The Framers of the Constitution included a system of checks and balances. This means:

• each branch of government has powers that can keep the other branches from becoming too powerful

• each branch of government has access to an equal money supply

• each branch of government takes turns leading at the start of a new congressional session

• each branch of government has separate leaders

The statement below is from the Magna Carta (1215).

"No freeman shall be take or imprisoned or outlawed or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."

Which Constitutional Principle (Big Idea) is reflected in this quote?

• Natural rights

• Limited Government

• Equality of Mankind

• Due Process of Law

The statements below are from two of the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Congress shall make no law...prohibiting...the right of people..to petition the government for a redress of grievance.

• - First Amendment

The first of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

• - Second Amendment

Which earlier document contained similar rights?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Do your best

Do what's right

Treat others the way you want to be treated

These school rules apply to the U.S. government as well and are "ethical ideas of justice." Where did this principle originate?"

• Magna Carta

• Judeo-Christian Tradition

• English Bill of Rights

• Ancient Greece

This term means "the right of people accused of crimes to have laws that treat them fairly, so that they cannot lose their life or freedom without having their legal rights protected."

• Rule of Law

• Equality of Mankind

• Due Process of Law

• Natural Rights

This term means, "every individual is born equal, has equal opportunity to succeed and is entitled to the same set of basic rights."

• Natural Rights

• Equality of Mankind

• Unenumerated Rights

• Limited Government

The ability for individuals to worship or not worship freely without government interference

• Natural Rights

• Religious Freedom

• Rule of Law

• Due Process

The government must follow the law and no one is above the law

• Due Process of Law

• Rule of Law

• Equality of Mankind

• Natural Rights

Use the quote to answer the question.

   “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

Source: U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 4

Which Constitutional Principle is being described in this quote?

• Equality of mankind

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Due Process of Law

Use the quote to answer the question

1)      “We hold these truths to be self-evident,… that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.”

Source: The Declaration of Independence, Preamble

Which Constitutional Principle is being described?

• Natural Rights

• Rule of Law

• Religious Liberty

• Limited Government