VMS Civics Test 1
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 5 Freedoms in 1st Amendment | free religion/assembly/speech/press, right to petition |
| What replaced the AOC? | The Constitution |
| Adam Smith=big or small gov't | Small |
| Direct democracy | everyone votes for all gov't decisions |
| What does liberty have that freedom doesn't? | Liberty has laws |
| What was the taxation power under the AOC? | None |
| What guides the economy based on Smith's "Invisible Hand" theory? | Competition |
| What was Paine's milk and meat argument (from Common Sense) about? | America has outgrown the need for a mother country |
| What are the 4 freedoms for the Declaration of Independence? | Equality, Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness |
| What is the social contract? | the agreement between gov't and people |
| Natural Laws | the rules of Nature; the way things ought to be |
| Why is communism different from other gov't types? | because it is an economic system |
| Number of states needed to pass the laws under the AOC | 9 out of 13 |
| What causes the "Tragedy of the Commons?" | When one individual takes too much of a shared resource; self-interest |
| What is our plan? | Commerce, and that, well attended to, will secure us the peace and friendship of all Europe. |
| What 2 documents did Thomas Paine write? | Common Sense, Declaration of the Rights of Man (for France) |
| What is a foreign mercenary? | A soldier hired by the king from another country to fight in the US |
| What is quartering? | When a citizen's house is used to house a soldier, use their own $ for the soldier |
| What protections for the accused are in Amendment 5? | grand jury indictment, no forced confession, no double jeopardy, no punishment w/o due process |
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