This is the intro to the U.S. Constitution that explains the purpose of the government
What is the Preamble
100
This is a system in which each branch of government is able to check or restrain the powers of the other branches of the government.
What is Checks and Balances
100
This is an absence of government
What is Anarchy
100
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to convince colonists to revolt against Great Britain.
What is Common Sense
100
A person living under a government with certain rights and duties
What is a citizen
200
This function includes enforcing laws, arresting criminals, and preventing riots
What is Keeping Order
200
This means the people have the right to rule and to express their opinion by voting.
What is Popular Sovereignty
200
This is a form of government in which God is recognized as the king or immediate ruler
What is a Theocracy
200
This group of politicians, including Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, supported the constitution.
What are Federalists
200
Ideas that people trust are true
What are Beliefs
300
The government does this by providing education, mail services, and public safety.
What is Provide Services
300
This is the idea that Thomas Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence as “… certain and unalienable rights.”
What are Individual Rights
300
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives is called this
What is a Republic
300
This war led to Great Britain levying taxes on the colonies to make up for war debts.
What is the Seven Years Wars (French and Indian War)
300
This word simply means fairness
What is Justice
400
The armed forces and homeland security are examples of this.
What is Protecting the Community
400
This is the concept of sharing power between the national government and state government
What is Federalism
400
Government ruled by a small group of people
What is an Oligarchy
400
This compromise merged the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan and created our bicameral legislative system.
What is The Great Compromise
400
The ability to say and do whatever you want
What is Freedom
500
The government does this by creating international treaties and developing legal systems.
What is Guiding the Community
500
This is the concept that the people are the source of all power in a society.
What is Consent of the Governed
500
A political system in which the state holds total control over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible.
What is a Totalitarian Dictatorship
500
This was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
500
People with information that may determine guilt or innocence of a person on trial.