Declaration of Independence
Compromises
Bill of Rights
Writing
Miscellaneous
100

How many enslaved people did Thomas Jefferson own in his life?

around 600

100

This compromise said that enslaved people would count as 3/5's of a person.

3/5s compromise

100
Name at least 2 rights the first amendment protects

Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press and to petition the government

100

What kind of evidence is details, facts or statements from a text in the form of a quote or paraphrase

Textual

100

Name 3 things that make Mrs. Ruckert crash out in class.

answers vary.

200

This is the idea that you should have the freedom to do what you want.

Liberty

200

These people wanted a weak federal government

ANTI- federalists

200

What did the framers of the Constitution originally want people to own guns for?

To form militias

200

What kind of evidence is numbers or data from research?

Statistical

200

The first 3 articles of the Constitution create these.

The 3 branches of government - Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches.

300

This is the idea that everyone should have the same protections under the law.

Equality.

300

What compromise said that they would add a list of freedoms that the government could not intrude on.

Bill of Rights

300

What does the fourth amendment protect against?

Unreasonable searches and seizures

300

What does pathos do?

invokes emotions and feelings in the listener/reader

300

What does the 8th amendment protect against?

Cruel and unusual punishments, excessive bail

400

This person is given credit for writing the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

400

Which compromise said that the government could only tax imports and not exports.

Commerce Compromise 

400

Name at least 3 rights that the 5th amendment protects.

Double jeopardy, right to remain silent, due process, and eminent domain.

400

What does logos do?

Develops arguments by using logic and reasoning

400

Name at least 3 rights in the 6th amendment

Speedy and public trial, lawyer, confront witnesses, obtain witness, impartial jury of your peers.

500
Why did the Colonists declare independence from England?

Answers vary

500

The Connecticut Compromise created this. (be specific, tell me what they are called)

2 houses of Congress- Senate and House of Representatives

500

The police arrest you for armed robbery. When they question you, you have no idea that you are allowed to remain silent or that you can call a lawyer. They question you for 24 hours without any food, water, or sleep and finally you confess to the robbery. Can they use that confession in court? Why or why not.

NO - Exclusionary rule, no miranda rights, coerced confession.

500

What 4 things should every paragraph in an argumentative essay have?

Claim, Evidence, Citation, Reasoning

500

Name at least 4 things that every person receives to ensure they have due process when accused of a crime?

FAIR process of law: Warrants for searches, read Miranda rights before questioning, impartial jury, lawyers, speedy and public trial, witnesses, no cruel and no cruel and unusual punishments.