Constitution Vocab
A detailed, written plan for government.
What is a constitution?
Weaknesses in this original form of government led to calls for a stronger national government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This compromise appeased larger and smaller states, and determined representation in the legislative branch with the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Great or Connecticut Compromise?
This part of the Constitution is the statement of purpose.
What is the Preamble?
This ideal states that power should reside with the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
To vote approval of.
What is ratify?
This practice of collecting money was not allowed under the Articles of Confederation, making it weak.
What are taxes?
This compromise "solved" the issue of counting enslaved people for purposes of representation in Congress by counting them as 3/5ths of a person.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This part of the Constitution created the Legislative Branch.
What is Article I?
This ideal states that the government should not be deeply involved in our lives.
What is limited government?
This is the definition of "Supremacy Clause."
What is the idea that federal law overrules state law?
Coining money is a _________ power, whereas providing an education is a ________ power.
What is federal and state?
This compromise created the Electoral College, providing for indirect election of the President.
What is the Election Compromise?
What is Article III?
Separation of powers states that authority should be split between these three branches of government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial?
This is the definition of "popular sovereignty."
What is the idea that power lies with the people?
This branch of government did not exist under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the executive?
This compromise determined that ending the practice of slavery could not be discussed until 1808.
What is the Slavery Trade Compromise?
Article II of the Constitution created this role.
What is the President and/or Vice President?
This ideal allows each branch the means to cancel out or overrule the actions of another branch.
What are checks and balances?
A form of government in which power is divided between the federal government and the states.
What is federalism?
These two groups disagreed about ratifying the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
This compromise allowed to regulation of trade, and no taxes on exports.
What is the Commerce Compromise?
Article IV deals primarily with these two topics.
What are relations between states and citizenship?
Describe a way we see one of the Constitutional ideals at work in our lives or government.
What is (an acceptable response)?