1. 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. 2 Life, Liberty and Property

3. 3 Natural Rights

4. 4 This document limited the power of the King of England

5. 5 Magna Carta

6. 6 This philosopher wrote about Natural Rights in 1690.

7. 7 John Locke

8. 8 This legislative body helped to bring more power to the common people in 1258 and the English Bill of Rights in 1689.

9. 9 Parliament

10. 10 People agree to give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection, they form a:

11. 11 Social Contract

12. 12 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in what year?

13. 13 1791

14. 14 When government derives its power from the people who in turn elect representatives to govern, this is called:

15. 15 A Republic

16. 16 This event caused the leaders of the United States to revisit the Articles of Confederation and correct it.

17. 17 Shays’ Rebellion

18. 18 This phrase still motivates people all over the world to fight for their rights:

19. 19 “All men are created equal.”

20. 20 The Declaration of Independence states that governments get their powers from:

21. 21 “the Consent of the Governed”

22. 22 The U.S. government is a shared government between the states and national government. This is also known as,_______________

23. 23 Federalism

24. 24 The three branches of government are:

25. 25 Legislative, Executive, Judicial

26. 26 Lack of power to tax, inability to raise an army, and lack of a unified currency were all problems associated with this:

27. 27 Articles of Confederation

28. 28 These 2 bodies make up the Legislative Branch:

29. 29 The House of Representatives and Senate

30. 30 This group of advisors to the President is made up of the heads of the 15 major departments in the Executive Branch:

31. 31 Cabinet

32. 32 The president can sign into law or _______ a bill

33. 33 veto

34. 34 This legislative body may try a president to have them removed from office:

35. 35 Senate

36. 36 The president has the power to nominate ambassadors and ________ ________

37. 37 federal judges

38. 38 The power to impeach a president or Supreme Court Justice is spelled out for the:

39. 39 House of Representatives

40. 40 The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional is known as,

41. 41 Judicial Review

42. 42 Under this government, states had more power to collect taxes than the national government.

43. 43 Articles of Confederation

44. 44 The writers of the Constitution are known as the:

45. 45 Framers

46. 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. 47 Commander-in-Chief

48. 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. 49 Ratification process

50. 50 As a way of making money to run the governments, the power to ___________ __________ is shared by both the National and State governments.

51. 51 collect taxes