Amendments
This amendment let's citizens bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
This term says the system in which the national government shares power with the state and local governments
What is Federalism?
This level of government has the power to declare war
What is federal government?
This is the only way to change the constitution
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The amendment reserves powers to the state
What is the 10th amendment?
This clause is when congress has the power to pass all laws it considers necessary to carry out its current and foregoing powers
What is necessary and proper clause?
What is elastic clause?
This level of government has the power to set up schools
What is state government?
The starting point for all methods of change to the Constitution are through
What is the constitution?
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This amendment lowered the voting age to 18
This principle says a government's power is derived from the people
This level of government has the power to borrow money
What is federal and state governments?
in 1824's Gibbons v. Ogden decision, it was held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the commerce clause. Which method of Changing the Constitution is illustrated by this example?
What is US Supreme court decisions?
This is the best state in the United States
What is North Dakota?
This amendment gave suffrage to women
This principle says a government only has the power that has been given to it
What is limited Government?
The Framers included the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution for the purpose of
What is settling disputes between different levels of government in our federal system?
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What is FDR?
This amendment prohibited the use of poll tax to deny people voting privileges
What is the 24th amendment?
This clause states in issues in federal system, the constitution is ultimate authority
What is the supremacy clause?
What constitutional principle prevents the tyranny that James Madison describes in the quotation below from taking place?
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison, The Federalist No. 47, 1788
separation of powers
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