Citizenship
A person moves from another country to the U.S and becomes a citizen. What type of U.S citizen will they be?
Naturalized Citizen
Thomas' Paine wrote this pamphlet right as the United States was trying to gain its Independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense
At what event are the presidential candidates of each political party presented?
Party conventions
Polis
Which level of government is in charge of printing money?
Federal government
Mario's parents are Italian. They moved to the United States in 1988 and Mario was born in New York City in 1991. Mario is a U.S citizen due to the Law of _______.
Law of Soil. He was born in the U.S
The Magna Carta signed in 1215 was the first time the King's powers were ________________.
Limited/Restrained
Presidential Election of 2036 Results: Who won?
Democrat candidate gets 75 million popular votes. 252 Electoral college votes.
Republican candidate gets 69 million popular votes. 286 Electoral college votes.
Republican candidate
The Ancient Greeks allowed for Civic Participation. What is one of the things they allowed their citizens to do that American citizens are also able to do in modern times?
Voting/Running for Office
Name the biggest difference between Obligations & Responsibilities.
Obligations: MUST do. Responsibilities: SHOULD do.
What do we call a person that has a green card?
Permanent Resident
The Magna Carta allowed citizens to have Due Process. This means they have the right to ________________.
A fair trial if accused of a crime.
For the Social Contract to work between citizens and their government, citizens must ______________ in exchange for their government protecting their rights.
Follow the laws established by the government.
Every human being must be treated with respect because they all have value, even if they are down on their luck. This religious concept is called ___________ _________.
Individual Worth
TRUE or FALSE. The U.S Constitution is easier to amend/change than the Florida Constitution. You need a smaller percentage of people in congress to agree to change it than you would in order to change the Florida Constitution.
FALSE.
Which Amendment in the U.S Constitution established that all people born in the United States were automatically granted U.S Citizenship?
14th Amendment
The English Bill of Rights banned __________ ___________ or _________ for criminals.
Excessive punishments or bail
What are some of things people began questioning during the Enlightenment Era? Name 2
What are the two requirements needed for a country to be a Constitutional Republic?
A written constitution & voting rights.
Which of the following states would give the winning candidate the most Electoral College votes?
a)Florida b)Vermont c)Texas d)New Jersey
c) Texas. It has the largest populations out of all of these states
Take an Oath of Allegiance to the United States.
Why did the settlers who moved to the American colonies had to come up with the Mayflower Compact?
To self govern, since the laws of Great Britain did not longer protect them because they were too far away.
1685-1815/Late 1600s to early 1800s/Late 17th century to early 19th century.
Before Montesquieu's modern idea of Separation of Powers, who else practiced a different version of this principle?
Ancient Rome
Name 2 reasons why Constitutions are useful.
Framework for government. Protects the rights of the people. Limits the power of government.