Foundational Documents
This major event brought attention to the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by showing that the national government couldn't protect its citizens.
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 is Separation of Powers?
The number of Senators currently serving in the United States.
How many is 100?
What is Chief of Party/Party Leader?
There are this many Justices that sit on the Supreme Court.
How many is 9?
Locke claimed these were the 3 unalienable rights of all people.
What is Life, Liberty, and Property/Possessions?
Basic liberties and rights of all citizens are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
What is Individual Rights?
The number of representatives currently serving in the House.
How many is 435?
The President deploying troops to assist South Korea in their power struggle with North Korea is the President acting in this role.
What is Commander in Chief?
The right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens.
What is Limited Government?
The President has this many days to sign or take action on a bill.
The President can appoint many federal positions into office, including Judges, but this group must approve his nominations.
What is the Senate?
Federal judges serve this term length.
The idea where people in the state of nature conditionally transfer some of their rights to the government in order to better ensure the stable, comfortable enjoyment of their lives, liberty, and property.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
There are __ basic principles of American government?
How many is 7?
The leader of the House of Representatives is known as.
What is the Speaker of the House?
This power allows the President to forgive someone of their crimes in full.
What is the Power to Pardon?
The protection against cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the 8th amendment?
A system of right or justice held to be common to all humans and derived from nature rather than from the rules of society, or positive law.
What is Natural Law?
Anti-Federalist would not ratify the Constitution unless it included this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The senior-most member of the majority party in the senate will serve as this position.
What is the President Pro Tempore?
A President forming a Presidential Agreement with the leaders of France and Great Britain is the President acting in this role.
What is Chief Diplomat?
The right to a fair and speedy trial.