Vocabulary
What is consent
Jean Jaques believed that any ruler or government only had the authority over people that it had because people permitted it. What was this idea called?
a. “Consent of the governed”
b. “Consent of the lead”
c. “Consent of the weak”
What is "consent of the governed?"
What did the Northwest Ordinance prohibit in the Northwest territory?
What is slavery?
What year did the Articles of Confederation go into effect?
What is 1781?
Items in a legal document that state conditions or requirements
What is provisions?
Rulers who claimed their power was granted by them by God were called:
a. Rulers of Divine Rights
b. Divine Religious Rulers
c. Divine Right Rulers
What is "Divine Right Rulers?"
Which branch of government is made up of the Supreme Court and decides on cases involving the Constitution and laws passed by Congress?
How many times has the Constitution been amended over the last 200 years?
What is 17 times?
To change or add to a law or document
What is amend
Which branch of government is headed by the president of the U.S.?
a. Legislative
b. Executive
c. Judicial
What is Executive?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces?
Who is the president?
The portion of the Constitution with the first 10 amendments is called
What is The Bill of Rights?
A type of organization in which two related parts work together
What is bicameral system?
Who were the Americans that wanted to approve the Constitution?
a. anti-Federalists
b.Pro-Federalists
c.Federalists
Who were Federalists?
In Thomas Jefferson’s words, all people are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights” and “among these........."
What are "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?"
What are the 2 chambers of Congress made of?
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
the belief that people did not actually need a big government with a lot of rules to tell them how they should live their lives
What is self-determination?
Limited government prevents the government from interfering with the and liberties of the people
a. freedoms
b. speech
c.rights
What is freedoms?
Who, according to Thomas Jefferson, rule by choosing who represents us in government?
Who is "We the people?"
This means means that the government cannot tell people what church they should belong to or what they believe