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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is law developed from earlier judicial decisions? | Common Law |
| What document gave us the idea of due process of law (England, 1215)? | Magna Carta |
| What is it called when doing what is best for society as a whole is placed above individual needs ? | Common Good |
| What is it called when people make an agreement with the government to give up some of their freedoms in return for protection? | Social Contract Theory |
| What rights are unalienable and cannot be taken away? | Life, Liberty and Property (Natural Rights) |
| What rights are listed in the bill of rights and protect our Natural rights? | Civil rights |
| What do we call a group of people that put their interests above what is best for society. (Common Good) | Factions |
| What was the first and best example of a Social Contract? | Mayflower |
| Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"? | James Madison |
| What system ensures that constitutional governments do not abuse their power? | Checks and balances |
| How do people show their consent to governed? | Voting, taxes, obey laws. |
| Who came up with seperation of powers? | Baron de Montesquieu |
| What two forms of government combined did James Madison believe would protect individual rights and create a Representative Democracy? | Republic and Democracy |
| What is the result when people give up their own personal interests for the common good? | Civic virtue |
| What issue did Roger Sherman's Great Compromise of 1787 settle? | Representation in Congress |
| Who was the man that came up with the Natural Rights theory? | John Locke |
| What must people give in order for a government to be legitimate? | Consent |
| How can people expect to treated according to the 14th amendment? | equally (equal protection) |
| what is it called when you have a legal claim to something? | Right |
| What form of government did the founding fathers believe would best protect individual rights? | Republican |
| What do you get when you have no government? | State of nature |
| What latin term translates as "to have the body" and means that evidence of a crime must be presented with 24 hrs of an arrest? | Habeas Corpus |
| What economic system is based upon individual ownership of property? | Capitalism |
| What economic systemis based upon government ownership of property? | Socialism |
| What type of government has restraints placed upon it's powers? | Limited |
| In order to provide a constitutional government, what must the constitution be? | Higher law |
| What is the main purpose of government according to the Natural rights theory? | Protect individual rights |
| What was the intellectual movement that promoted human reason and social progress in the 17th and 18th century known as? | Age of Enlightenment |
| When a government fails to protect our rights, what do we have a responsability to do? | Revolt |
| What is a set of rules, traditions, laws, and customes that tell how a government should be organized? | A constitution |
| In what form of government does the power rest in the hands of the people? | Democracy |
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