Foundations of Government
The study of government, citizenship, and the rights, privileges, and duties of citizens.
What is civics?
Most early settlers of North America came from this European country.
What is England?
This part of the Constitution was added in order to influence the Anti-Federalists to ratify the Constitution; it consists of the first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The two chambers of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
In order to be elected for this position, a candidate must be a natural-born citizen of the United States.
What is president?
This theory states that the first governments are formed when people agree to surrender their freedom to a government in return for order and security.
What is the social contract theory?
The colonists sent this document to King George to announce their separation from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document established the first government of the United States, but was ultimately replaced by the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
What is a republic?
This conflict marked the beginning of tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
Article I of the Constitution establishes this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
Powers that Congress has, but that are not specifically stated in the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
The president's rejection of a law that has been passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
This term refers to a government in which a constitution places clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern.
What is constitutional government?
This intellectual movement spread across Europe and throughout the American colonies, prompting people to question the King's divine right to rule.
What was the Enlightenment?
This part of the Constitution defines its purpose.
What is the Preamble?
The process of redrawing electoral district boundaries after the census to ensure equal population representation
What is redistricting?
The system in which the candidate that receives more than 50% of the votes in a particular state receives all of that state’s electoral votes.
What is the "winner-takes-all" system?
What is the federal system?
Much of the governing in the Thirteen Colonies was accomplished through these local governing bodies, which are still common in many New England towns today.
What are town meetings?
This article describes the process for amending the Constitution.
What is Article V?
In the Senate, this is used to delay or prevent a bill, amendment, or resolution from coming to a vote.
What is the filibuster?
The process by which the Supreme Court examines the laws and actions of the local, state, or federal governments in order to determine whether they are unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?