Major Principles
The law applies to everyone, even to those in government.
Rule of Law
The president veto a law that the congress sent to his desk, but the veto was overturned with a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress this is an example of......
Check and Balances
The Articles of Confederation help win what war?
The American Revolution
Who created the Constitution?
James Madison
The title of the first opening section of the Constitution.
The preamble
The Right to rule or that the governments power come from permission of the people.
Popular Sovereignty
A Federal Judge was speeding on his way to work and received a speeding ticket from anther officer and had to pay a fine, this is an example of
Rule of Law
List two reasons why the AoC was so weak?
Could not Collect Taxes, Regulate Trade, could not enforce laws. No central Power, No Courts systems
what comprise stated that all slave counted less than a citizen.
Three-Fifths Comprise
The Constitution is separated into different sections known as
Articles
The power of the Government is divided up so that one part does not become to powerful
Separations of Power
The federal government set the speed limit of all road not to exceed 80mph but Missouri set it max to 85mph the federal government told Missouri to lower its speed limit or face transportation taxes to be withheld for road repairs, this is an example of
Supremacy Claus
List two event that showed that the Aoc was weak.
The American Revolution cause lots of debt that could not be paid off through tax collection. Shays Rebellion showed that the nation could not defend it self with out a central power
what compromise created congress with the House of Representatives determine by population of a state and the Senate determine by equal representation of two people each.
The great Compromise
Give in order what Articles 1 articles 2 articles 3 all outline in the Constitution
Does legislative branch the executive branch and the judicial branch
The Constitution provides a system to prevent on branch of the government from gaining to much power by allowing each branch to take some power away from the other two.
Checks and Balances
The Legislative Branch makes laws, Executive Branch enforce laws, Judicial Branch interpret the law to see if it follows the Constitution. This is an example of......
Separations of Power
This was the place were the founding father created the Constitution
The Philadelphia Convention
the idea that the governments power is split between National, State, and local government
Federalism
What is the terms used to when there is changes made to the constitution The first 10 of these is called the Bill of Rights
Amendments
The law of the Nation can not be over turned by state or local law because federal law is based on the Constitution
Supremacy Clause
The country votes to see who will be president every four years, this is an example of......
Popular Sovereignty
Name two reason why the founding father created a new Constitution
Need for nation central power to collect taxes enforce laws, defend the nation create court system
The idea that representatives from each state will elect the president base on the results of state elections for president.
Electoral College
The highest law of the land
The Constitution