Enlightenment and Revolution
Principles of Gov
Democracy Debated
Potpourri
100

The enlightenment philosopher who influenced many American founders.

John Locke

100

The highest court in the land.

The Supreme Court

100

This term refers to someone who advocates for the ending of slavery.

Abolitionist.

100

This nation won Eurovision in 2022

Sweden

200

The writer of Common Sense, a pamphlet arguing for America's independence.

Thomas Paine

200

The three branches of the American government.

Executive, Judicial, and legislative.

200

In this year, women voted in American federal elections for the first time. 

1920

200

The year that Obama was elected president.

2008

300

He was the King during the American Revolution.

George the Third

300

This amendment granted Black men the right to vote in America. 

15th

300

The argument is that the American Constitution must be interpreted in the way that it was written. 

Originalism

300

This is the capital city of China.

Beijing

400

John Locke believed that human beings had a right to these three things.

Life, Liberty, and Property

400
The year that Thomas Jefferson was elected President.

1800.

400

The principle the government should be divided into parties representing interest groups. 

Factionalism.

400

On July Fourth, 1824, both of these founding fathers died on the same day. 

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

500

Some say that this Native American confederacy's constitution influenced the nation's founders.

The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)

500

According to the Consitution, this branch of government is empowered to declare war.

Legislative

500

To count legislative seats, the American Constitution stipulated that enslaved people counted as what percentage of a person?

3/5 ths.

500

The beloved pet of both Steve Irwin and Charles Darwin, Harriet was what sort of animal.

Galapagos Tortoise