This person believed that people were born with 3 natural rights - life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
100
A legal member of a country.
What is a citizen?
100
This document listed the colonists' grievances with the king of England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This part of the U.S. Constitution lists the six purposes of our government.
What is the preamble?
100
Article I establishes this branch of government which is responsible for making laws.
What is the legislative branch?
200
Montesquieu was a french philosopher who believed in this idea on which we created our branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
200
Things citizens are required to do. (What is the general term, not specific examples)
What are duties?
200
This document was our first constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
200
Article III establishes this branch of government which is responsible for interpreting the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
300
This document was based on self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
These are the two ways you can automatically be a citizen of the U.S.
What are law of soil and law of blood?
300
The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses. Name two.
What are no power to tax, no power to raise its own troops, no power to regulate trade, no power to enforce laws, no national court system, no national executive?
300
This amendment establishes five individual freedoms.
What is the first amendment?
300
Article V explains how the Constitution can be changed.
What is the amendment process?
400
This document limited the king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
400
This is the process you go through to become a U.S. citizen.
What is naturalization?
400
This event was a tipping point in our country when we realized the Articles of Confederation were too weak.
What is Shays Rebellion?
400
This person serves as the commander in chief of the Armed Forces and is the Head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
400
These 2 parts of the national government would participate in the treaty process.
What are the Senate and the President?
500
Thomas Paine wrote this document which led to us Declaring Independence from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
500
Give at least two qualifications someone must meet if they want to become a U.S. citizen.
What are be at least 18 years old, be a lawful permanent resident, lived in the United States for five years, be of good character, and have a working knowledge of English?
500
Name one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that were addressed in the U.S. Constitution.
What are the lack of a national court system, the lack of executive leadership, the power to tax.
500
Powers NOT specifically listed in the Constitution but can still be carried out are given by what clause?
What is the Elastic Clause or the Necessary and Proper Clause?
500
The U.S. has a bicameral legislature which means this.
What are two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives?