Government Basics
This type of government exists in the United States, where people elect representatives.
What is a democratic republic?
This document contains the first 10 amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The idea that government gets its power from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This Enlightenment thinker proposed natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
This is a required civic duty involving participation in court cases.
What is jury duty?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This 1215 document limited the power of the king.
What is the Magna Carta?
The principle that no one is above the law.
What is rule of law?
These are Locke’s three natural rights.
What are life, liberty, and property?
This is the process by which immigrants become U.S. citizens.
What is naturalization?
This document is the framework for the U.S. government.
What is the Constitution?
This document declared independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The division of power among three branches.
What is separation of powers?
This type of government from Rome influenced U.S. representative democracy.
What is the Roman Republic?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This article of the Constitution outlines the executive branch.
What is Article II?
This document created a weak national government before the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The system where each branch can limit the others.
What are checks and balances?
This phrase means people agree to be governed.
What is consent of the governed?
This branch of government interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
This amendment limits presidents to two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
These essays supported ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
The division of power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This term, used by Alexis de Tocqueville, describes self-reliance.
What is individualism?
This is a shared power between federal and state governments.
What is collecting taxes?