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Allows the government to take property for public use but also requires the govt to provide just compensation for that property.
What is Eminent Domain
100
Only Catholic to sign Declaration of Independence.
Who is Charles Carrol
100
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
What is Checks and Balances
100
Right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment
100
Amendment that prohibits excessive bail amounts and cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment
200
A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
What is Federalism
200
A belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence.
What is Individualism
200
A belief in the equality of all people.
What is Egalitarianism
200
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
What is the 4th amendment
200
Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
What is the 7th amendment
300
Patriot leader and president of the Second Continental Congress; first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock
300
A political philosophy supporting the rights and power of the people in their struggle against the privileged elite.
What is Populism
300
American Revolutionary leader and educator who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Witherspoon
300
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, containing a list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the Bill of Rights
300
Amendment that prohibits the required quartering of troops.
What is the 3rd amendment
400
Idea that government should take a "hands off" approach to the economy and play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
What is Laissez-Faire
400
Governor of Connecticut; Trumbull was the only governor to support the position of the colonies. He had long been a supporter of colonial rights and during the war supplied General Washington with food, clothing, and munitions.
Who is Jonathan Trumbull Sr.
400
Colonial printer whose case helped begin freedom of the press.
Who is John Peter
400
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
What is the 1st amendment
400
Hint - Not An Amendment A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty
500
Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law.
What are Separation of Powers
500
Basic rights that cannot be taken away from the people such as "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" (originally life, liberty, and property). These rights are stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Unalienable Rights
500
1787, Continental Congress made a constitution after Articles of Confederation failed; It included a central government divided into three branches: Executive: president, Legislative: Congress (Senate + House of Representatives), Judicial: Supreme Court. The government is controlled by checks and balances. The Bill of Rights were ten amendments to the new constitution that guaranteed rights of freedom to citizens; made a national gov't that controlled taxes, army, trade, and currency.
What is the United States Constitution
500
Criminal Proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination
What is the 6th amendment
500
Criminal Proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination
What is the 5th amendment