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EOC
100

How are duties and smuggling related?

Colonists smuggled goods to avoid paying duties.

100

Correlate the Great Compromise and population. 

Determined the number of peeps in the House of Representatives.  Fun fact: capped at 435.

100

Explain the difference between separation of powers and checks & balances. 

Gov divided into parts v. one branch can restrict power of other branches.

100

Define precedent.

Judicial decisions made in past that directly influence judicial decisions in present.

100

Identify principle associated with the Mayflower Compact.

Self-government

200

Why were the colonists angry?

They were being taxed without having a say.  Taxation without representation.

200

Purpose of Federalists papers.

Defend the U.S. Constitution. 

200

Define supremacy clause.

Asserts the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land and therefore prevents conflict between federal and state. 

200

What is a synonym for elastic clause?

Implied Powers

200

Identify principle associated with Common Sense.

Consent of Governed

300

Intolerable Acts, Common Sense, and the Continental Congresses

What are key events that led to American Independence?

300

Major criticism of the Articles of Confederation.

Weak central government.

300

Identify and explain the rights of the accused.

4, 5, 6, 8

300

Implied powers are like expressed powers but with more flexibility.  Give examples of implied powers.

Taxes, armies, and naturalization decisions can be changed when society changes.

300

Identify the father of the U.S. Constitution.

James Madison

400

How did Locke influence Jefferson in the writing of the D of I?

natural rights and social contract

400

HUGE concern of the anti-federalists.

States and peeps would lose rights if central gov too powerful.

400

Identify and explain the minority amendments. 

13, 14, 15, 19, 24, 26

400

Implied powers are like expressed powers but with more flexibility.  Give examples of expressed powers.

Declare war, create post offices, borrow and coin money, and bankruptcy laws.

400

Writ requiring the accused to appear in court.

Habeas Corpus

500

Founding document that influenced the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in both state and federal constitutions.

English Bill of Rights

500

Explain how the U.S. Constitution is organized.

Preamble, Articles, and Amendments

500

Define federalism.

Gov divided into levels: federal, state, and local.

500

Identify 3 principles correlated with the Magna Carta.

Rule of law, due process, and limited government.

500

Explain the difference between absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy.

Absolute monarchy has a single ruler with no plan of government and the representatives of a constitutional monarchy must follow a plan of government.