Heritage Series part 2 Flashcards
American ____ is a humble dependence on God. Exceptionalism : _______
Exceptionalism, above average, special
Four things that make America exceptional are ____rights, ___of the governed, separation of powers, checks and balances, and _______. Unalienable: ______
Unalienable, consent, Republicanism, life liberty and property; these rights can never be taken away
Declaration drew inspiration from _______ and __________, which is 400 pages, references the Bible 1,500 times and proves we are a constitutional republic.
John Locke and the two Treatise on Government
Pastors had an impact on the declaration because issues of government had already been dealt with from the ____.
pulpit
Which president gave props to the Declaration of Independence on the 150th anniversary of its signing?
Coolidge
In 1811, 1844, and 1892 the supreme court passed decisions that stayed consistent with our precedent that our country is a ________.
Christian Nation
To make a difference today we need to ___the declaration of Independence and the Constitution, ____ people about it, and get the truth back into the ______.
read, tell, textbooks
The Godless Constitution was written by ______ who didn’t include _______ or ______.
scholars with Phds, sources or citations
The ten year project of political science freaks took 15,000 writings from the founding era. There were 3,154 quotes, ___ of which were from the Bible, 8% from _____, 7% from ____, and 2% from John Locke.
34%, Montesquieu, Blackstone
John ____ stated that the Constitution was an eternal document.
Adams
Who was a great defender of the Constitution?
Daniel Webster
Which two presidents believed the Constitution had Christian roots?
Herbert Hoover, Teddy Roosevelt
Who is trying to rewrite history?
teachers, people with phds, textbook writers
How are the above people going to rewrite history?
omitting information and full on revising the truth.
They are revising or ____ the truth about the nation’s founding.
omitting
The ____ Clause says that congress can pass a law to keep state judges under control in minority vs. majority cases.
exception
The average American citizen looks to the ___ and law _____ to define the Constitution for them.
media, professors
_____ and ________ are not the correct way to reach citizens, but rather persuasion and reasoning, according to Thomas Jefferson.
force and condemnation
Benjamin Rush stated that it’s important to believe in ____, hoping that the something was the religion of the New Testament.
something
Will any nation that uses Biblical principles in the government be successful? explain.
Yes, the use of Biblical principles such as prayer and morals will lead to a successful nation
Secularists believe that Christians today want a ____. The separation of church and state does not mean to remove God from the government.
theocracy
America has drifted from its ___, ____: court cases, presidents, governors, historians can prove the truth.
roots, heritage
Christians are sometimes called _____, linking us to Hitler or Stalin.
fascist
More presidents that believed our nation is a Christian one are ____, _____, and _____.
Truman, FDR, Eisenhower
