Tenets of US Democracy

Enlightenment

• Belief in the ideas of freedom, justice, and liberty

• Belief in one religious church and government

• Belief in art, self-expression, intuition and creativity,

• belief in the violent overthrow of corrupt governments

Which is NOT a key idea of the Magna Carta?

• Limited government

• Establishing the right to a fair trial by jury

• counsel's approval of taxation

• set up democratic voting for all Englishmen

Which of these is NOT in the Petition of Right?

• no taxation without consent

• no imprisonment without a cause

• equal rights for women

• not having to quarter soldiers

What are the Articles of Confederation?

• The first set of laws passed by the United States Congress

• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

• document outlined the system of America's government, like a group of friends

• A document that outlined the rights of citizens in the newly formed United States

What did the Great Compromise do?

• Established the three branches of government

• Established the Electoral College

• Established the Supreme Court

• Decided how people would be represented in Congress

What did the Virginia Plan do?

• Established a bicameral legislature

• outlined a strong federal government with three branches

• Proposed a system of checks and balances

• Established a system of taxation

What did the New Jersey plan do?

• protected power of small states by giving equal votes in the Senate

• Protected power in the big state by giving equal votes in the Senate

• Allowed for the election of the President by the House of Representatives

• protected power in the South with the three-fifths compromise

What are checks and balances?

• a way to balance a bank account

• a system of government separating power by establishing three branches

• A system of taxation by utilizing three branches

• A system of financial regulation

What are the three branches of government?

• Diplomatic, military, economic

• Political, social, economic

• Legislative, executive, judicial

• Legislative, political, military

What is the legislative branch?

• enforcing laws branch; President, Cabinet and Supreme Court

• interpreting laws branch; Courts, Judges and Juries

• money related branch; Banks, Stock Market and Taxation

• Law making branch; Congress, House of Reps and the Senate