3 Branches of Gov
Created in Article I, this branch holds the primary power to make national laws.
Legislative
Popular _____ is the principle that political power resides with and originates from the people.
Sovereignty
The President’s power to reject or refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress is a check BY which branch of government?
Executive Branch
The 1786 armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers that exposed central government weaknesses.
Shays Rebellion
The political faction that strongly supported ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
Federalists
Created in Article II and headed by the President, this branch is responsible for executing laws.
Executive
The principle that government functions are restricted by law and can only execute granted powers
Limited Government
Judicial _____ gives courts the authority to strike down unconstitutional actions.
Review (Judicial Review)
Unlike the U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation had no national court system and no chief _____.
Executive (President)
Anti-Federalists demanded the addition of a Bill of _____ to safeguard liberties
Rights (Bill of Rights)
Created in Article III, this branch interprets laws and evaluates their constitutionality.
Judicial
The system where government powers are divided between national and state levels.
Federalism
The upper house of Congress, the Senate must confirm presidential judicial appointments and treaties. Which branch is checking and which branch is being checked?
Legislative branch is checking the executive branch.
Weak
Both groups feared that concentrating power into one set of hands would lead to this.
Tyranny (Government abusing power)/(Government abusing peoples rights)
Article III creates this highest court in the land to head the judicial branch.
Supreme Court
Dividing power among three distinct branches is known as _____ of powers.
Separation of Powers
The system where each branch can restrain or stop the acts of another is called what?
Checks and Balances
Name the document that created America's first form of government
The Articles of Confederation
Prominent Federalist who co-authored the Federalist Papers alongside Madison and Jay.
Alexander Hamilton
The Great Compromise resolved the debate between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan by basing representation in the House of Representatives on population, while granting equal representation to every state in this upper legislative body.
the Senate.
Article VI contains this clause declaring that federal laws override state laws. It also establishes that the Constitution is the Supreme law of the land.
Supremacy Clause
The 1803 landmark Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
Under the Articles, primary government power and independence remained with these entities.
The States
Did the Anti-Federalists think the country was too big or too small to be governed by a central/federal government.
Too big. A federal government would not understand the issues and needs of rural states.