FEDERALISM
BRANCHES
BACKGROUND
VOCABULARY
100
Considered the "Supreme Law of the Land"

What is the U.S. Constitution?

100

Determines the number of House Representatives for each state.

What is Population?

100

First constitution of the united states's name.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

100

The term for a written plan of Government containing the basic laws of a nation.

What is the Constitution?

200

Name of the legislature at the federal level.

What is Congress?

200

Branch that determines how tax dollars are spent.

What is Legislative?

200

Known as the "Father of the Constitution"

Who is James Madison?

200

Term for a formal agreement made between nations.

What is a treaty?

300

Title of the chief of the executive branch.

What is President?

300

Branch that has the power to declare actions unconstitutional.

What is Judicial?

300

Name of the compromise that settled the issue of counting slaves for a state's population.

What is the 3/5's compromise?

300

Term for a legislature that consists of two parts.

What is bicameral?

400

Fraction of states needed to ratify a proposal to change the Constitution.

What is 3/4's?

400

Has the power to veto bills.

What is Executive?

400

Compromise made to convince people against the Constitution to accept it.

What is the Bill of Rights?

400

Term that means to approve or accept a new law.

What is ratify?

500

Regulates foreign and interstate trade.

What is the Federal Level?

500

Has the power to appoint federal judges, ambassadors and cabinet members.

What is Executive?

500

John Locke's ideas incorporated into the Constitution.

What ideas specified and divided the government's powers?

500

The term for a settlement of a dispute where each side gives up some demands to arrive at an agreement.

What is a Compromise?