Origins of Government
Key Documents
Key Ideas/Principles of US Government
Creating the US Government
Mystery Box
100
This is the definition of "Government"
What is an institution that creates and enforces law
100
The quote "We the People," is the beginning of THIS document. (it's on the wall)
What is the Constitution of the United States?
100
These are the three natural rights, as written by John Locke
Life, Liberty, Property
100
This was the name of the FIRST government of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
*BONUS +100*
Name two weaknesses of the AoC
100
This is the date and year the DoI was signed.
July 4, 1776
200
These ancient civilizations gave us the ideas of Democracy and Republican government.
What is Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece/Athens
200
This Ancient Document from 1215 stated that people are entitled to trial by jury, limited the governments power, and was the first time the kings power was limited.
What is the Magna Carta?
200
This is the idea that government cannot do whatever it wants, and is bound by laws and rules.
What is limited government?
200
This plan for the new U.S. Government was proposed by James Madison, and said that states would get REPRESENTATIVES based on POPULATION.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
Name the 2 NBA teams in Florida
Orlando Magic/Miami Heat
300
This idea was that the king had the authority of God, and therefore the kings word was God's word.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
300
This was the PURPOSE of Common Sense, by Thomas Paine.
To persuade the colonists to support Independence/Revolution
300
This is the idea that ALL people, including kings and presidents, are equally bound by the LAW. In other words, no one is above the law.
What is Rule of Law?
300
This compromise between southern, slave-holding states and northern states said that only a fraction of the slave population would be counted for representation.
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
300
This was the President during the Civil War...
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
400
This Enlightenment philosopher came up with the Social Contract
Who is John Locke?
400
Which document is this quote from?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence
*BONUS +100 Points*
Who is the author of this document?
400
This idea/principle says that people have the ULTIMATE authority/power in a government. It is also difficult for some people to say.
What is popular sovereignty?
400
This compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey plans, and created the modern House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is the GREAT COMPROMISE?
400
What type of Government does the United States have (3 words)?
Constitutional Democratic Republic (100 points per correct word)
500
This is the difference between a Direct Democracy and a Republic
What is that in a Republic people vote for representatives, and in a direct democracy people vote for laws directly (or something close to it)
500
This is the purpose of the Federalist Papers: the 85 newspaper articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
What is to persuade the American people to support the new US Constitution?
500
This is what the social contract says about where government comes from and when to overturn it...
Government is created by an agreement of the people to protect natural rights, and government should be overthrown when the government stops protecting those rights
500
These laws provided a plan for the westward expansion of the United States. This was one of the few things the Articles of Confederation did right.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
(this was a very hard question... +50 to the group who answered this correctly.)
500
Name 7 of the 13 original colonies
