Basic Principles
The Amendments
Constitutional Change
Federalism
The National Government and the States
100
This is the idea that government's power comes from the people; government can only exist with the consent of the governed.
Popular Sovereignty
100
What was added to the Constitution as a compromise between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists?
The Bill of Rights (first ten amendments)
100

What is the official way to change the Constitution?

Creation of an amendment (formal process)

100

This could be one of the three types of delegated powers of the national government.

Expressed powers, implied powers, and inherent powers.

100

The National Constitution requires that all state constitutions establish this form of government.

A Republican Form of Government (representative government)

200
This is the idea that the government can only do those things that the people have given it the power to do.
Limited Government
200
What three amendments were added to the Constitution shortly after the end of the Civil War?
The 13th (abolished slavery), 14th (citizenship for all males), and 15th (voting rights for all males) amendments
200

How many methods are there to formally create a constitutional amendment?

Four methods

200

This amendment reserved powers of the people and the states.

What is the 10th amendment?

200

This type of federalism has a clear delineation of the powers at the different levels of government.

dual federalism

300
This is the concept in which the government's basic powers are distributed among different sections.
Separation of Powers
300
Which amendment limited the number of terms the president may serve?
The 22nd Amendment
300
What is the best example of a constitutional change made through basic legislation (Congress)?
The Judiciary Act of 1789
300

Coining money and creating a military are examples of powers at what level of government.

What is national?

300

The type of federalism where there is collaboration between the national government and the state governments.

Cooperative Federalism

400
What concept states that the three branches of government are not entirely separated nor completely independent of one another?
The System of Checks and Balances
400
The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, did what?
Lowered the voting age to 18.
400
What is the most famous court case that resulted in a major constitutional change?
Marbury vs. Madison (established the idea of Judicial Review)
400

The division of powers within a government is this concept.

Federalism

400

This is the type of government that is the most restrictive type of federal grants that are provided to the states

Categorical grants

500
What is the power of the courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the Constitution allows?
Judicial Review
500
How many amendments have been added since the Bill of Rights?
17 Amendments
500
Name one of the two formal amendments that was created out of a long-standing tradition.
The 22nd Amendment (presidential term limits) and the 25th Amendment (presidential succession).
500

The Supremacy Clause establishes the Constitution as what.

Supreme Law of the Land

500

What clause of the Constitution requires all states to respect and recognize legal matters that have occurred in other states?

The Full Faith and Credit Clause

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