Civics and Economics Part 1 – Flashcards

Because of the Constitutional principle of _______, the central government must share power with local and state governments.

Which of the following was written in an effort to encourage the ratification of the Constitution?

Which political principle is located in the Bill of Rights?

Which of the following explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact as it relates to the history of the United States?

John Locke wrote that, according to social contract, every person is entitled to the natural rights of life, liberty, and estate. How does this differ from the text of the Declaration of Independence?

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire Based on the quote, Voltaire agrees with the United States democratic ideal that...

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do. - excerpt from Reveries of a Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau This quote by Rousseau mirrors a common Enlightenment view that...

While Alexander Hamilton supported merchants, Thomas Jefferson was more sympathetic toward the needs of...

Which convention of American government reflects the principle of popular sovereignty?

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. - excerpt from The Spirit of the Laws by Charles de Montesquieu Montesquieu's statement aligns with which democratic principle of government?

Politicians who supported the ratification of the Constitution were known as Federalists. Why were the Federalists in favor of the Constitution?

John Adams was the first president of the U.S. to belong to a political party. Parties arose during the presidency of George Washington and were sharply divided on the issue of...

Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws influenced which core democratic value in the United States Constitution?

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." - Preamble, United States Constitution Which American ideal is expressed in the preamble of the United States Constitution?

Which statement best describes a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

-The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. -No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. -No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken. -No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State. -No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another. -No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time. The provisions above, all included in the U.S. Constitution, are designed to uphold the principle of...

-Government is legitimate only if the people consent to its authority. -If consent is not given to government by the people, the people have the right to rebel. -Government must protect natural rights (rights all people are born with) The ideas above are attributed to which of these people?

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia was made up of 55 men who drafted the U.S. Constitution. Which of the following was a major topic of debate throughout the drafting process?

Which statement best describes why the Americans created a loose confederation of states in the Articles of Confederation?

How does the U.S. Constitution reflect the democratic principle of rule of law?

Which of the following best describes the influence John Locke's Second Treatise had on the U.S. Constitution?

How does organized crime represent a threat to the rule of law?

How does the system of governmental checks and balances work?

Which best describes the Enlightenment's impact on democracy?

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." - Preamble, U.S. Constitution How does the Preamble to the United States Constitution suggest the political principle of the social compact?

Which of these was created to build a common or shared sense of nationalism in American civic culture?

Which of the following statements about the Federalist Papers is true?

Identify fundamental American values in the constitutional principle of rule of law.

Charles-Louis Montesquieu was a French political thinker known for his...

Patrick Henry was a leading Anti-Federalist who was against the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. He believed the new federal government would be too powerful. Patrick Henry was influential in the adoption of which of these pieces of legislation?

Which part of the U.S. Constitution most supports the American ideal of "equality and justice for all"?

All... will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. - Thomas Jefferson What democratic principle is most similar to the quotation used here?

The _______, written in 1776, is historically significant because it argued for equality among citizens and effective government serving the people

Thomas Hobbes was an Enlightenment thinker considered to be the originator of social contract theory. According to Hobbes and his ideas on social contract, which of the following would be true?

Why was the Magna Carta, signed in 1215, historically significant to the development of democratic governments?

Marbury v. Madison, an 1803 court case, affirmed which power of the Supreme Court?

Thomas Jefferson based concepts in the Declaration of Independence on philosophies from the Enlightenment. The ideas of the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are based on which of these political principles?

How did Enlightenment philosophies impact the American Revolution?

Why was Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson opposed to the creation of a national bank?

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. - Preamble of the United States Constitution The idea of popular sovereignty is most related to which of the following statements from the preamble of the U.S. Constitution?

The Magna Carta required the king (as executive) to be bound by law. Which of these statements best reflects how this idea applies to the U.S. Bill of Rights?

- Magna Carta - English Bill of Rights - Declaration of Independence The documents in the box above all...