EOC Flashcard Review

This Enlightenment thinker influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence

• Locke

• Montesquie

• Madison

• Plato

This document influenced the colonists' views of government with the idea of jury trials.

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

This group wanted a Bill of Rights and favored strong states and a small central government.

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Whigs

• Democrats

This amendment states that we have other rights besides those listed in the Bill of Rights.

• 9th

• 10th

• 14th

• 7th

To propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it has to be approved by what fraction of both houses of Congress?

• unanimous

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 9/13

To ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it has to be approved by what fraction of State Legislatures?

• unanimous

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 9/13

This amendment says your right to vote cannot be denied based on your race.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

The members of this political party are viewed as more conservative.

• Democrat

• Republican

• Green

• Socialist

In this form of government, the people elect representatives to make laws for them.

• direct democracy

• monarchy

• republic

• confederal

This system of government is a loose association of states.

• federal

• unitary

• parliamentary

• confederal