Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that people were born with God-given rights of life, liberty, and property?

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in separation of powers - dividing government into 3 branches?

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in social contract, where people give up some rights in order to receive social order?

What was the House of Burgesses? Select ALL that apply.

What was the Mayflower Compact? Select ALL that apply.

What is mercantilism?

What were long term causes of the American Revolution? Select ALL that apply.

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Why was the Declaration of Independence important? Select all that apply.

The Articles of Confederation was a weak form of government. Why?

Select ALL that apply.

The _________________ Compromise settled differences between the Virginia and New Jersey plans by creating a bicameral legislature.

The _______________ Compromise counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person.

The __________________ Compromise gave Congress power to ban the slave trade after 1808.

The _________________ Compromise allowed the federal government to tax imports but not exports.

True or False - The Federalists SUPPORTED the Constitution and wanted a strong central government.

Which branch of government makes the laws?

Which branch of government executes or enforces the laws?

Which branch of government interprets the laws?

What is the Bill of Rights? Select ALL that apply.

What does the term "suffrage" mean?

States that are very closely divided in their support of both parties.

In order to vote in U.S. elections, you must be 18 years old, a resident of the state you’re voting in, a citizen of the U.S., and __________?

How many times in American history has the Electoral College gone against the popular vote?

In 1776 what qualification did you need to be able to vote (mark all that apply)

Which group of people did the 19th Amendment guarantee the right to vote?

What is a Poll Tax?

The 24th Amendment made poll taxes illegal, which meant that working class white people and _________ were now more able to vote without paying a fee.

The 25th Amendment deals with the __________.

If the President were to die, be removed from office, or be declared unfit to serve, who becomes President?

If both the President and Vice President are unable to serve, who becomes the President?

How old do you have to be to vote in the United States of America?

What does "Suffrage" mean?

What does impeachment mean?

Who can formally initiate the impeachment process?

This ruling explicitly outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities (legal establishment of separate government-run schools for blacks and whites), ruling so on the grounds that the doctrine of "separate but equal" public education could never truly provide black Americans with facilities of the same standards available to white Americans

This landmark ruling held that basis for the exercise of judicial review of Federal statutes by the United States Supreme Court under Article Three of the United States Constitution is legal.

This ruling held held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.

The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" provision of the Louisiana law was constitutional. The case established this principle of segregation until it was overturned in 1954.

A constitutional right to an abortion is established, though the court laid down a trimester criteria in determining whether states can impose restrictions

A system in which the king tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.

The study of what it means to be a citizen

A legally recognized member of a country

People who come to a country from other countries

What is the supreme law of the land?

Something that the government ensures that you are able to do (a privilege given to all citizens)

Type of government where ALL people share power (everyone votes for laws)

Type of government where a religion or religious figure rules

Type of government where people are led by a King or Queen

Type of government where one person rules by force (has total control)

The time period where our founding fathers got a lot of their ideas (this is the time that people started getting new ideas about how they should be ruled)

What was the founding father's ORIGINAL purpose for the Constitutional Convention of 1787?