Framers of Constitution
What was the ships name that carried the pilgrims to the new world?
Mayflower
Specific restrictions on powers
Limited Government
The division of powers amongst the government
Separation of Powers
The constitution sets broad "what" for governing
Guidelines
What was the "agreement" or "document" that was formed and signed before the new settlers reached landfall in "The New World"?
Mayflower Compact
Decision, during a disagreement, that sides with the most people
Majority Rule
Creates Laws
Legislative Branch
The constitution can be changed via Government acts or??
Amendments
The constitution does not call for regular meetings of which branch? Which is a new "interpretation"
Executive
The introduction to the Constitution was called the..?
Preamble
Considered to be the "Jewel of our Constitution"
Bill of Rights
Duties of the Executive Branch
Another word meaning to "cancel" an amendment
Repeal
Advisers to the president are sitting members of his/her "what"?
Cabinet
Who was the "soon-to-be" governor of Massachusetts?
William Bradford
Top layer of government
Federal
This process can "Declare acts of Congress unconstiutional"
Judicial Review
The most famous repeal happened in what year?
1933
Traditions that are seldom written down or passed into law are known as...
"Unwritten Constitution"
To give consent to be governed
Popular Sovereignty
Who said "Nothing can be certain... Except for death and taxes"
Benjamin Franklin
Who can "check" the President
Congress
the 18th amendment, banning what? Was eventually repealed
A court order, requiring the government to bring a prisoner to court and explain why he or she is being held
Habeas Corpus