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The Congress
The President
The Constitution
Principles
Odda and Ends
100
This system keeps one branch of government from becoming more powerful than another
Checks and Balances
100
This vote, not the popular vote determines the winner of a presidential election
What is the Electoral College
100
This is the introduction
What is the Preamble
100
The Constitution can only be changed by adding these
What are amendments
100
southern states threatened to walk out on the Constitutional Convention unless this institution was guaranteed in the new Constitution
What is slavery
200
Under this system of dividing power, the federal government does certain things and state governments do others
Federalism
200
The President must sign or do this to bills of Congress before they can become law
What is veto
200
The Constitution was written in this Pennsylvania city
What is Philadelphia
200
Federalism divides power between the national government and these lower governments (hint: there are 50 of them)
What are state governments
200
This was our first Constitution -- it was too weak to last
What is the Articles of Confederation
300
this "stretchy" law allows congress to make laws to meet changing conditions
The elastic clause
300
When George Washington created the first cabinet, he was setting one of theses examples for future presidents to follow
What is a precedent
300
This famous convention compromise created the two-house congress we have today
What is the Great Compromise
300
Creating a cabinet, the first political parties, and judicial review are all part of this kind of Constitution
What is the unwritten Constitution
300
the purpose of a census is to do this
What is count each states' population to determine representation in Congress
400
to determine how many representatives each state will get in Congress, one of these population counts is given every 10 years
the census
400
A presidential veto is an example of this system that keeps one branch from dominating another
What is the sytem of checks and balances
400
The Constitution gets its power to govern from the people beacuse of these three opening words
What is We the People
400
a presidential veto, Congress voting to impeach a president, and the Supreme Court overturning a law of Congress are all part of this system
What is checks and balances
400
This French Enlightenment philosopher recommended that power should be divided among co-equal branches
Who is Baron de Montesquieu
500
This is the length of the term of office for members of the House of Representatives
Two years
500
During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended this writ because national security was more important at that time then individual rights
What is the Writ of Habeas Corpus
500
This house of Congress must approve presidential appointments and treaties with foreign nations
What is the Senate
500
This two-word term means that the people rule
What is popular sovereignty
500
The Constitution corrected a weakness in the Articles when it gave the federal government the power to levy and collect these
What are taxes