Foundations of Gov.
What is the system where people rule?
What is democracy
The supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This branch makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Freedom of speech is part of this
What is the First Amendment?
The leader of the executive branch.
Who is the President?
This document explained why the colonies wanted independence
What is the Declaration of Independence
The first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch interprets laws
What is the judicial branch?
A duty where citizens help decide court cases.
What is jury duty?
The group that officially elects the President.
What is the Electoral College?
The idea that government gets power from the people
What is popular sovereignty
The number of amendments in the Constitution
what is 27
The President is part of this branch.
What is the executive branch
The right to vote is also called this
What is suffrage
Elections held every 4 years for president.
What are presidential elections?
This philosopher believed people have natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
The system that divides power between state and national government.
What is federalism?
This system keeps one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This amendment ended slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
A vote by citizens to decide an issue
What is a referendum?
The agreement among people to form a government.
What is the social contract?
The process of changing the Constitution
What is the amendment process?
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme Court?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
The minimum voting age in the U.S.
What is 18?