term quiz 3

Question 1

Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.

Question 2

Social Contract Theory

Answer 2

A voluntary agreement between the government and the governed. It is a philosophy/theory that allows those who are governed to have a government the authority of the state over the individual.

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 3

The principal author of the DOI (1776) and later became the third President of the United States (1801-1809), he was also born in Virginia. Prior to his presidency, was also the Secretary of State in President Washington’s Cabinet.

Question 4

Thomas Paine

Answer 4

Wrote “Common Sense”, a 47 page pamphlet that advocated for independence from Great Britain to the Thirteen Colonies. Published in 1776. it challenged the authority of royal monarchy and encouraged the colonies to fight for their independence and detachment from Britain.

Question 5

Articles of Confederation

Answer 5

A governing document that formed the union of thirteen sovereign states in which the states were supreme, not the union. It was the Thirteen Colonies’s first frame of government.

Question 6

U.S. Constitution

Answer 6

the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world.

Question 7

James Madison

Answer 7

known as the “Father of the Constitution”, he was the fourth President of the United States (1809-1817), also being born in Virginia. He contributed greatly to ratification of the Constitution.

Question 8

George Washington

Answer 8

First president of the United States and also the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

Question 9

Ratification

Answer 9

The act of giving or signing formal consent to certain documents that makes the agreement between the parties valid.

Question 9

Amendment

Answer 9

A change in the words or meaning of a law or document.

Question 10

Bill of Rights

Answer 10

The first ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution in relation to the citizen’s right from the government.

Question 11

Framers

Question 12

Federalism

Answer 12

A system of government in which territory is controlled by two levels of government, such as power between the national and state government. It unites separate states.

Question 13

Limited Government

Answer 13

The principle in the constitution that limits the government’s power.

Question 14

Separation of Powers

Answer 14

The division of power between the several forms of government into branches. It is used to make sure that one branch of government is not too powerful or dominant over the others.

Question 15

Checks and Balances

Answer 15

The ability that each branch of government can keep each other in ‘check’. It is used to ensure that.

Question 16

Expressed Powers

Answer 16

Powers that are also known as enumerated powers. This is the authority specifically granted to a branch of government in the Constitution.

Question 17

Delegated Powers

Answer 17

Political powers that are granted through the Constitution. It is listed in Article I, Section 8.

Question 18

Inherent Powers

Answer 18

powers of a state or branch of government that are not expressly written in a Constitution.

Question 19

Implied Powers

Answer 19

the abilities and powers that a government branch has that are not explicitly stated in the U.S. Constitution but are suggested to be applicable in some or all cases.

Question 20

Concurrent Powers

Answer 20

Powers that are granted to the local (states) and national (federal) government that are explicitly LISTED in the Constitution.

Question 21

Reserved Powers

Answer 21

Powers listed as the Tenth Amendment. They are powers that are not specifically granted to the national (federal) government in the Constitution and are reserved to the states.