The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is government?
100
Those who agreed to ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
What are federalists?
100
To reject.
What is veto?
100
a division of national government and state government.
What is Division of powers?
100
The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures and processes of a government.
What is the constitution?
200
The power to make law and to frame public policies.
What is Legislative power?
200
A joining of several groups for a common purpose.
What is Confederation?
200
A change in or addition to a constitution or law.
What is amendment?
200
Powers that the national government and state government both may exercise.
What are concurrent powers?
200
They are changes or additions to constitutional laws.
What are the amendments?
300
The law that states when supplies of goods and services become plentiful.
What is law of supply and demand?
300
A legislature made up of two houses.
What is Bicameral?
300
A custom that the senate will not approve, a presidential appointment opposed by majority party, senator from the state in which the appointee would serve.
What is senatorial courtesy?
300
An annual share of huge federal tax revenue to the states and their cities, counties, and townships.
What is Revenue Sharing?
300
Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after the american revolution; established a firm league of "friendship" among the states, but allowed few important powers to the central government.
What are the articles of confederation?
400
A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
What is autocracy?
400
A written grant of authority from the king.
What is Charter?
400
The power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the constitution provides.
What is judicial review?
400
A clause stating that no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other states.
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
400
The first ten amendments of the constitution.
What are the bill of rights?
500
To have absolute power within its own territory and decide its own foreign and domestic policies.
What is Sovereign?
500
Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services.
What is Boycott?
500
The government must be conducted of constitutional principles.
What is constitutionalism?
500
An act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed state constitution.
What is the Enabling act.
500
Great charter forced upon king john of england by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and do process of law to the nobility.