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Creating a New Government
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Creating a New Government

The Senate voting on a new bill is an activity related to which branch of government: legislative. Which of the following best completes the diagram: It was unable to pay for expenses.. In the United States, a citizen has the right to speak out against the government. The citizen can write letters to the editor of a newspaper. He or she can demonstrate and carry signs. The citizen can even call the White House and leave a message that he or she is not happy with something the government is doing. The First Amendment protects this right.This right is called: freedom of speech.. Which of the following best explains the significance of the phrase "We the People" at the beginning of the U.S. Constitution: The powers of the government listed in the Constitution come from the people.. How did Shays' Rebellion lead to the Constitutional Convention of 1787: People realized the Articles of Confederation were too weak.. Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced by the U.S. Constitution? : The government was too weak to rule effectively.. The House of Representatives can vote to impeach a president. This is a power that the legislative branch can use to limit the power of which branch of government: executive. Even though the Articles of Confederation were written in 1777, they did not go into effect until 1781. What was the reason that it took several years for the Articles to go into effect?A: They did not go into effect until they had been approved by all of the states. An important part of the separation of powers is the power to tax. Which branch has the power to collect taxes: legislative. Which of the following best describes the people who took part in Shays' Rebellion of 1786–1787: farmers who were angry about taxes. • served as the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War• owned a plantation in Virginia called Mount Vernon• was chosen to lead the Constitutional ConventionWhich delegate to the Constitutional Convention is described in the box: George Washington. Which of the following belongs in the box with the question mark: Powerful president in charge of the executive branch. Why did the representatives at the Constitutional Convention divide the powers of the national government among three different branches: They did not want any one branch of government to become too powerful.. What was one way that the Constitution addressed the issue of how slaves would be counted in a state's population: Every five slaves would be counted as three people.. Which of the following statements is true of the Articles of Confederation: It formed the first central government in the United States.

Grade:Grade 5_AI - Grade 7_AI
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Civics & Government review
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Civics & Government review

Who believed in separation of powers? Montesquieu. What are the rights you have ffrom birth that the government should defend called? Natural Rights. Life, Liberty, and Property. This person thought a natural law for protecting rights was to separate government into three branches Montesquieu. According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________. natural rights. Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support: A democracy. Guess the philosopher who inspired this section of the US Constitution:Article. II ,Section. 1.The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. Article. I., Section 1 All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Article III., Section 1: The judicial Power shall be vested in one supreme Court. . . Montequieu. According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do? Overthrow the government. The Mayflower Compact helped establish which of the following American traditions? . What role did the government have, according to John Locke? Protect the people's natural rights. This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors. Enlightenment. _________________ influenced the Declaration of Independence and the English Bill of Rights. John Locke. _________________ believed in the separation of powers in government. Montesquieu. French Enlightenment philosopher Baron De Montesquieu praised the British political system because it divided the power of government between the monarch and the two houses of Parliament. Which principle included in the United States Constitution shows that the framers agreed with Montesquieu? separation of powers . How did the English Bill of Rights influence delegates during the Constitutional Convention? It established a number of rights the delegates wished to guarantee in the new constitution.. John Locke argued that the power of government comes from the consent of its citizens.. John Locke’s theory of the social contract, as developed in the United States Declaration of Independence, stated that the people should revolt against a government that did not protect their rights . Which of the following is a right found in the Magna Carta that is also enjoyed by American citizens? the right to a trial by one's peers. Montesquieu’s theory of separation of power in a government helped our Founding Fathers guard against what fear? Fear of a tyrannical king. John Locke’s theory of natural rights.

Grade:Grade 6_AI - Grade 8_AI
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