Name that Regime!
This empire's regime rose to power on anti-droid sentiment and human-ethnocentrism through cloning. It aimed to destroy a quasi-religious and mystical culture via aggressive expansionism and military rule.
The Galatic Empire (or Star Wars)
Authoritarian
What does the Declaration list as "natural" or "inalienable" rights? Name ONE.
That (1) "all men are created equal" and entitled to
"(2) life, (3) liberty, and (4) the pursuit of happiness."
Anti-Federalists who hoped to preserve or strengthen the Articles of Confederation worried that the proposed U.S. Constitution gave too much power to which branch of government?
What system did the Constitution establish to ensure limits on the power of each branch of government?
Checks and Balances
On the recent Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Post Debate Written Reflection, what did your teacher have in mind as the answer to the bonus question 13: "What is the goal of choosing the right system (federal or unitary) for any country?" (1 word)
Stability
Name that regime:
Lord Business is the ruler of this regime in which society is dictated by a constitution, known as "the Instructions," and shaped by a state-run media that assures the populace that "everything is awesome."
Authoritarian
The Declaration of Independence asserts that legitimate governments are those ''deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed." What is another term for this?
Popular Sovereignty
This conflict showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. When the central government couldn't quell this rebellion, the first stirrings of federalism began to gather strength.
Shays' Rebellion
An armed uprising in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes.
This man is considered the father of the Constitution.
James Madison
This regime maintains its control by sowing division among its people—divvying up the country into twelve districts—and ensuring their dependence upon the government by forcing them to compete in deadly combat with each other for food and resources.
Panem (Hunger Games)
Authoritarian
Jefferson was intentional in characterizing the colonies as being inhabited by "rational men" who will choose to submit to the authority of a Sovereign in order to be able to live in a civil society that is conducive to their own interests. This is the rationale for WHAT concept?
Social Contract Theory
According to the Articles of Confederation, what type of League would the states form?
A "League of Friendship"
"We the people..." begins the Constitution, followed by a list of rationales for its creation. Name ONE of those rationales.
...in Order to form a more perfect Union,
...establish Justice,
...insure domestic Tranquility,
...provide for the common defense,
...promote the general Welfare,
...and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
This theocracy run as a militarized republic has stripped women of all their rights in the name of extremist Christianity. Women are owned by men, forbidden to read, and forced to bear children against their will. No, it's not the US (yet).
The Republic of Gilead (from The Handmaid's Tale)
Authoritarian
The US may have begun very differently if one of the arguments of the Declaration of Independence that Jefferson had drafted had not been deleted to appease all state delegates. Which of Jefferson's arguments was cut out?
Jefferson argued against slavery and the slave trade
This article is often seen as the primary culprit in giving states too much power and authority to ignore the needs of a national congress.
Article II: "Each state retains its own sovereignty and power not expressly delegated to the US Congress."
This action that a president can take has no specific or formal provision in the United States Constitution. However, Article 2 is generally viewed as granting authority for this action. Roosevelt used it 3,721 times! What is the action?
Executive Order
Article 2: "[The President] recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."
Though run by a monarch (who is also frequently susceptible to kidnapping), the head of state of this regime is nonetheless considered a popular sovereign who ensures civil liberties and freedoms for all (especially Italians).
The Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Bros)
Authoritarian (in structure, but "democratic" in spirit)
The Declaration of Independence precipitated what the colonists referred to as a "revolutionary war for independence." How did King George characterize the revolution at the time?
A "rebellion", "revolt", and/or "insurrection"
Article I states that the nation would be called the "United States of America." Why? Who is America actually named after?
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, who was a contemporary of Columbus and for whom the North American continent was named after (even if Columbus got their "first").
The Federalist papers were a set of essays written as a campaign to get the U.S. Constitution ratified. How many essays were written in total?
85