FCLE Kahoot Study Guide Competencies 1-4

What is the concept of the social contract?

An agreement between citizens and the government to protect natural rights

Which principal ensures a system where different parts of a government have powers that limit and control each other?

Checks and balances

What does the rule of law guarantee in a democratic society?

The laws are applied equally to all individuals

What is the principle of due process designed to protect?

The right a fair treatment under the law

What does equality under the law mean?

All citizens have the same legal rights and protections (everyone does regardless of their status)

What is the principle of popular sovereignty based on?

The government derives its power from the people

What are natural rights according to political philosophy?

Rights inherit to all individuals such as life, liberty, and property

What is federalism in the context of the US government?

The division of power between federal and state governments

What does individual liberty refer to in a democracy?

The liberty to act and think without undue interference from the government

What is republicanism in the context of American democracy?

A system where citizens can elect representatives to govern on their beliefs

What does constitutionalism ensure in a democratic government?

The power of government is limited by the constitution

What does majority rule in minority rights mean in a democracy?

The majority governance while protecting the rights of the minority

What is equal protection under the law?

All individuals are entitled to the same legal protections and rights

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution?

To protect individual liberties and rights

What is the significance of elections in a Democratic Society?

elections allow citizens to choose their representatives and leaders

The president of the United States is elected through the electoral college, true or false?

True

What are the conditions needed to serve in the House of Representatives?

Be seven years, a citizen, be living in the state from which you are elected, and be 25 years of age minimum

Which of the following are considered natural rights?

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness (property)

Civil liberties are protections from government interference, true or false?

True

What is the primary purpose of the US Constitution?

To establish a framework for government

Which document declared the United States independent from Britain?

The declaration of independence

What is the primary role of the legislative branch in the US government?

To make laws

Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion assembly, petition, and the press?

First amendment

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

To protect individual liberties and rights

Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting/reviewing laws?

Judicial branch

Which amendment guarantees the right to protect protection from unlawful, searches and seizures?

Fourth amendment

The third amendment prohibited soldiers from living in another person's house on orders of the government true or false?

True

Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law?

14th amendment

In what year was the US Constitution written and who wrote it?

It was written in 1787 by James Madison

Which amendment extended suffrage (voting rights)?

The 15th (for black males), the 19th (for women), the 26th (for 18-year-olds), and the 23rd (for citizens of Washington DC)

The 13th amendment abolished slavery, true or false?

True

17th amendment empowered the American people to elect their senators, true or false?

True

What is the significance of the federalist papers?

They explained and defended the US Constitution

The purpose of the preamble is to introduce the US Constitution and it goals true or false?

True

Which document was the first European acknowledgment that no one not even a king is above the rule of law?

The Magna Carta

Which document served as the first example of self government in the new world in creation of a civic body politic?

The mayflower compact

Which document sent out certain basic civil rights, and clarified who would be next to inherit the British crown?

The English Bill of Rights

John Locke, two treatises of government outlined what principles?

Man possesses his natural rights of life, liberty and property, natural rights come from God or nature's God (creation), and government has a job to guarantee that you enjoy your natural rights

The Virginia declaration of rights declared what?

That all men are by nature, equally free, independent, and have inherent rights

Written by Thomas Paine, what document served as an appeal for American independence?

Common sense

What did the treaty of Paris do?

Established the border between the US and British North America (Canada)

Established peace, B/W Britain and US
Britain recognizes US independence and the US gets more land than requested

What is the meaning behind the join or die snake drawing?

It was a motivator for colonist to join the movement for independence

What did the northwest land ordinance of 1784 to 1787 do?

• Established a government for the northwest territory
  Guaranteed that newly created states are equal to the original 13 states

• Created townships of 6 miles based on a rectangular grid system

• Outlined the process for admitting new states to the union

• Outlawed slavery in the new territories and protected civil liberties

/What did the Missouri compromise of 1820 do?

• Admitted Missouri, as a slave state

• Outlawed slavery above the 36° 30 inch latitude line of the Louisiana territory

• Admitted maine as a free state

The Monroe doctrine prohibited European colonization in the western hemisphere, true or false?

True

What document served as the first system of government in the United States?

The article articles of confederation

Which of the following were weaknesses of the articles of confederation?

• No executive branch to enforce acts passed by Congress

• Congress had no power to raise its own troops

• Amendment required a unanimous vote

• Congress had no power tax or regulate foreign and interstate commerce

• No national judiciary to review laws

Which amendment established the line of presidential succession?

25th amendment

Letters written by Abigail Adams argued for the founder to remember the ladies in constructing the new government true or false?

True

Federalist paper number eight argued that a federal government would be better equipped to defend the nation against foreign threats, true or false?

True

Anti-federalists supported a larger federal government and support the constitution true or false?

False

The constitution of the United States was written by Thomas Jefferson, true or false?

False

Who wrote the constitution of the United States?

James Madison

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

Which federalist paper argued for the importance of an independent judiciary?

Federalist paper number 78

Alexander Hamilton was one of the authors behind the anti-federalist papers true or false?

False

Passed in the 1960s which two pieces of legislation strengthen protection for civil rights and voting?

Civil rights act/voting rights act

What is the significance of Marbury versus Madison?

It established judicial review

Which Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

Brown versus Board of Education

What was the outcome of Miranda versus Arizona 1966?

It established Miranda rights

Which case ruled that the government can restrict speech if it poses a clear and present danger?

Schneck versus the United States

What was the significance of Gideon versus Wainwright 1963?

It guaranteed the right to legal council for defendants in criminal cases

Which case established the principle that states cannot tax federal institutions?

McCulloch versus Maryland

What was the ruling in Roe versus Wade 1973?

Legalized abortion, nationwide

which case ruled that students do not lose their first amendment rights at school

tinker versus Des Moines

What was the significance of Plessy versus Ferguson 1896?

It upheld segregation under the doctrine of separate but equal

Which case ruled that the government could not censor the press?

New York Times versus United States

What was the significance of Dred Scott versus Stanford 1857?

It ruled that African-Americans could not be citizens

Which case ruled that campaign spending is a form of protected speech under the first amendment?

citizens United versus FEC

What was the outcome of Gibbons versus Ogden 1824?

It established federal authority over interstate commerce on waterways

Which case ruled that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court?

Mapp versus Ohio

Which case ruled that state education requirements do not supersede the free exercise of religion?

Wisconsin versus Yoder

The SCOTUS is composed of nine justices, true or false?

True

The SCOTUS was established by the judiciary act of 1789 true or false?

True

Which case established that the right to marriage extent to same-sex couples due process found in the 14th amendment?

Obergfell versus Hodges

Which case found the use of racial quotas in college admissions to be unconstitutional?

Regents of the University of California versus Bakke

Which case established that the state cannot hold prayer in the public schools, even if participation is voluntary?

Engle versus Vitale

The judicial branch has the power to make laws true or false?

False