Vocabulary
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100
A political concept where a group of people are bound together by covenant with a representative head.
What is federalism?
100
The 4th President of the U.S.A. Also a political theorist.
Who is James Madison?
100
The President is the head of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
100
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
The branch of government that proves laws Constitutional or Unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
200
Something that one should do, but it is not fully necessary.
What is responsibility?
200
Widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism.
Who is John Locke?
200
Approves bills to be sent to the President to become a law, or to be vetoed for the process to begin again.
What is the legislative branch?
200
A select group of individuals who decide the next president.
What is the electoral college?
200
An addition to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
300
Something that is passed down from generation to generation.
What is tradition?
300
A French political thinker who articulated the theory of the separation of powers.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
300
A branch that interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
300
People that disagree with the constitution.
What are Anti-Federalist?
300
Branch that controls the military?
What is the executive branch?
400
to stay somewhere.
What is reside?
400
This man wrote the 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech.
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
23rd amendment gave D.C three members of this.
What is electoral college?
400
The influences of European goverment in the U.S Constitution.
What are European influences?
400
The father of the United States Bill of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
500
A system where each government branch has power to check in on other branches.
What is Checks and balances?
500
Refused to sign the U.S Constitution due to lack of explict state rights.
Who is George Mason?
500
Include power to regulate federal property, and tax citizens.
What are congress powers?
500
The event in which all states voted in favor of, or against, the Constitution.
What is the debating of the Constitution?
500
What the constitution is based off of.
What is the Magna Carta?
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