Constitution Test Study Guide

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilities.

Who has what powers? How do you get power? What are the limits?

  1. Revolution and Early History-
  2. Early history and influences
  3. Early government ideas:
  4. Limited Government:
  5. Magna Carta:
  6. English Bill of Rights:
  7. Habeas Corpus:
  8. Roman influence
  9. Natural Laws
  10. Theories of government
  11. Force
  12. Evolution
  13. Divine Right
  14. Social Contract
  15. Enlightenment influences:
  16. The Enlightenment
  17. Hobbes
  18. Locke
  19. Montesquieu
  20. Rousseau
  21. Voltaire
  22. Social Contract
  23. Tabula Rasa
  24. Natural Rights
  25. Right to Rebellion
  26. Civil Rights
  27. Civil liberties
  28. The Declaration of Independence (breakup letter)
  29. Thomas Jefferson
  30. Equality (Created equal=Tabula Rasa)
  31. US = UK
  32. Natural Rights
  33. Right to Rebellion
  34. Social Contract
  35. Specific criticisms
  36. Constitutional powers/systems-
  37. Preamble- (features of Popular Sovereignty and Social Contract theory)
  38. Goals: ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______
  39. Article 1-
  40. House of Representatives
  41. Senate
  42. Impeachment- Accused by the ______, tried by the ______.
  43. Raise taxes, Borrow money, Print money , Declare war, copyright/patents
  44. Regulate commerce (international, and between states)
  45. Habeas Corpus
  46. Article 2-
  47. Commander-in-Chief
  48. Make treaties (but treaties have to be approved by the Senate)
  49. Other Articles-
  50. Full Faith and Credit Clause-
  51. Supremacy Clause-
  52. Necessary and Proper (Elastic) Clause-
  53. Nobility Clause-
  54. Amendment Process-
  55. Supreme Court (Judicial Review process-this is not in the constitution!)
  56. Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances:
  57. Legislative
  58. Executive:
  59. Judicial:
  60. The Bill of Rights:
  61. 1st Amendment rights
  62. Petition
  63. Religion
  64. Speech and Press
  65. Assembly
  66. 2nd Amendment-
  67. “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
  68. 3rd-The gov. can’t station soldiers in your house. Nice.
  69. 4th-
  70. Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure (“in your persons, houses, papers, and effects”).
  71. No Warrants (for arrest or search) shall be issued unless there is specificprobable cause to search the person or place that the government wants to search.
  72. 5th-
  73. No double jeopardy
  74. Don’t have to testify against yourself
  75. Can’t be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law” (they can’t lock you up or take away your stuff or rights unless they have convicted you of a crime in a court of law: due process clause).
  76. They cannot seize private property (for gov’t projects) without compensation: Eminent domain.
  77. 6th-
  78. Right to a speedy and public trial
  79. Impartial Jury (in the state where the crime took place)
  80. You have to be told what you are charged with
  81. You can cross-examine your accusers and witnesses
  82. You have the right to an attorney
  83. 7th-
  84. If you are in a civil lawsuit (an argument about money), and the argument is about more than $20, you have the right to have a trial by jury
  85. Civil vs. Criminal trials
  86. 8th-
  87. No excessive Bail (they can’t lock you up and demand a billion dollars bail)
  88. No “cruel and unusual punishment”
  89. 9th- Just because we said you have these specific rights, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have other rights that we couldn’t think of right now.
  90. 10th- The powers not given to the Federal government belong to the states: Federalism.
  91. The other amendments (highlights):
  92. 13th- no more slavery (1865)
  93. 14th- (1866)
  94. If you are born in the US, then you are a citizen
  95. Due Process Clause: State/local gov’ts cannot take your Life, Liberty, or Property without due process.
  96. Equal Protection Clause: State/local gov’ts cannot discriminate against types of people; must treat people equally.
  97. Incorporation
  98. 15th- (1870) the government cannot restrict your voting because of race (or because you used to be a slave).
  99. 16th- (1913) The federal gov’t can tax your income.
  100. 17th- (1913) Senators have to be elected by voters (they used to be appointed by state gov’ts).
  101. 18th- (1919) Prohibition of Alcohol
  102. 19th- (1920) Women get the right to vote
  103. 21st- (1933) repeal of prohibition
  104. 22nd- (1951) Presidential Term limits
  105. 26th- (1971) voting age-18
  106. Executive Branch:
  107. Cabinet
  108. Departments
  109. Types of powers: (be able to define, identify examples)
  110. Federal Powers:
  111. Expressed (“enumerated”) powers:
  112. Implied powers (“necessary and proper clause”)
  113. Inherent powers-
  114. State/Federal Power:definition, amendments, examples
  115. Reserved powers-
  1. Exclusive (expressed) powers-
  1. Concurrent powers-
  1. Gerrymandering
  2. Federalism
  3. 10th Amendment
  4. “Laboratories of democracy”
  5. Civil vs. Criminal trials
  6. Copyright and Patents
  1. Local Government
  2. Local government powers/responsibilities
  3. Govt. types
  4. Sammamish city government
  5. Special Districts
  6. The Federal Departments and Budget
  7. Taxes
  8. Tariff
  9. Revenue
  10. Protection of US industries
  11. Excise Tax
  12. Sales Tax
  13. Sin/Vice Tax
  14. Property Tax
  15. Income Tax
  16. Progressive Tax
  17. Regressive Tax
  18. US Core Beliefs:
  19. Political Ideologies:
  20. Liberal/Progressive
  21. Conservative
  22. Democratic Socialism
  23. Libertarian
  24. Parties:
  1. Define:
  2. Political Party
  3. Interest Group
  4. Platform
  5. Pluralism
  6. Political Action Committee
  7. Lobbying
  8. Public Policy
  9. Attitudes towards political parties (Founders):
  1. Role and function of political parties:
  1. History of Political Parties
  2. Federalists (A Ham):
  3. Beliefs
  4. Democratic Republicans (TJ):
  5. Beliefs:
  6. Red States:
  7. Blue States
  8. Democrats
  9. Size/strength of government
  10. Economic issues:
  11. Taxation
  12. Regulation of business
  13. Social issues
  14. Environmental issues
  15. Foreign policy
  16. Republicans (Origins: Civil War, Lincoln)
  17. Size/strength of government
  18. Economic issues:
  19. Taxation
  20. Regulation of business
  21. Social issues
  22. Environmental issues
  23. Foreign policy
  24. Conflicts within parties (examples)
  25. Tea Party
  26. Log Cabin Republicans
  27. Third Parties
  28. Examples
  29. Influence
  30. The Moderate Middle
  31. %s