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100

Time period when people developed ideas about people's basic rights


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Enlightenment

100

"AGREEMENT between the citizens and the government" This is known as ____________________.

Social contract 

100

To owe something, in many instances, money

Debt

100

Freedom of press, religion, peacefully assemble, and speech

1st Amendment

100

Right to bear arms 


Which amendment right is this?

2nd Amendment 

200

What type of government did Hobbes believe in?

Absolute Monarchy(King has FULL control)

200

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in free speech and freedom of religion? (Bumper Sticker)

Voltaire 

200

To provide funding for a person or cause

Finance

200

No self-incrimination/ You can't be tried twice for the same crime 

Which amendment right is this?

5th Amendment

200

To change, make better, or improve

Amend

300

Life, Liberty, Property describes which Enlightenment thinker's belief?

John Locke

300

Complete freedom with no rules and no government 

State of Nature

300

To cancel or not pass a law

Veto

300

Robert was stopped by an officer on his way home from school. The officer wanted to search Robert's backpack because he heard a teenage boy had just robbed the candy store nearby. Robert asked the officer if he had a warrant and he told him no.


Which amendment right is being described here?

4th Amendment - Unreasonable search and seizure 

300
John was arrested for trespassing on his neighbor's property. When he appeared before the judge to set his trial date, the judge told him his trial would take place in 4 years.


Which amendment right is being violated?

6th Amendment - Right to a speedy trial

400

Freedom can be best protected by "Separation of Powers"


This is the belief of which Enlightenment thinker?

Montesquieu

400

Person elected to represent people in government

Delegate

400

Large meeting held for political or common interests 

Convention

400

To be in charge of a meeting or gathering

Preside

400

Mary accidently broke her neighbor's window. The judge said she had to replace all the windows that break in the town for the next year while wearing a silly hat and embarrassing outfit.

Which amendment right is being violated?

8th Amendment. No unusual or cruel punishments 

500

1. What does "Separation of Powers" mean?

2. What was the goal/purpose?

Separation of powers was about keeping the powers divided among the three branches of government.

The purpose was to keep one branch from having too much power and preventing a king/dictator.

500

Montesquieu believed that freedom can be best protected by ______________

Separation of Powers

500

To be in charge of a meeting or gathering

Preside

500

Jessica arrived home and found a member of the US navy sitting at the dinning table eating dinner with her parents. Jessica turned to her parents and said, "Why is there a military person in our home?" We were told we had to house this soldier. 

Which amendment right is being violated?

3rd Amendment - Solders are not to be in citizens homes

500

Make or become unlikely to change or fail


Stabilize