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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
SEPARATION OF POWERS
CHECKS & BALANCES
FEDERALISM
100
What is the best way for a citizen to use their pop. sovereignty?
Voting
100
Define limited government.
What is Government must obey the law no government is all-powerful and may only do that which the people give it the power to do
100
How many branches of goverment does the United States have?
What is 3 branches?
100
What is the definition of Checks and Balances?
What is Each branch of government is checked or restrained by the other two branches?
100
What is the definition of Federalism?
What is division of power among National and State governments
200
the plan for government that the Pilgrims created before they started the colony of Plymouth.
What is Mayflower Compact?
200
What document was the first example of a limited government?
What is the Magna Carta?
200
What Enlightenment philosopher supported branches of government?
Who is Montesquieu?
200
What is the main power that the President has over Congress?
What is vetoing a law passed by Congress?
200
How is the United States broken down in different levels of government?
What is into Federal, State, and Local levels?
300
The definition of Pop. Sovereignty.
What is all political power resides with the people?
300
Why does a limited government most effect the US Congress?
What is because they are the legislative body of government?
300
What is the definition of Separation of Powers?
What is powers are distributed nationally to Congress, the President, and Supreme Court?
300
Where in the Constitution can you find information about the Checks and Balances?
What is Articles 1-3?
300
How do Reserved and Delegated powers differ?
What is Reserved are for the States and Delegated are for the Federal Government?
400
What words in the US Constitution embody Pop. Sovereignty?
What is "We the People"?
400
What group at the Constitutional Convention would have supported the idea of Limited Government?
Who are the AntiFederalists?
400
What is the main role of the Executive Branch of Government?
What is to enforce/carry out laws?
400
What is the main check that Congress has over the President?
What is overriding a veto?
400
The Constitution gives the Federal Government what type of powers?
What is Expressed powers?
500
Name a type of Government that lacks Pop. Sovereignty as one of its foundations.
What is a dictatorship, monarchy, or totalitarian regime?
500
What was added to the Constitution to ensure a limited Federal Government?
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
To further separate powers in the legislative branch, how is Congress structured?
What is bimcameral?
500
Why did the framers create a system of Checks and Balances?
What is to prevent a single branch of government from abusing its power like a monarchy?
500
Name two examples of Concurrent powers of the US Government and the States?
What is collecting taxes, crimes, and punishing criminals?