Captain America
This branch of governments job is to make laws
What is legislative branch?
The U.S. government’s power is restricted and predefined by the Constitution.
What is Limited Government?
Protect individual freedoms from governmental power.
What is the First 10 Amendments (Bill of Rights)
people have the power, government rules from the consent of people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The abuse of power
What is tyranny?
This branch of government's job is to enforce laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
The framers created an amendment process by ______ of the House and Senate or ____ state legislatures calling a Constitutional Convention.
What is 2/3 vote?
Some citizens held a public meeting to discuss concerns about their local government. In taking this action
What is Freedom of Assembly?
What is Federalist?
This document replaced the articles of confederation
What is the US Constitution?
This branch of governments job is to interpret the laws
What is the Judicial Branch
Personal freedoms granted through the Bill of Rights
What is Individual Rights?
This a weakness of what?
States held most power and the federal government could not organize an army or tax to address the needs of the people
What is Articles of Confederation?
George Mason and Thomas Jefferson were apart of this political party
What is Antifederalist?
Allowed Southern States to "count" enslaved people to increase their representation in government
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
The legislative branch (congress) is made up of these two departments
What is the Senate and House of Representatives?
U.S. Constitution introduces the constitution and provides a purpose that is supported by the principles.
What is the Preamble?
What Amendment says
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of religion
Freedom of the press
What is the First Amendment?
Powers shared about both Federal and State government
What is concurrent powers
states would be represented in the legislative branch, and a bicameral (two-chamber) legislature was established. In the House of Representatives representation was based on state population, while in the Senate each state had the same number of Senators
What is the Great Compromise?
the executive can veto (reject) laws passed by Congress; Congress can override a presidential veto with ⅔ vote in each house; The Supreme Court can determine a law is unconstitutional (illegal)]
What are Checks and Balances?
There is a process outlined to change or add ideas to the Constitution
What are the amendments?
Bill of Rights protects peoples
Individual Rights
This amendment does not allow police officers to do illegal search and seizures
What is 4th Amendment?
You are either jelly ____
or Jammin!