Seperation of Powers and Jobs of Each Branch
The person that advocated for seperation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
The problem when it came making law under the Articles of Confederation
What is the lack of legislative power in the Articles of Confederation?
The reason why we have checks and balances in our government.
What is so that no one branch becomes to powerful when compared to the other 2
This term means a draft of a proposed law
What is bill?
A characterisitc of a fedral system of government
What is power is divided between the federal and state governments?
This plan was approved by Edmund Randolph and called for 2 houses of representation
What is the Virginia Plan?
The ability of this branch to declare laws or presidential actions unconstitutional
What is the judicial branch?
This term means the minimum number of members that must be present to conduct sessions
What is a quorum?
the three types of powers divided and shared between the state and federal government
1) delegated powers
2) reserved Powers
3) shared powers
The compromise that tackled how the slave population in the colonies would be counted.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
The part that was added to the Constitution to allow it to be ratified
What is the Bill of Rights?
This term means an agreement
What is a concurrence?
The three branches of government.
What is the judicial, executive, and legislative?
The difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans.
What is the Virginia Plan would rely on population to figure out representation, whereas, the New Jersey Plan would give each state one vote
The two reasons the Federalists opposed the Constitution.
What is
1) Felt it gave too much power to national government and not enough to states
2) Worried that it did not guarantee individual rights
This term means census or population count
What is enumeration?
Three examples of delegated powers.
What are regulate trade, raise and army, and declare war?
The result of the Great Compromise
What is the House of Representatives gets delegates through population count. The Senate gets two senators per state.
The authors of the Federalist Papers
Who were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
This person is the the presiding officer of the Senate who serves when the vice president is absent
Who is the president pro tempore?