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What form of government does the US government have?

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democracy

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What was one of the min reasons the English colonists came to the new world

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Religious freedom

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What rights are stated in the Declaration of Independence

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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What were the reasons the colonists separated from England

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Tax without representation, abuse by king

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How did the French and Indian war (1763) affect the colonists ?

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Britain taxed colonists to war debt

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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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1st dated colonial legislature

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What are three branches of the US government?

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Legislative, judicial, executive

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What is the system of checks and balances of the balance?

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Stop eachother from becoming too powerful

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What are the three levels of the US Government?

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Federal, state, local

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What are the powers of congress?

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Make laws

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What are the powers of the President?

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Enforce laws

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What are the powers of the Supreme Court?

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interpret laws

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What was the “Great Compromise”?

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created bicameral legislature

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How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate chosen?

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Popular vote

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How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate allocated?

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House: population
Senate: equal

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What is the process of presidential succession?

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President, VP, Speaker of the house, Etc..

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What is the electoral college?

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People who vote for the president

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What is Gerrymandering?

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Drawing voting districts to favor one political party

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What is the separation and church doctoring?

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government can’t have 1 established religion.

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What was “Shay’s” Rebellion about?

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Farmers, taxes, & debt, AOC=weak

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What are two holidays that honor the members of the armed forces?

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Veterans Day & Memorial Day

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From where does the US government get its power?

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People

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Where was the original capital of the US?

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Philadelphia

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What is “common law”?

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Law based on court decisions

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What is the US judicial system based on?
Past court decisions / precedent
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Which is the supreme law of the United States?
Constitution
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How many amendments does the US Constitution have?
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What are the first ten amendments called?
Bill of rights
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1st amendment:
freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
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2nd amendment:
right to bear arms
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4th amendment
unreasonable searches
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5th amendment
miranda rights, due process, no double jeopardy
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6th amendment
fair speedy trial, lawyer
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7th amendment
jury in civil trial
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8th amendment
Protection from cruel and unusual punishment
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9th amendment
rigths not listed in the constitution
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10th amendment
Any powers not given to federal goes to state
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13th amendment
abolish slavery
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14th amendment
citizenship, due process, equal protection
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15th amendment
Can’t deny people to vote based on color
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19th amendment
women’s right to vote
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26th amendment
able to vote at 18
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How can constitution be changed?
Adding amendments
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Which amendment has been repealed?
18th amendment
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What is the purpose of the preamble of the US constitution?
State goals of constitution
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What does “full faith an credit” mean?
States honor all laws
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Where was the constitution signed?
Philadelphia
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What is the “common clause”?
Regulate interstate commerce
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What is the “elastic clause”?
Allows congress to make laws “necessary & proper”
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What is the Magna Carta?
limited government, rights for citizens
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What is the English Bill of Rights?
parliament power
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What is the Mayflower Compact?
1st self government in colonies
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What is “common sense”?
Encouraged independence from Britain
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What was the Abigail Adam’s letter to John Adam’s?
early call for women’s rights
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What is the Virginia Declaration of rights?
First basis for the Bill of Rights
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What is the Declaration of Independence?
Breaking away from Britain
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What is the Federalists papers?
Ratification of the constitution
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What is Federalists paper 10?
Warned about fractions
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What is the Federalists paper 51?
Checks and balances
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What is the Federalists paper 58?
Growth of house
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What is the Articles of Confederation?
1st government
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What Is the bill of rights?
Protect individual freedoms
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What is the US Constitution?
Framework of US government
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What is the Treaty of Paris?
Ended revolutionary war
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What is the Northwest Ordinances (1787)?
Organized new states
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What is John Lockes “Two Treatises of Government”?
Natural rights
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What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freed slaves in Confederate states
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What is the “I have a dream speech” (Dr. Martin Luther King)?
Civil rights speech promoting racial equality
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What is the Civil rights act of 1964?
Banned segregation
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What is the Civil rights act of 1965?
Protected voting rights
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What is Engel v. Vitale?
No school led prayer
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What is D.C. v. Heller?
Individual rights to bear arms
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What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
Schools can sensor school newspaper
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What is Mapp v. Ohio?
Illegally obtained evidence cant be used in court
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What is Marbury v. Madison?
Judicial review
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What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Federal supremacy
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What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Miranda rights
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What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Free speech at school
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What is U.S. v. Nixon?
Limited executive privilege
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What is the regents of the U. Of California v. Bakke?
No racial quotes
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What is Schenck v. US?
Limits on speech
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What is Texas v. Johnson?
Flag burning is protected speech
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What is Gibbons v. Ogden commerce clause?
Congress controls interstate commerce
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What is Dried Scott v. Sanford?
Slaves are not people
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What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Segregation
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What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Ended school segregation
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What is Baker v. Carr?
One person; one vote
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What is Roe v. Wade?
Legalized abortion
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What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Right to an attorney
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