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Chapters 1-3 Flashcards

1
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The reason for America’s greatness

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righteous character

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a way of life

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culture

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America’s primary cultural influence

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Judeo-Christian heritage

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the belief that work is a gift from God and a means of glorifying Him

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Puritan work ethic

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the government leaves people free to own businesses and make a living based on their own initiative

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free enterprise

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a government that exercises its power under constraints, usually by means of a constitution

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limited government

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anything that helps people remember past events

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memorial

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types of memorials in America

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documents, symbols, monuments, creeds

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a system of colors and designs for flags that was devised during the Middle Ages

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heraldry

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10
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a solemn promise

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pledge

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a people’s loyalty, support, and devotion to duty

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allegiance

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12
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writer of the “Pledge of Allegiance”

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Francis Bellamy

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13
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the official patriotic song or hymn of a country

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national anthem

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14
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writer of “The Star-Spangled Banner”

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Francis Scott Key

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15
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a love for one’s country and a loyalty to it

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Patriotism

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16
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the spirit of patriotism that Americans feel for their nation

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Americanism

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17
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the characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors

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heritage

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18
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the promotion of one’s own nation and government regardless of moral considerations

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nationalism

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19
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The first black American in the history of the US armed forces to achieve the rank of four-star general

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General Daniel “Chappie” James

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the authority and power to control, to direct, and to rule the actions and affairs of others.

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government

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21
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God has both the supreme power and the right to govern all nations and their rulers

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sovereign

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22
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the first foundational civil ordinance

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capital punishment

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23
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God’s purpose for government

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to protect the innocent by punishing the guilty

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24
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the rules of human action or conduct

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laws

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the two foundations for law
revealed law and natural law
26
law given by God explicitly in the Holy Scripture
revealed law
27
las that is discernible by all men as image-bearers of God
natural law
28
orders from God telling men what to do and what not to do
commandments
29
The Great Commandment
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind...Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
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another name for the Ten Commandments
Decalogue
31
belief that the only reason to obey law is that it has been made
positive law
32
One of the first written laws in history
Code of Hammurabi
33
where does every form of government derive its authority
from God (Romans 13:1-7)
34
a government where God rules directly
theocracy
35
modern day theocracy
rule by clerics
36
Islamic law
sharia
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the belief that government should remove everything religious from its domain
secularism
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rule by one whose will is supreme
autocracy
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the people rule
democracy
40
rule by a single family
dynasty
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the distinguishing feature of a monarch
receives position by inheritance
42
a system in which the monarch has unlimited power
absolute power
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system in which the monarch's power is limited by a constitution and is equal or subservient to an elected representative assembly
constitutional monarchy
44
the most outstanding constitutional monarch
Queen Victoria
45
system of government in which the ruler acquires his power by some means other than inheritance and rules with absolute authority
dictatorship
46
totalitarian dictatorship in which all power is vested in one ruler
fascism
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a totalitarian dictatorship by one or more persons that advocates the violent, revolutionary overthrow of the existing economic, political, and social order and sets up a tyrannical state that dominates the person, property, and thought of all citizens by means of physical and psychological force and terror
communism
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formed the basic ideas of communism
Karl Marx
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was the first to implement communism on a large scale
Vladimir Lenin
50
the number of people who have been murdered in the Soviet Union and Red China by Marxism
140 million
51
a system of government control over the economy of a nation
socialism
52
the price of socialism
freedom
53
the people rule directly by popular vote
direct democracy
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best example of direct democracy in America
New England town meetings
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the people rule indirectly through elected representatives
indirect democracy
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the American government system
democratic republic
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the people and their representatives are limited by a constitution
constitutional republic
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the idea that the church and the government are to remain institutionally separate
separation of church and state
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the cornerstone of American government
the character of the American people
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the greatest influence on the development of English law and government
the Bible
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a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions
common law
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prefaced his addition of the English law code with the ten commandments
Alfred the Great
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father of the common law
Henry de Bracton
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wrote "Institutes of the Common Law"
Sir Edward Coke
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wrote "Commentaries on the Laws of England"
Sir William Blackstone
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laid the foundation to the right to trial by jury
King Henry II
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Anglo-Saxon council of wise men who aided the king in making important decisions
Witan
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When Parliament was named
1265
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Ruled England during the first meeting of Parliament, beginning representative government in England
Simon de Montfort
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convened the Model Parliament
Edward I
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year of the first Model Parliament
1295
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upper house of parliament
house of Lords
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lower house of parliament
house of commons
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the first time in English history that the king was placed under the law of the land
signing of the Magna Carta, 1215
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signed the Magna Carta
King John
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year of the English Bill of Rights
1689
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a document issued by the crown which established the relationship between the king and his subjects
charter
78
law above the law, universal principles of right and justice
higher law
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first representative assembly in the colonies
house of burgesses
80
only colony with a unicameral legislature
Pennsylvania
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colonial house that "controlled the purse strings"
lower house
82
main unit of government in colonial New England
town
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main unit of government in the colonial south
county
84
the spiritual revival that swept the colonies between 1730 and 1760
Great Awakening
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two main evangelists during the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield
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The first significant attempt at political unity among the colonies
New England Confederation
87
called for an annual conference of delegates, one from each colony, to manage native affairs, pass laws, and levy taxes (was never adopted)
Albany Plan
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two British allies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams
William Pitt and Edmund Burke
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colonists decided that they were only under the authority of the king, not Parliament, because they were not represented in Parliament
Stamp Act Congress
90
protested the stamp tax and other British regulations with the colonists felt were illegal
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
91
pledged the loyalty of the colonists to the Crown but protested Parliamentary interference with American rights
First Continental Congress
92
Effectively America's first central government
Second Continental Congress
93
cut off all trade between the colonies and England and officially removed the colonies from the king's protection
Prohibitory Act
94
primarily responsible for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson

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