The Amendments
What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
What was the name of document that declared our independence from Great Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
Article III of the constitution gives the Judicial Branch the power to _______ laws.
Interpret
The 14 amendment defined __________ and gave voting rights to all ______________.
Citizenship, Men
After the Declaration of Independence, we created what document to rule over the country?
Articles of Confederation
The power given to the Judicial Branch to declare an action by one of the other two branches of government as unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
The 19th amendment gave voting rights to whom?
All women
The Articles of Confederation were too ________ to enforce taxes or raise an army.
Weak
How does Federalism limit the national government's power?
By reserving some power to the states.
To replace the Articles of Confederation, the _________________ was created as a framework of government. We still use this today.
The U.S. Constitution
Expressed, enumerated, and delegates powers are powers given to which level of government?
The National/Federal/Central government
True or False? The Anti-Federalists wanted a weak central government, and insisted on including a Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
TRUE
Collect taxes, establish courts, enforce and make laws are all examples of which type of power?
(Delegates, concurrent, or reserved?)
Concurrent powers. Both the national and regional states have the power to do these things.
True or False? Capitalism forces competition between companies, therefore companies must keep coming up with new ideas/inventions to win over customers.
True