a form of government in which laws are made directly by the citizens
What is democracy
100
nobody agreed on how to count slaves when considering a state’s population so they counted each slave as three fifths of a person when a state’s population was calculated
What is the three fifths compromise
100
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
What is the first amendment
100
a government in which representatives are elected to make laws
What is a republic
200
What is diversity?
What is the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas
200
Listed the rights of citizens, proclaimed that everyone is subject to the same laws, and that everyone had the right to trial by jury. Further limited the rights of the King
What is the English Bill of Rights
200
gives each branch of government ways to limit the powers of the other branches
What is the separation of powers
200
No Unreasonable Searches or Seizures; Warrants given upon probable cause, particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized
What is the fourth amendment
200
What does "double jeopardy mean" reffering to court?
What is a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
300
What is equality? Does everyone in the United States have equality today?
What is the condition of permitting everyone the same rights and opportunities. No, everyone does not; slavery, womans rights, human rights...
300
What did John Locke create?
What are natural rights
300
the division of power between the states and the federal or national government
What is federalism
300
What are unenumerated right?
What are Rights of the people are not limited to those stated in the Constitution
300
WAS OUR FIRST CONSTITUTION
A LEGISLATURE IS A LAW MAKING BODY
A loose alliance of states was written in 1777
This called for a national legislature in which each state would have one vote
What are the articles of confederation
400
fairness, or the idea that people will be treated fairly.
What is justice
400
King John of England signed this document, limiting his own power; Did not give equal rights to all people
What is the Magna Carta
400
What is the Virginia Plan and who would agree with it?
What is a plan for the states that proposed a strong national government and that the number of seats in the house would be based on population. Rich people that live in the big states would agree because they would have a bigger say in the election.
400
Give the name and describe a case that involved the first amendment.
What is the Tinker Case. It was ruled that students were allowed to wear armbands because they represented a form of speech.
400
How has equality changed over the years?
What is slavery has ended (rights about it), woman have more equality, etc...
500
equality, justice, and freedom form this
What is The American Ideal
500
What did Baron de Montesquieu create?
What is the separation of powers
500
What are the three branches of government and what are their functions?
What is the Judicial - interpret the laws, Legislative - makes the laws, Executive - enforce the laws
500
Why is the 10th amendment so important?
What is so that the federal government does not have all the power and some power is reserved to the states.
500
Right to Vote-Race, Color, Servitude
Extends Voting Rights
Cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude