Unit I
These ancient societies provided the Founders with ideas and structure for government.
What are Greece and Rome?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The term for an addition to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
Part of Congress that allows two representatives from each state.
What is the Senate?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The dedication of the citizen to the common welfare of their community.
What is civic virtue?
The first document that guided the new United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Supreme Court using its implied power to declare a law unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
The constitutional system through which the president is elected?
What is the Electoral College?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech and religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
English philosopher who developed the idea of "natural rights."
Who is John Locke?
The city where the Constitutional Convention met.
What is Philadelphia?
This constitutional amendment grants citizenship to those born in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Signed by the president, these actions carry the same force as a law.
What are executive orders?
The Supreme Court expanded freedom of speech for high school students in this case.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The classic English document that guaranteed rights to nobles in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
The solution that the delegates came to dividing the Congress into a House and a Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
This Constitutional Amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Unlimited debate on a bill where a speaking Senator must remain standing.
What is a filibuster?
This amendment protects the people against unlawful search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The idea that people agree to be ruled as long as those in power protect natural rights.
What is a "social contract?"
In this Federalist Paper, Madison discusses how to curb the excesses of factions.
What is Federalist #10?
The last group to obtain the right to vote in the United States.
Who are 18 year-olds?
A proposed law placed on the ballot in a state. Oregon legalized cannabis in this way.
What is an initiative?
The right to not be a witness against yourself.
What is the right against self-incrimination?