The Need for Laws
This document described how the nation's three branches of government would function.
What is the Constitution?
This is the term for the duties that citizens in a republic are expected to perform.
What are democratic responsibilities?
This is a group of people who work together to gain political power.
What is a political party?
This is the term for values that a citizen should have that make a society better.
What are civic values?
In a republic, citizens elect these people to act as their voices in government.
What are representatives?
The early American government under this document had very little power and began to fall apart.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
George Washington believed this topic should be the primary focus of education for citizens of a republic.
What is the science of government?
This is a group of people who work together to fix a shared problem or change a specific policy.
What is an interest group?
This civic value means having a strong love for your country and being willing to support and defend it.
What is patriotism?
These are the two main political parties in the United States.
What are the Democrats and Republicans?
The Founding Fathers looked to this country's established legal system as a foundation for American law.
What is Great Britain?
This Founding Father wrote that every member of a society is personally responsible for it.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Founding Father wrote about the importance of working together in The Federalist Papers.
Who is John Jay?
This civic value means being polite and respectful to other people.
What is civility?
In the Reading Further story, Melissa donated collected coats to this type of local facility.
What is a homeless shelter?
This colonel wrote a letter to George Washington in 1782 suggesting he should become king.
Who is Lewis Nicola?
Citizens can participate in government by doing this peaceful activity to oppose laws they believe are unfair.
What is organizing a protest?
These are groups of workers who join together to protect their rights and convince the government to make laws that protect them.
What are unions?
As a young schoolboy, George Washington copied a list of 110 of these.
What are the Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour?
This document, along with the Constitution, protected the rights of American citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Laws are interpreted by these people so that all citizens are treated fairly.
Who are judges?
This is defined as the act of asking questions to get information, as Melissa did in the Reading Further story.
What is an inquiry?
Interest groups try to influence laws through this process, which may include contacting government members and sharing research.
What is lobbying?
This Founding Father wrote about patriotism in an essay for The Boston Gazette, calling liberty worth defending at all costs.
Who is Samuel Adams?
After the Constitution and Bill of Rights were ratified, the United States became this type of government — not a monarchy.
What is a constitutional republic?