Citizenship
Foundational Principles
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The Federal Government
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The things citizens should do, like helping an elderly lady take her groceries to her car.

What is a civic responsibility?

100

The most basic form of government; where the people rule through voting directly for something

What is democracy?

100

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What is the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution?

100

"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."

This is what Article from the Constitution. There are how many people in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

What is Article 1?

100 Senators

435 Representatives


100

The total number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency followed by the total number of electoral votes available. 

What is 270 & 538?

200

The things that citizens must do if they want to avoid consequences like fines or jail. 

What is a civic duty?

200

The style of democracy in a republic where citizens elects delegates to govern on their behalf.

What is representative government?

200

“No free man shall be… imprisoned… except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.”

What is the Magna Carta?

200

This is the part of the executive branch at the federal level that works with the President and their cabinet to execute the laws.

What is the federal bureaucracy?

200

Daily Double

The three parts of the Constitution are...

What does each do?

What is:

Preamble - purposes of government

Articles - outlines powers and structures of government

Bill of Rights - protects the rights of the people

300

These are the two ways someone can become a citizen of the United States.

What is birth or naturalization?

300

In 1215 when King John was forced by English lords to admit that even he must follow the laws, this concept was introduced.

What is rule of law?

300

“Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence…”

“The United States… shall be a firm league of friendship…”

What is the Articles of Confederation?

300

These are the three requirements to run for President in the United States.

What is the must be born in the United States, 35 years or age, and lived in the United States for 14 years?

300

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What is popular sovereignty

400
This is the last step in the naturalization process.

What is the Oath of Allegiance?

400

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What is limited government?

400

“All legislative powers… shall be vested in a Congress…”

“The powers not delegated to the United States… are reserved to the States…”

"We the people..."

What is the U.S. Constitution?

400

The process for impeachment is...

What is the House of Representatives draws up letters of impeachment, and the Senate carries out the trial?

400

The following is from the majority opinion for what...

“Section 441b’s prohibition on corporate independent expenditures is … a ban on speech. As a ‘restriction on the amount of money a person or group can spend on political communication during a campaign,’ that statute ‘necessarily reduces the quantity of expression by restricting the number of issues discussed, the depth of their exploration, and the size of the audience reached.’”

What is Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission?

500

The amendment to the Constitution that defines what a citizen is.

What is the 14th amendment?

500

"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."

- Thomas Jefferson

What is republicanism?

500

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”

“They are endowed… with certain unalienable Rights… Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

What is the Declaration of Independence?

500

The Supremacy Clause makes one part of the government supreme to the others. Put the following in the correct order of supremacy:

- statutes

- U.S. Constitution

- ordinances

- laws passed by Congress

- state Constitutions

What is - this picture.

500

In these two writing James Madison outlined the importance of separation of powers and factions in counteracting tyranny.

What is Federalist 10 and Federalist 51?