional Principles
Constitution
People of the Convention
Branches of the Government
100

Which two Enlightened Thinkers argued over what the state of nature looked like?

Hobbes and Locke

100

People are the source of government power.

Popular Sovereignty

100
This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
the U.S. Constitution
100
This man was the oldest man at the convention...
Benjamin Franklin
100
What are the three branches?
Legislative Executive Judicial
200

Who argued the religion and government should remain separate? 

Voltaire

200

Each branch of government has the authority to restrain the other two branches.

Checks and Balances 

200
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
200
Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances...
Alexander Hamilton
200

What is the job of the Legislative Branch? 

make laws for our nation.

300

Who created the idea that government should have three branches? 

Montesquieu 

300

The idea that a judiciary can determine laws as unconstitutional 

Judicial Review

300
How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
300
He was the master builder of the constitution and believed the fedeal government should control trade and protect people's rights...
James Madison
300

Which branch of government interprets law? 

Judicial Branch

400
Who had the idea that rulers should rule by any means necessary? 
Machiavelli
400

The powers of government are divided between the national government and state governments. This allows states to keep autonomy.

Federalism

400

Two groups were formed after the creation of the Constitution, one group favored the Constitution, the other group did not like the Constitution because it didn't guarantee personal freedoms and rights. 

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

400
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
George Washington
400

According to the Constitution, Who makes up the Executive Branch?

The President and Vice President

500

Who expanded the idea of a social contract by saying  government got its power from the consent of the governed? 

Rousseau 

500

What are the unalienable rights? 

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

500
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
500

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence but wasn't involved in the writing of the Constitution? 

Thomas Jefferson
500

Who makes up the Legislative Branch?

Senate & House of Representatives (Congress)

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