5000 Year Leap: Principles 15-28

The Founders considered land and the products of Earth as a _____ from _______.

To gain dominion or subdue means to have ____________ ___________.

Without ownership or property rights, four things would occur. Name two

Ownership means to have legally protected _______________.

At what point, according to Locke does something in nature become one's property?

How did Locke show that the socialist argument of having all things common is impractical and fallacious?

What is sacred: property or the right to property

Give the reason Abraham Lincoln said we should let people become rich.

Private property is really an extension of one's ______.

Taking from the haves and giving to the have-nots is a violation of _____________ rights.

The best story to illustrate how a congressman learned that it is unconstitutional for the government to redistribute wealth is the account of Congressman _______ ___________.

Which president said in his veto message of a private welfare bill "though the _support the ____ the ____________ should not support the ___________."

According to president Cleveland, how should the misfortunes of citizens be relieved?

Prior to _______ the Supreme Court held that redistribution of wealth was "contrary to the ________ and _______ of the Constitution.

The Founders search for a system of economics built on natural law concepts was answered in _____ by the publication of ______________________.

Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?

A nation is wealthy if its citizens have _____________________________________.

________ ________ said "wealth is not _______ or ________.

The formula for making things abundant and cheap contains five elements. Name three

This book can be summarized in four laws of economic freedom. The freedom to _, _, _, and __.

The most destructive force to a free market economy __________________ ______________.

The Founders agreed government should be involved in four things. Name three

Adam Smith's formula ceased to be taught beginning around _. Instead, the world became fascinated with a philosophy of __ ________.

The process of a bank issuing many times more paper notes than it has in assets is ____________ __________ ____________.

Describe the bankers' reaction to Lincoln's program of raising money without debt.

Name the three types of government discussed anciently by philosophers.

What famous Greek historian first proposed a mixed constitution?

What advantage did Polybius see in a "rule by one"?

What advantage did Polybius see in a "rule by wealthy few"?

What advantage did Polybius see in a "rule by many"?

Name the Frenchman of the 18th century who picked up these ideas and showed how they could really work?

What major difference did he have in his plan?

What question concerning the presidency was much debated in the Constitutional Convention?

Who pushed for the separation of powers doctrine before most people would accept it?

What state did John Adams finally get to accept it?

What did people predict about how people would remember him in history?

Montesquieu's formula for government could be said to provide a division of power that is "___________ _____ __________________"

What great prediction did John Adams make about America that has come to pass?

Some people wanted the three branches of government to be so completely separated that it would have made the whole system __________________.

_________________ said you must have branches separate in their functions but subject to the __________ of other departments

Some checks from outside the system have been tried which presented more problems. Name one they tried.

They finally concluded that the system of checks and balances must come from ___________ not from ___________.

How many checks does the Constitution allow?

Explain one check

Explain the second check

Explain the third check

Explain the fourth check

Explain the fifth check

Throughout history how has a ruler dealt with most crisis situations?

The Founders' system of checks and balances provide for "peaceful ________ ___________.

What is an example of peace self-repair"

One weakness of Anglo-Saxon common law was that it was not ____________?

After the Anglo-Saxons were conquered in _________ AD, several attempts were made by _________________ to get the king to recognize their rights.

Several attempts were made by Englishmen to get the king to recognize their rights. Name two of their written documents;

The first written agreement in the New World to bind community members together was the _________________ _____________.

Who wrote the first constitution in America?

What was the first constitution in America called?

Our written constitution represents the wisdom of ______.

Name one disastrous change made to the Constitution that caused this damage.

What was one of the problems in the Articles of Confederation?

What part of people can speak for the whole?

Why would requiring a two-thirds or three-fourths vote for the passage of routine legislation would be dangerous?

What rights do individuals in the minority possess?

What provision is there in the Constitution to protect the minority from an unjust law passed by the majority?

______________ said the key to preserving freedom is to divide and subdivide the power of government into ________________________________.

Jefferson identified a 100-family unit as a _. Today we call it a _______.

Name one main duty assigned to the federal government.

Name one main duty assigned to the state government.

Name one main duty assigned to the county government.

Name one main duty assigned to the city government.

Name one main duty assigned to the family government.

Name two conditions that result from being governed by the whims of men.

What is law defined as?

The Founders agreed there is no _______________ without ______.

Explain how law preserves and enlarges freedom.

Madison said good law is _____ and ___________________.

What did Plato say we didn't have to do?

What did Plato say we should do?

What did the Founders think of Plato's ideas?

The Founders Fathers were the first to believe that the whole people should be _______________.

France had a literacy rate of about _______.

In 1647, Massachusetts passed a law requiring a community of ___ families to have a ____________ school.

A community of 100 families was required to have a ________________ school.

John Adams wrote, in 1765, an American who could not read or write was as rare as __________________________________.

According to Adams, what do rulers dread most?

Name two functions of a good school board in early America.

Describe three things about the civility of the American pioneers.

What book were school children studying about politics?

______________ ____________ said that the Americans were speaking ___________ better than the _____________.

According to Webster, the __________ was the best source of knowledge about __________________ and ________________.

Give the three-part formula for a good educational system.

What does prosperity usually attract?

How much defense did the Founders feel was necessary?

The Founders believed national defense had two essential components. Name them.

Franklin and Washington said the best way to preserve peace was to be _______________________.

Franklin warned: Make yourselves _________ and the ____________ will eat you.

From 1945 to 1980, the U.S. had followed the philosophy of Mutually Assured _________________.

What program of defense did President Reagan attempt to implement?

Sam Adams felt that because freedom is given by God, man must not __________________________.

The Founders idea of remaining friends with all nations but having no political ties is called ________________.