Unit 1
What are the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the system called where each branch is given the power to check on the other two branches?
Checks and balances.
Giving everyone what they need to have the same experience in America is known as ____________.
Justice.
What is the process called for immigrants to become American citizens?
Naturalization.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Give a a simplified version of the phrase “consent of the governed.”
Permission of the citizens.
What is the process called when the Supreme Court reviews laws that might be unfair or unjust?
Judicial review.
What was the name of the violent protest that broke out in Massachusetts where citizens engaged in an armed uprising against their local government?
Shays' Rebellion.
What is the term that describes a person from a foreign country who has legal permission to live in the U.S.?
Resident alien.
How many Supreme Court justices are there? Why is there a specific number of justices?
9. So that whenever they take a vote there is never a tie.
Actions that are for the benefit of the whole community is known as the ________________.
Common good.
Dividing and sharing political power between the federal government and the states is known as ____________.
Federalism.
The well being of the nation and its people is known as ______________.
General welfare.
All of the groups and organizations that citizens form and join is known as ______________.
Civil society.
How many amendments are there in the Constitution?
27
What is the term for the idea that all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to the laws?
Rule of Law.
The ______________ states that federal laws are superior to state laws.
Supremacy clause.
Law and order, or _______________ as it is called in the Constitution, means to keep peace within the country.
Domestic tranquility.
The stand the government takes about a problem or an idea for improvement is known as ____________.
Public policy.
What are the three options a president has when a bill ends up of their desk?
Sign it, veto it, or "do nothing" for 10 days.
An agreement between a government and its people is known as a _________________.
Social contract.
What are the three branches?
Who is in each branch of government?
What role does each branch play in lawmaking?
- Legislative, Executive, Judicial.
- Legislative branch is the Congress: Senate & HOR. Executive Branch is the President/VP. Judicial Branch is the Supreme Court.
- Legislative branch makes the laws. Executive branch enforces the laws. Judicial branch interprets the laws.
Explain the difference between the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause?
Establishment Clause: stops the government from establishing an official religion.
Free Exercise Clause: protects American citizens’ right to practice religion as they please.
Explain the difference between Law of the Land and Law of Blood.
Law of the Land: people born in the United States or U.S. territories are automatically U.S. citizens.
Law of Blood: people born in a foreign country to parents who are U.S. citizens are also citizens.
Name the six types of government.
Anarchy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Democracy
Republic