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Government
Revolutionary War
Illinois
Principles
Vocab
100
The number of branches in the U.S. government
What is 3
100
These are who the colonists fought during the Revolutionary War
Who are the British
100
Illinois became a state in this year
What is 1818
100
The division of power between the states and federal government
What is federalism
100
Proposed laws
What are bills
200
This determines the number of seats on the U.S. House of Representatives
What is the population
200
The Revolutionary War was fought because colonists were upset over this
What are taxes
200
This is the head of the Illinois executive branch
Who is the governor
200
This means that each branch of our government has its own powers and duties
What is Separation of Powers
200
A person who goes against his or her country
What is a traitor
300
This is the group that advises the President
What is his Cabinet
300
Colonists were being taxed because of debt in this war
What is the French and Indian War
300
This is the Illinois legislative branch
What is the General Assembly
300
This means the people rule the country
What is Popular Sovereignty
300
Future generations
What is Posterity
400
U.S. Senators are elected for a term this long
What is 6 years
400
The South did not want to ban slave trade because they they doing so would result in this
What is Ruin the Economy
400
The head of the Illinois judicial branch
What is the Illinois Supreme Court
400
Protecting freedoms and listing powers the government does not have in the Bill of Rights is an example of this
What is Limited Government
400
Of or relating to the home
What is Domestic
500
The number of U.S. Supreme Court Justices
What is 9
500
This is why colonists were upset over taxes
What is they had no representatives in parliament
500
Illinois has had this many capitals
What is three
500
Vetoing, overriding, and declaring laws unconstitutional are all examples of of this principle
What is checks and balances
500
System of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
What is a Republic