U.S. Gov & Politics Week 3 Review

The Enlightenment

100

According to Thomas Hobbes, the Social Contract between citizens and government required citizens to give up this in exchange for security and safety.

What is freedom?

200

This is the trio of "natural rights" first identified by John Locke.

What are life, liberty, and property?

300

Voltaire added these two well-known freedoms to Locke's list of "natural rights".

What are freedom of religion and freedom of speech?

400

Montesquieu argued that in order to stop any government from abusing its power, this needed to be done to its powers.

What is separation (into three branches)?

500

According to Rousseau's new take on the idea of the Social Contract, the contract was an agreement among all citizens to create this.

What is government?

From Articles to Constitution

100

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not pay its debts because it lacked this power.

What is the power to tax?

200

Under the Articles of Confederation, the state of Virginia could place an import tax on goods from North Carolina, because the national government lacked this power.

What is the power to regulate interstate commerce?

300

This was required to make any changes to the Articles of Confederation.

What is unanimous consent of all 13 states?

400

This compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention created our bicameral legislature, in which the House of Representatives has representation that is proportional to the states' populations, while in the Senate each state is represented equally.

What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)?

500

This Constitutional provision required that if enslaved people escaped, state governments were required to return them to their enslavers.

What is the Fugitive Slave Clause?

Constitutional Principles

100

When Congress passes a bill, the President can "check" Congress' law-making power by doing this.

What is vetoing the bill?

200

This power, held by the U.S. Senate, is a major check on the President's appointment power.

What is the power to confirm judges and other Presidential appointees?

300

This term describes a system in which power is divided and shared between different levels of government; in our case, between the national government and the states.

What is Federalism?

400

In the United States, the power to establish public school systems is held by this level of government.

What are state governments?

500

In the United States, this government is the only one with the power to coin money.

What is the national government?