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Dividing the government so that each branch balances the powers of the others
What is separation of powers
100
Which document included only one branch of government
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
This included three-fifths of the enslaved people in population counts
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
100
What did some states think the Constitution needed
What is a Bill of Rights
100
Name a weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is collect taxes, issue money, or raise an army
200
Government in which citizens have power to make political decisions
What is democracy
200
The government could not collect taxes to repay this
What is war debt
200
Name a civic responsibility
What is voting
200
When the Constitution was written, which citizens had the right to vote
What is white male property owners
200
The Executive Branch can check the Legislative Branch by
What is vetoing laws passed by congress
300
Another word for a law
What is an ordinance
300
One state raised taxes that people paid on their property causing
What is Shay's Rebellion
300
This plan based representation on population
What is the Virginia Plan
300
Social Security is an example of a government program that supports which part of the preamble
What is promotes general welfare
300
The Legislative Branch can check the Executive Branch by
What is overriding its vetos
400
Ways that each branch of government limits the power of the other branches
What are checks and balances
400
The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to form a stronger government by revising
What is the Articles of Confederation
400
Only the national government can do this
What is print money
400
The branch of military that is MOST like to patrol the coastline
What is Coast Guard
400
The Judicial Branch can check the Legislative Branch by declaring laws
What is unconstitutional
500
The branch that can veto laws passed by Congress
The Executive Branch
500
The branch with the power to overturn a law that conflicts with the Constitution
What is the Judicial Branch
500
The power of the courts to decide whether a law follows the Constitution
What is Judicial Review
500
Name two groups of Americans who did not have the right to vote by now have the right to vote
Who are African Americans and women
500
Checks and balances ensures that no individual or branch of government has too much
What is power