FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
This Enlightenment thinker argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
What is John Locke?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is Legislative?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Citizens perform this civic responsibility when they help decide who will hold office.
What is voting?
Policies dealing with health care, education, and transportation inside the country are called these.
What is domestic policy?
This principle means government gets its power from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This branch interprets laws and decides whether they are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
These groups try to influence public policy and government decisions, often by speaking for people with shared concerns.
What is an interest group?
NATO and the United Nations are examples of these.
What are international organizations?
This system divides power between a central government and state governments.
What is Federalism?
This is the number of senators each state has.
What is 2?
This Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This process allows citizens to become legal citizens if they were not born citizens.
What is naturalization?
This government program provides retirement income for many older Americans.
What is social security?
After breaking away from Britain, this document was created to develop a government after the Revolutionary War.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This process allows Congress to remove a president from office for serious misconduct.
What is impeachment?
This Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board?
Citizens are required to do this or they face federal prison or penalty.
What is a civic duty?
This government health insurance program mainly helps people age 65 and older.
What is medicare?
This type of government has a ruler with complete power and very limited citizen participation.
What is autocracy?
This is the constitutional process used to change the U.S. Constitution.
What is the amendment process?
This amendment banned poll taxes
What is the 24th amendment?
Continuous residency includes living in the United States for 5 years and ensures that the individual ______________here.
What is primarily live here?
Three of the largest social welfare programs in the United States
What is social security, medicare, and medicaid?