1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt English Influences Formation of the Government Structure of Government Checks & Balances Take your Chances
2 Life, Liberty and Property
3 Natural Rights
4 This document limited the power of the King of England
5 Magna Carta
6 This philosopher wrote about Natural Rights in 1690.
7 John Locke
8 This legislative body helped to bring more power to the common people in 1258 and the English Bill of Rights in 1689.
9 Parliament
10 People agree to give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection, they form a:
11 Social Contract
12 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in what year?
14 When government derives its power from the people who in turn elect representatives to govern, this is called:
15 A Republic
16 This event caused the leaders of the United States to revisit the Articles of Confederation and correct it.
17 Shays’ Rebellion
18 This phrase still motivates people all over the world to fight for their rights:
19 “All men are created equal.”
20 The Declaration of Independence states that governments get their powers from:
21 “the Consent of the Governed”
22 The U.S. government is a shared government between the states and national government. This is also known as,_______________
23 Federalism
24 The three branches of government are:
25 Legislative, Executive, Judicial
26 Lack of power to tax, inability to raise an army, and lack of a unified currency were all problems associated with this:
27 Articles of Confederation
28 These 2 bodies make up the Legislative Branch:
29 The House of Representatives and Senate
30 This group of advisors to the President is made up of the heads of the 15 major departments in the Executive Branch:
31 Cabinet
32 The president can sign into law or _______ a bill
33 veto
34 This legislative body may try a president to have them removed from office:
35 Senate
36 The president has the power to nominate ambassadors and ________ ________
37 federal judges
38 The power to impeach a president or Supreme Court Justice is spelled out for the:
39 House of Representatives
40 The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional is known as,
41 Judicial Review
42 Under this government, states had more power to collect taxes than the national government.
43 Articles of Confederation
44 The writers of the Constitution are known as the:
45 Framers
46 One of the roles of the President is that he/she is the head of the military. The title for this role is:
47 Commander-in-Chief
48 Before the Constitution became the law of the land, it had to be approved by 2/3 of the state legislatures. This process is also known as the _____________ process.
49 Ratification process
50 As a way of making money to run the governments, the power to ___________ __________ is shared by both the National and State governments.
51 collect taxes