Amendments
Amendment that protects the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st amendment?
A governing structure where an open society enjoys freedom of expression and a system for choosing leaders in a multiparty polity.
What is democracy?
The president on the one-dollar bill.
Who is George Washington?
What is Congress?
This concerns human interaction that involves conflict and power.
What is politics
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
a democratic form of government where the executive branch derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature
Parliamentary system
The 44th president of the United States of America.
Who is Barack Obama?
How many years can someone be President?
Eight years (two terms of four years each).
The number of states after the Revolutionary War.
Thirteen states.
The right of people to keep and bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
In theory, this is the most totalitarian political system, in that the government monopolizes all aspects of society: the armed forces, the press, cultural activities (including religion), and the economy, in addition to the government itself.
Communism
Responsible for the "Louisiana Purchase", which nearly doubled the original size of the U.S.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The branch of government that decides if a law that was passed is fair.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This "journey" resulted in the removal of thousands of Native Americans from their homelands, during President Jackson's term.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
this political system relies on the principle of one strong dictator to unify a country under nationalist slogans
authoritarianism
4th president of the United States, known as the "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
The amount of people in Senate.
What is 100?
This specific political position gives a leader the legal authority to completely excuse a crime.
What is a pardon?
Powers not listed in the Bill of Rights are still reserved to the people.
What is the 9th amendment?
a king or queen from a royal family acts as the head of state, but the real political power rests with a democratically elected legislative branch
Constitutional monarchy
The youngest president to be inaugurated.
Who is Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?
What does the term "Checks and Balances" mean?
to make sure that all the laws and powers are fair so that one person or group cannot have all the power.
This was the First Constitution of the United States, ratified in 1777
What are The Articles of Confederation?