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17 Cards in this Set
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The constitutions main goals is
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protect our rights and limit the power of the government
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Our founding Fathers believed in John Locke's philosphy which said that government's power should be
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limited and protect the people's rights
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Many ideas in the Constitution came from the
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Magna Carta
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the Bill of rights protects
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individual rights
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Separation of powers can be found in which American document?
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the Constitution
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The president is commander -in-chief of the armed forces but is not actually in the military this is called
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civilian control of the military
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Necessary and Proper clause allows congress to make laws that are needed as long as
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they are connceted to one of the other 17 powers in Article I, Sec. 8 - This allows congress to make a law that is needed.
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Judicial review is the practice of judges basing their decisions on the
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meaning of the Constitution
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3 of the powers listed in Article I Section 8 are
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1. Create an army and navy
2. declare war 3. borrow money |
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The President was given the power as commander-in-cheif of the armed forces so he could make sure that ______
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the U.S. stays safe from its enemies
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The 6th amendment in the Bill of Rights guarantees the right
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1.of fair trial
2. to legal counsel (attorney) |
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The first Amendment guarantees the right to
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1. Free Speech
2. free Religion 3.Protest/ Petition the government 4.Criticize the government 5. Free assembly and demonstrate peacefully |
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The bill of Rights generally protects individual
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freedom and limits the governments power
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The bill of rights protects symbolic speech as well as spoken and written speech. Can a city deny controversial group the right to march or demonstrate solely because the city doesn't agree with the groups message.
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no, symbolic free speech is guaranteed even if the action may create a violent reaction from others that disagree.
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Which part of the first amendment guarantees the right to practice your religion?
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The free exercise clause
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?:
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Thomas Jefferson to establish the rights of the people
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The Federalist Papers were written to convince states to ratify the Constitution. Two of the most famous were #78 and # 51. What were they about?
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Federalist 78 - written to suggest that judges should decide cases based on the constitution
Federalist 51 - people are basically bad and need government to protect us from each other |
