The Enlightenment
"No one is above the law." This refers to what?
"rule of law"
Why did the Articles of Confederation ultimately fail?
It gave too much power to the states and not enough to the federal government.
What are the 5 freedoms listed in the first amendment?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is federalism?
It is the Constitutional principle which divides power between the federal government and all state governments. It also declares that federal laws are always more powerful than state laws.
A financial organization that collects, protects, and lends out peoples' money (in order to earn money themselves) is a:
Bank
Which Enlightenment thinker came up with the idea of natural rights?
John Locke
Who wrote The Constitution?
James Madison
The right to bear arms is protected under which amendment?
What is Congress?
What are the four factors of production when it comes to the creation, transportation, and selling of goods?
Natural resources, capital, labor, entrepreneurship
French philosopher Rousseau argues that governments should never exist unless the people they have power over allow them to exist. This is summarized as what?
The Consent of the Governed
What was the Great Compromise?
It was decided that large states would receive more representatives in one chamber (the House) and all states would have equal representation in another (the Senate) - which would help protect smaller states.
Which two Constitutional rights guaranteed by the 5th and 6th amendments did the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona help make sure that anyone who is ever placed under arrest by police be made fully aware that they have?
Amendment 5: Right to remain silent
Amendment 6: Right to an attorney
What are the number and term limits of Congress?
House of Representatives: 435 members, 2 years
Senate: 100 members, 6 years
What is the name of the "bank of the banks"?
The Federal Reserve
Which document, signed in the year 1215, forced a very powerful king in England to give up some of his own power?
The Magna Carta
Large Southern states wanted to count their slave populations to receive even more representatives in the House, while smaller Northern states felt this was unfair since slaves were not seen as people under the law. What was the solution?
The 3/5s Compromise: States could count a portion of their slaves for representation purposes.
Name the amendment and whether or not this person's rights have been violated.
School administrators CAN look through their students' belongings while on school property without having a search warrant signed by a judge as long as they have probable cause.
Amendment 4: Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures
Rights are not violated
Which branch of government can declare war?
Legislative
What are the four types of economic systems?
Free, mixed, command, traditional
Which document ratified in 1689 defined and promised the protection of individual freedoms, such as speech and religion, for British citizens - and the colonists - for the very first time?
The ENGLISH Bill of Rights (Which the founding fathers later used as inspiration when drafting similar individual freedoms in the United States.)
What was the debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists? What was the solution?
The Federalists wanted to ratify the Constitution as is because the believed people's natural rights were implied through the language of the Constitution.
Anti-Federalists wanted people's rights explicitly written in the Constitution so it wasn't up for interpretation.
The solution was adding the Bill of Rights to the end of the Constitution.
True or False: The 8th amendment promises people protection from cruel and unusual punishments carried out by the government, but it is up to every state in the country to decide if the death penalty counts as a cruel and unusual punishment for committing the crime of murder.
True (that's why some states don't have the death penalty)
Which branch of government can issue pardons for convicted criminals?
Executive (mainly the President)
What is the social security deduction?
A deduction that comes out of your paycheck and is used as a source of income once a person retires from their job.