Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Federalism
100
This is what the people have over the government.
What is power?
100
This is what a limited government was set up under.
What is the Constitution?
100
The power of the national government of the United States is divided among three branches.
What are the separation of powers?
100
To reject and send back.
What is veto?
100
The national government and the sate governments share power.
What is federalism?
200
This is who the people elect to speak for them.
What are representatives?
200
What the government must follow.
What are rules?
200
Those that divided up the power of the national government among three branches.
What are the writers of the Constitution?
200
Each branch of the government has ways to limit the power of the other branches, which keeps the power equal among all the branches.
What is checks and balances?
200
This government is in charge of some things, such as declaring war.
What is the national government?
300
This is what people do in the United States, giving the government its authority.
Who are the supreme rulers?
300
A government that must follow rules.
What is limited government?
300
The legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What are the three branches of the national government?
300
The power of the courts to decide if laws and other government actions are allowed by the Constitution
What is judicial review?
300
This government has more power than the states.
What is the national, or federal, government?
400
This is what the government is made by, according to the Constitution.
What is made by the people and for the people?
400
Giving people the title of king, queen, and other royal positions.
What is nobility?
400
The separation of powers makes sure no branch has too much...
What is too much power?
400
Actions or laws not allowed by the Constitution
What is unconstitutional?
400
In charge of things, such as setting up schools.
What are the states?
500
The idea that the people are the supreme rulers of the government.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
What lists things that the government is not allowed to do.
What is the Constitution?
500
This is how the government is set up.
What is no branch controlling the other branches?
500
Checks and balances force this agency to think carefully when making decisions and laws.
What is the government?
500
The branch that is able to give pardons to the Judicial Branch.
What is the Executive Branch?
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