Unit 1: Purpose of Government
What do you call a government that is run by a religious leader
Theocracy
Which group of people in America had the right to vote at the time of the ratification of the constitution (the first group who could vote)
Land owning white men
What was the first battle in the revolutionary war (happened just outside of Boston)?
Lexington and Concord
What was the main problem with the Articles of Confederation
The federal government was too weak and couldn’t collect any taxes to pay for things
What is the date of Joe Biden’s inauguration
January 20th
The Mayor of DC hires 200 extra police officers because the inauguration of Joe Biden is in less than a week and they suspect large scale protests by supporters of Trump. The Mayor of DC does this because it is the government’s role to __________
Keep Order
The 13th amendment outlaws slavery with the exception of _____
People who have been convicted of a crime
Who were the loyalists?
Colonists that supported the British
How long were the Articles of Confederation in effect?
10 years - 1777 - 1787
Who is the current Republican Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell
What is the name of the limit on government where the citizens give their permission to the government to govern them?
Consent of the Governed
The 15th amendment guarantees _________
all citizens the right to vote (in 1870 this expanded enfranchisement to African American men)
In what year was the Declaration of Independence written
1776
The men who created the Constitution were extremely concerned about protecting against _______
Another Monarchy
How many justices are there on the Supreme Court
9
What is the name of the branch of government that creates laws?
The Legislative Branch
In what year did women gain the right to vote in the US?
1920
What was the name of the Treaty that marked the end of the revolutionary war
The Treaty of Paris
What was the Great Compromise
A compromise between big states and small states to form a bicameral legislature (congress - House of Representatives & the Senate)
What is the colloquial (conversational) name of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Obamacare
What do you call the agreement between citizens and their government in which the citizens give up some of their freedoms in exchange for protection from the government?
The Social Contract
Poll taxes and literacy tests are a form of ______
Voter Suppression
What does the term “self evident” mean (found in the Declaration of Independence - “we hold these truths to be self evident”
obvious or needs no explanation
List the 3 branches of government
Legislative, executive, Judicial
Name one of Kamal Harris’ pervious held elected offices (job) before she was the vice president elect of the United States
California Prosecutor or Senator