The U.S. Constitution Station
The outline of how the government should function (work).
What is the Constitution?
The belief that the power of government resides with the people.
What is popular Sovereignty?
A tradition or example set by someone that others follow in the future. (e.g., Washington's two-term limit became a model for future presidents.)
What is a precedent?
Leader of the Indian Independence movement.
Who is Mohandas K. Gandhi?
This mathematical constant, approximately 3.14159, represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
What is pi?
The introduction to the Constitution is called this.
What is the preamble?
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We the people in order to form a more perfect _____________.
Groups of people who organize to promote shared political ideas.
What are political parties?
DD
Disobeying unjust laws peacefully.
Animals all breath in ____________ and exhale ______.
What is oxygen, corbon dioxide?
This form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions.
What is a republic? (republicanism)
The executive, legislative, and judicial.
What are the three branches of government?
A group of advisors who help the president run the executive branch
What is the Cabinet?
Before 1947, India was a colony of this country.
What is Britain?
Name 3 negative effects of smoking cigarettes.
Empheysa
lung cancer
COPD
dental damage
stink breath
The division of power between state and federal government is called this.
What is federalism?
Found at the end of Article I, Section 8, this clause allows Congress to stretch its powers.
What is the Elastic Clause? (aka the necessary and proper clause)
Taxes on imported goods; part of Hamilton’s economic plan to protect American industry.
What are tariffs?
These two Indain religious groups often conflicted.
Who are Hindus and Muslims?
Put the following events in chronological (time) order from oldest to most recent.
The Kennedy assassinition
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
World War I
American Civil War
Fall of the Roman Empire
Fall of the Roman Empire, American Civil War, World War I, The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, The Kennedy assassinition
An example of a power that shared by both state and federal government is taxation. This type of power is called this.
What is a concurrent power?
This amendment to the constituion states that rights not listed in the constitution belong to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
At the founding of the United States, this group was associated with a strong central government, trade with Britain, and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
After the partition Hindus moved to India, and Muslims moved to this country.
What is Pakistan?
Words like and, but, and or are this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?