This refers to an addition or change to the constitution
What is an amendment?
100
Political party that stressed the weakness of the articles.
What is federalists?
100
The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is government?
100
A system of government in which written constitution divides the powers of government on a territorial basis between a central or national government and several regional governments, usually called states or provinces.
What is federalism?
100
To coin money is an example of this power.
What are National Powers?
200
The beginning or introduction of the Constitution.
What is the preamble?
200
A government that can only exist with the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-apointed elite.
What is oligarchy?
200
Powers that are not expressly stated in the Constitution but are reasonably suggested by the expressed powers
What is Implied powers?
200
The lead speaker of the Virginia Plan.
Who is James Madison?
300
The division of power among a central government and several regional governments.
What is federalism?
300
This term refers to a congress made of one house.
What is unicameral?
300
Usually described as a centralized government.
What is Unitary government?
300
Powers that are delegated to the National Government in so many words in the Constitution.
What are the Expressed powers?
300
This article in the constitution is about the Judicial Branch.
What is Article III?
400
The power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the Constitution provides.
What is judicial review?
400
The group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention.
What are framers?
400
An alliance of independent states.
What is Confederation?
400
This document provides for a _____ between the National Government and the States.
What is division of powers?
400
A gathering called to recommend revisions in the articles of confederation.
What is the Philadelphia Convention
500
The power of the president to reject and act of congress
What is a veto?
500
Ninth state to ratify the constitution.
What is New Hampshire?
500
Features a separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches of the government.
What is a Presidential government?
500
A quite different form of federal monetary aid that was in place from 1972 to 1987.