Articles of Confederation
Powers
Rangers
Branches
Principles
Vocabulary
100
The only branch of government under the Articles of Confederation
What is the legislative branch or Congress?
100
The power to tax
What is a concurrent power
100
The power of the legislative branch
What is to make the law?
100
The people rule
What is popular sovereignty
100
Power is shared between the federal government & the governments of the states.
What is federalism?
200
The reason the framers of the Articles wanted a weak national government.
What is to limit the government's ability to interfere with the natural rights of the people.
200
The power to print money
What is a power delegated to the federal government
200
The power of the executive branch.
What is to enforce the law?
200
The people give the government only as much power as we need to to protect our rights.
What is limited government
200
The president's power to prevent a bill from becoming a law.
What is the veto?
300
The power of these greatly exceeded the power of the national government.
What are the states?
300
Congress has the power to declare war.
What is a power delegated to the federal government.
300
This branch gave itself the power to interpret the law in Marbury v. Madison.
What is the judicial branch?
300
The purpose of this principle is to stop the government from misusing power.
What is separation of powers?
300
A representative democracy.
What is a republic?
400
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the national government could not enforce its laws because these two branches were missing.
What are the executive & judicial branches of government.
400
The powers to establish schools, conduct elections & perform marriages.
What are powers reserved to the states.
400
Under the Constitution powers held by both the government in Washington & the states.
What are concurrent powers?
400
Each branch of government has the power to restrain the other two.
What is checks & balances?
400
Interstate trade
What is trade between the states?
500
A league of free and independent states.
What is the relationship of the states to each other under the Articles of Confederation.
500
The power to borrow money.
What is a concurrent power.
500
Powers held by the state of Alaska & the lower 49.
What are reserved powers?
500
Federal courts can look at the government's laws & actions to see if they violate the Constitution
What is judicial review?
500
To revise or to amend.
What is to fix?
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