Fast & Curious Influential Documents US Constitution Part 2

Rule of Law

• A principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced
• A principle that law is only applicable to certain people
• A principle that law is enforced based on personal preferences
• A principle that law is not necessary in a society

Self Government

• A system where individuals govern themselves
• A system where a country is governed by a foreign power
• A system where a country is governed by a monarch
• A system where a country is governed by a dictator

Due Process

• A legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person
• The government's powers are restricted by a constitution to protect individual freedoms.

• The government has unlimited power to make and enforce laws.

• Consent of the governed

Limited Government

• The government has unlimited power to make and enforce laws.

• The government controls all aspects of citizens' lives, including religion and speech.

• The government's powers are restricted by a constitution to protect individual freedoms

• A government with power limited by the people

Popular Sovereignty

• Consent of the governed

• A type of government system
• A law passed in the 18th century
• A term used in economics

Separation of Powers

• The powers of the government are divided equally among three branches: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial.

• Each state has its own separate government that doesn't interact with the federal government.

• The President, Congress, and the Supreme Court all have the same powers and responsibilities.

• The government separates powers between military leaders and elected officials.
  

Checks and Balances

• Each branch of government has its own powers and can operate independently without any oversight.

• One branch of government holds all the power, while the other branches serve advisory roles.

• Each branch of government has the ability to limit or check the powers of the other branches to prevent any single branch from becoming too powerful.

• Checks and balances refer to the financial auditing system that keeps track of government spending.

What specific limitations were established by the Magna Carta to keep the government (monarchs) from becoming too powerful? (select all that apply)

• limited the king's power to tax

• gave landowners rights to equal treatment & trial by jury

• established no one is above the law; not even high ranking officials

• created a Parliament to take over law making responsibilities

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

• an agreement to end the rule of monarchs in the American colonies and declare independence

• 1. an agreement to create a government in order to have protection, unity, and order

• an agreement to create a representative democracy that would get its power from consent of the governed

Which part of the U.S. Constitution was inspired by the English Bill of Rights?

• first ten amendments

• the preamble

• articles I - III