Chapter 2 Vocab

Question 1

What is a nation’s basic law?

Answer 1

Constitution

Question 2

What document was approved in 1776?

Answer 2

Declaration of Independence

Question 3

What rights are inherent to hman beings?

Answer 3

Natural Rights

Question 4

What is the required basis for government?

Answer 4

Consent of the Governed

Question 5

What idea states the government has some limits?

Answer 5

Limited Governmnet

Question 6

What was the first constitution of the United States?

Answer 6

Articles of Confederation

Question 7

What were the attacks on courthouses by Captain Daniel Shay called?

Answer 7

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 8

What document set the structure of the U.S. that was ratified in 1788?

Answer 8

U.S. Constitution

Question 9

What groups had risen from the ideas that Madison was against?

Answer 9

Factions

Question 10

What proposal called for equal representation regardless of population?

Answer 10

New Jersey Plan

Question 11

What proposal called for equal representation determined by the population?

Answer 11

Virginia Plan

Question 12

What established the two house’s of congress?

Answer 12

Connecticut Compromise

Question 13

What requires a judge to tell a prisoner why they are jailed?

Answer 13

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Question 14

What requires each branch of the government to check the others?

Answer 14

Separation of Powers

Question 15

What requires the government to limit its power based on government institutions?

Answer 15

Checks and Balances

Question 16

What type of government derives it’s power from the people?

Answer 16

Republic

Question 17

Who supported the constitution when it was being adopted by the states?

Answer 17

Federalists

Question 18

What is the opposite of a federalist?

Answer 18

Anti-Federalists

Question 19

What defended the constitution in detail that was called Publius?

Answer 19

Federalist Papers

Question 20

What are the first ten amendments of the constitution called?

Answer 20

Bill of Rights

Question 21

What amendment wanted equal rights for each sex?

Answer 21

Equal Rights Amendment

Question 22

The case in which the supreme court displayed their powers over congress?

Answer 22

Marbury v. Madison

Question 23

The power by which the supreme court uses to make sure any act of congress is in accordance with the constitution?

Answer 23

Judicial Review