Begin. Indep.ArticlesConst.Grab Bag
This concept comes from England, stating that government should not be all powerful
What is limited government?
This is another word for two-house legislature
What is bicameral?
This document was the first in history to limit the power of a monarch
What is the Magna Carta?
This the title of John Locke’s most influential book
What is “Second Treatise on Government?”
The first “civil right” ever given to citizens of England was this
What is the right to a trial by jury?
This is a person who speaks on behalf of others at a congress
What is a delegate (or representative)?
This genius of a man almost single- handedly wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the term for when ultimate power rests with the people
What is popular sovereignty?
This was the most significant of early attempts to unite the colonies, where they protested a British Act
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
This body elected George Washington commander-in-chief of the armed forces
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This is what the government could not do to raise revenue under the Articles
What is tax?
This is the type of government under the Articles
What is confederal?
This is the number of states that had to approve amendments under the Articles
What is 13?
These numbers were the low and high limit to how many representatives states could send under the Articles
What are 2 and 7?
This man led a rebellion against the government when he lost his farm land because of debts
Who is Daniel Shays?
This is the name for the collective group of Constitution writers
Who are the Framers?
This man is known as the “Father of the Constitution”
Who is James Madison?
This plan, called the “small state plan,” called for all states to be represented equally
What is the New Jersey Plan?
These two compromises convinced the southern states to approve the Constitution
What are the 3/5ths Compromise and the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
These 3 founding fathers wrote the Federalist Papers
Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?
Picture Question!
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Their hit songs include “Semi- Charmed Life” and “How’s it Gonna Be?”
Who is Third Eye Blind?
“Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and” this.
What is the “entire human race.”
This Arizona Cardinals receiver set a rookie record for yards in a season
Who is Anquan Boldin?
Who is Ronald Reagan?