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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
John Lewis a civil rights icon and Congressman famously stated, "The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy," form which nation state did the Founding Fathers take this idea from?
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Troy
Marcus Tullius Cicero a statesman, orator, and writer is responsible for the maxim, "Salus populi suprema lex esto" (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law), a principle that advocates for law to be codified. Which group provided this example of codified law?
Romans
Spanish
French
British
"Trial by jury is the lamp that shows that freedom lives," by the 19th-century English jurist Lord Patrick Devlin, describes part of due process which the Founding Fathers borrowed from which document?
Magna Carta
Treaties of Crimes and Punishments
Toleration
The Spirit of the Laws
Which rights listed in the Bill of Rights reflects this complaint?
What did Thomas Jefferson mean by the phrase "all men are created equal"?
All people had the same abilities
Free citizens were political equals
All people ought to have equal wealth
Women and men should be treated the same
Which ideas in our constitition address the US mentioned in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?
People choose government officials in elections
There are three branches of government
People have freedom of religion
There are nine members of the Supreme Court
The diagram above represents which constitutional principle?
Republicanism
Checks and balances
Separation of Powers
Federalism
