THE POWERS THAT BE
Known as 'expressed powers.' Powers that are specifically listed in the Constitution such as the power to declare war.
What are the Enumerated Powers?
Government can only do what the people allow
What is Limited Government?
The Preamble, the Articles and the Amendments
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
The first colony to organize as a state and write a state constitution.
What is New Hampshire?
An agreement between two or more parties
What is a compromise?
This entity did NOT have the power to tax
What is the Continental Congress?
The Electoral College is when the people choose the president and the vice president. This is an example of what principle?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This part of the Constitution describes the Powers of the executive branch
set up rules for measuring and selling land
What is the Ordinance of 1785?
Southern states agreed to allow Congress to regulate and foreign and domestic trade. Congress would not tax Southern exports or ban slavery before 1808
What is the 'Other Compromise? '
This plan would give larger states more POWER
What is the Virginia Plan?
This idea came from the Enlightenment thinker, Baron de Montisquieu
What is the Separation of Powers?
Describes how the Constitution can be changed
What is Article V of the Constitution?
He was elected leader of the Constitutional Convention and later served as president
Who is George Washington?
Created by Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Congress would have two house
Senate - each state would have 2 senators
House - based on population
What is the Great Compromise?
A form of government in which the POWER is divided between a national government and the states
What is Federalism?
The idea that the law applies to EVERYONE, including those in government
What is the Rule of Law?
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What is the number of Amendments proposed through Congress?
Outlines the Powers of the Legislative Branch
What is Article I of the Constitution?
for every 5 slaves, 3 people would be added to a state's population
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What is the three-fifths compromise>
POWERS that are set aside for the states
What are RESERVED Powers?
Framers assigned certain actions to each branch to ensure no one branch became more POWERFUL than another.
Congress has the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to carry out its duties
What is the 'Necessary and Proper' Clause of the Constitution?
Found in Article IV, gives national government ultimate power
What is the Supremacy Clause?
At the Constitutional Convention 7 votes were needed to make a decision
What is a simple majority?