Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
100
It is a contract, or a formal, written agreement between the people and their government.
What is the Constitution?
100
Cruel and unjust government.
What is tyranny?
100
The same as national government.
What is federal government?
100
They are the three branches of the government.
What is the executive, judicial, and legislative branch?
100
Not permitted by the Constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
200
This principle states that ______________ and they hold the final authority in government.
What is the people rule?
200
The failures of this made Americans realize that they needed a strong national government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
Name one power reserved to the national and state governments and one that they both share.
National: regulate interstate and foreign trade, set standard weights and measures, create and maintain armed forces, make copyright and patent laws, establish postal offices, establish foreign policy, created federal courts, coin money, declare war, admit new states. State: create corporation laws, regulated trade within state, establish and maintain schools, establish local governments, make laws about marriage and divorce, conduct elections, provide for public safety. Shared: provide for public welfare, administer criminal justice, charter banks, raise taxes, borrow money.
200
These are the two houses of Congress.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
200
Rejecting by the President.
What is vetoing?
300
These three words of the constitution express the principle of popular sovereignty.
What is "We the people"
300
Limited government states that ___________ does not have complete power. It has only the powers that ________ grant it.
What is the government and the people?
300
Where the final authority lies when a dispute arises between national a state governments.
What is the Constitution?
300
These are the heads of each of the three branches.
What is the President (executive), the Supreme Court (judicial), and Congress (legislative)?
300
The ________ branch declares acts unconstitutional.
What is judicial?
400
The people who choose the President.
Who is the electoral college?
400
This guarantees the rights and individual freedoms of the people.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
Powers shared by both the national government and the states.
What are concurrent powers?
400
The president is the head of the executive branch who takes care of foreign affairs and is the _________ __ _____ as well.
What is the commander in chief?
400
The ___________ branch can create lower federal courts.
What is legislative?
500
In 1789 these people were the only ones who could vote.
Who are white men over the age of 21 that owned property.
500
This is also known as limited government; no person is above it.
What is rule of law?
500
Name one guarantee the Constitution makes to the states regarding their powers.
All states must be treated equally in matters of trade. Each state must respect the laws of the others. All states are given representation in the national government.
500
Name one power of each branch of government.
Legislative: power to tax, to coin money, to declare war, regulate foreign and interstate trade, raise and support armed forces Executive: propose laws, veto laws, negotiate foreign treaties Judicial: declare laws unconstitutional, declare executive actions unconstitutional
500
Name one way the legislative branch checks the judicial branch and one way it checks the executive branch.
Judicial check: creates lower federal courts, can impeach and remove judges, can propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions Executive check: can override President's veto, ratifies treaties, can declare war, appropriates money, can impeach and remove President
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