Citizens have the power to govern and citizens give power to leaders they elect to represent them and their interests
What is republican government?
100
each branch has a specific job and power so that no one branch would have all the power
What is separation of powers?
100
proposed that the new national would have three branches where one branch, the legislature, would be divided into two houses; representation would be decided on population in these
What is the Virginia Plan?
100
the right to vote
What is suffrage?
100
formal approval
What is ratification?
200
a form of government where political control is exercised by all the people, either directly or through their elected representative
What is democracy?
200
the distribution and balancing of power among different branches of government so that no one branch is able to dominate others
What is checks and balances?
200
proposal for the new government that would have representation in the legislature be equal regardless of population
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
citizen's basic rights and freedoms
What is civil rights?
200
to change
What is amend?
300
a system of government in which power is shared between the national government and states
What is federalism?
300
the power of the courts to declare laws and actions of the government invalid if they violate the Constitution
What is judicial review?
300
settlement reached by the Continental Congress for the making of the new government. It included a separation of power into three branches and one of the branches; the legislature would be split into two houses. One house would have representation based on population; the second would be equal representation regardless of population
What is the Great Compromise?
300
the people represented by an elected office
What is constituents?
400
a government in which the people rule. They have the supreme power in the government
What is popular sovereignty?
400
every individual, including the government officials, must obey the law
What is limited government?
400
the number of delegates in the House of Representatives based on population
What is proportional representation?
400
rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens specifically provided for and listed in the Constitution
What is enumerated rights?
400
a person chosen to act for or represent others, as at a convention
What is delegate?
500
the system of government in which power is held by the people and exercised indirectly through elected representatives
What is representative government?
500
the constitutional power of the president to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress preventing it fro becoming a law
What is veto?
500
provided in the 5th amendment of the U.S. constitution that one cannot be tried for the same crime twice
What is double jeopardy?
500
first ten amendments to the Constitution that grant you rights of all and any U.S citizens
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
a group that seeks to promote its own special interests at the expense of the common good