Amendments
First 10 Amendments
Bill of Rights
"Republic: is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to make laws for them."
A republic is another name for what kind of government?
representative democracy
Signed by King John in 1215 under duress by his nobles
Magna Carta
This is a method by which the Constitution may be changed or added to.
Amendment Process
This is the term used to generally describe the Legislative Branch of the U.S. Government (House of Representatives AND Senate)
Congress
Personal freedoms (speech, religion, press, assembly, petition)
1st Amendment
Which BEST describes "common law"?
laws based on the rule of precedent
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1638) are MOST important in United States political history because
it was one of the earliest Western-style constitutions in the New World.
This is a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
Elastic Clause
This portion of the Constitution outlines the powers of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government.
Article I
Due process (double jeopardy)
5th Amendment
The Code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was intended to
let all people know all the laws.
The Declaration of Independence and the "Social Contract Theory" both arose from which philosophical movement?
Enlightenment
This system of government has powers divided between the central government and regional/state governments, with central government being supreme.
Federalism
Powers that are held by both the federal and state governments.
Concurrent powers
This is one of the post-Civil War amendments to the US Constitution that includes the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses.
14th Amendment
Unlike authoritarian governments, totalitarian governments
have an official guiding ideology.
The unicameral legislative branch created by the Articles of Confederation was MOST LIKELY changed to a bicameral branch in the United States Constitution because people
wanted more of a separation of government power.
This is the system of overlapping powers among judicial, executive, and legislative branches to allow each branch to oversee the actions of the others.
Checks and Balances
This is a form of illegal redistricting in which a political district is redrawn for the sole purpose of creating a constituency of a specific demographic (political party, racial category, ethnic group, etc.)
gerrymandering
This is one of the amendments to the US Constitution that includes getting rid of poll taxes or making it unconstitutional
24th Amendment
Which type of government can be paired with just about any other style?
Theocracy
The rebellions started by Daniel Shays in 1786 were a protest against
debts and businesses' refusal to accept paper currency.
This is the Constitutional principle that the law making, executive, and judicial powers be held by different groups and people.
Separation of Powers
This is a resident of a district or member of an area represented by an elected official.
constituent