Unit 1
A system where citizens elect leaders to make decisions and create laws on their behalf.
What is a representative democracy?
Name the Philosopher: People have natural rights that the government cannot take away.
Who is John Locke?
Powers that are directly written in the U.S. Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
Which article establishes the Executive Branch?
What is Article 2?
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are referred to as:
What is the Bill of Rights?
A person born in the U.S. or on U.S. territory.
What is a soil-born citizen?
Name the Constitutional Principle: Each branch of government has some power, or control, over the other two branches.
What are checks and balances?
The manipulation of district boundaries to favor one political party or group over another.
What is gerrymandering?
The system created by the founders that is used to elect the President of the U.S.
What is the Electoral College?
1. The primary function of the Legislative Branch.
2. The primary function of the Executive Branch.
What is make the law & enforce the law?
Actions that citizens are required to do by law.
(hint: Right, Duty, or Responsibility)
Duty
Name the Source: "We the People of the United States, 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, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is the U.S. Preamble?
What is the very last step in the lawmaking (how a bill becomes a law) process?
What is presidential action?
The president's job in the law-making process.
What is sign or veto?
Name the Amendment: Protects the right to bear arms, which means the right to own a gun.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Which amendment defines citizenship?
What is the 14th amendment?
A hands-off policy in which Britain gave the colonies the freedom to govern themselves with little interference.
What is salutary neglect?
How many representatives are in the U.S. House of Representatives & what is distribution based on?
What is 435 & population-based?
The four components of the Executive Branch are:
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Cabinet
4. Federal Agencies
Name the Amendment: Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The theory in which many cultures blend into one, and lose their original traditions and unique customs in order to adopt the prevalent culture.
What is the melting pot theory?
The series of essays written to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Thomas Jefferson.
A tactic used to delay or prevent a vote by extending debate on a bill.
What is a filibuster?
States where the outcome of the election is uncertain, and both candidates have a strong chance of winning.
What are swing states?
Name the Amendment: The government can’t force you to let soldiers live in your home, unless a law is passed during wartime that says otherwise.
What is the 3rd Amendment?