The Founding
The failed American government established in 1777.
This branch of government is established in Article III of the Constitution.
What is the Judicial branch?
The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This man's presidency began the era of Progressivism in America.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay
Who are the authors of the Federalist Papers?
Originally, these members of the Legislative branch were chosen by their state's Legislatures.
What are Senators?
The freedoms of religion, speech, press, to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government are all established in this Amendment.
What is Amendment I?
Women were granted the right to vote thanks to this Amendment passed in the middle of the Progressive era.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Just government derives its power from this.
What is the consent of the governed?
Being a natural born citizen, 35 years of age, and a resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years are the requirements of this member of the government.
What is the President?
This is the fair treatment of a citizen through the established judicial system established in Amendment V.
What is due process of law?
This group of intellectuals and political activists argue that people need to be liberated from the oppressive conformity of modern American life.
What is the "New Left"?
This is the purpose of government.
What is secure the natural rights of it's citizens?
These are 2 powers given to the President under Article II, section 2 of the Constitution.
What are Commander in Chief of armed forces, grant reprieves and pardons, make treaties, appoint certain officials?
These 3 amendments were passed within five years of the end the Civil War and abolished slavery, defined American citizenship, guaranteed equal protection of the law, and extended the right to vote to black men.
What are the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?
These groups of citizens united by a common impulse of passion or interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens are becoming more and more polarized.
What are factions?
In the preamble of the Constitution, the government is said to "establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty" for this purpose.
What is to "form a more perfect union"?
These are 3 powers given to Congress under Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
What are lay and collect taxes, provide for the common defense and general welfare of U.S., borrow money, regulate commerce, establish rules of citizenship, coin money, establish post offices and roads, established lower federal courts, declare war, raise and support armies and navy, make all laws that are necessary and proper?
Amendment XXII, ratified in 1951, limited the President to this many terms.
What is 2 terms?
This is the kind of tyranny Progressives are motivated to fight.
What is economic tyranny?