Our Classical Heritage
What is the Greek word for City State?
Polis
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What are the first ten amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
What is the Supreme Law of The Land?
The U.S Constitution
Which Supreme Court involved someone who robbed a liquor store who could not afford a lawyer?
Gideon vs. Wainwright
What does rule of law mean?
No one is above the law
What are the colonists main complaint about the new taxes?
Taxation without Representation
Name the five freedoms
Speech,Press,Religion,Assembly,and Petition
What is Congress's main check on the President?
Impeach
In which Court Case did the President resign from office?
U.S vs. Nixon
What type of government did they have in Ancient Greece?
Direct Democracy
What did Thomas Paine feel like it only made Common Sense to do?
Unite and declare Independence
Name the three parts of the 14th amendment?
Due Process,Equal Protection, and Defined Citizenship.
What are the 3 ways you call powers listed in the Constitution?
Powers for governments in the Constitution
a. enumerated powers
b. delegated powers
Ambard
Tinker vs. Des Moines
How does the Bible establish individual worth and Rule of Law?
Everyone is equal in God's eyes
What are the three rights that Thomas Jefferson listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Who demanded that they were added to the U.S Constitution?
Anti- Federalists
What is another name for the elastic clause?
necessary and proper clause
In which Court Case did the Supreme Court get the power of Judicial Review?
Marbury vs. Madison
Name 5 things we get from Ancient Rome?
Representative Democracy,Written Law, Rule of Law, Civic Participation, and Seperation Of Powers
What reform movements in the U.S were influenced by Jefferson's words?
Women's Suffrage, abolitionism, and the Civil Rights movement
Name the 4 parts of the 5th Amendment?
Due Process, eminent domain, double Jeopardy, and no self- incrimination.
Name 5 Constitutional Principles
Checks and Balances,Rule of Law,Separation of Powers,Federalism,and Popular Sovereignty
Vietnam
Tinker vs. Des Moines