Key Terms
What are checks and balances?
System of overlapping powers between the 3 branches in order to check the actions of another branch
What does Article 1 create?
The legislature
congress
What are separation of powers?
The executive, legislative and judicial powers are all divided between the 3 branches of government
What does Article 2 create?
The Executive office
The president
What is popular sovereignty?
The people are the source of all government power
What does article 3 create?
The federal judicial Branch
Judges
What is Judicial Review?
The power given to a court to determine if the government can do what it's trying to do
What does a constitution do?
Lays out how the federal government is organized, how leaders are chosen, what rules leaders have to follow and how the government conducts itself
What does it mean to call something unconstitutional?
To block any action because it goes against the constitution
How many articles are there in the constitution?
7