Legislative Branch
Define unconstitutional
An idea, bill, or law that is not supported by the ideas outlined in the United States Constitution
The Articles of Confederation had what serious problem?
The national government was took weak under the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitution separates the powers of government so that no branch can...
become too powerful.
The best source of information about how a nation's government is organized is a...
constitution
Legislative Branch makes the laws, executive branch enforces the law, judicial branch settles disagreements about what the law means...
What are the three branches of government?
The action taken when a bill is presented to the president and he decides that the bill is not worthy of becoming a law
President
The leader of the executive branch
What is the power of judicial review?
It is the power of the courts to decide whether the United States Constitution allows a certain law or action of government.
What is a social contract?
It is an agreement among the people to set up a government.
Article 1 of the Constitution...
What is that Congress has two houses and it lists the powers of Congress?
Define general welfare
The ability to care for all the people in the country
Name the positions in the President's Cabinet
President
Vice President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Attorney General
Describe a federal system of government.
Power is divided between national and state governments.
At the start of the Philadelphia Convention, the delegates agreed to do what?
They agreed to write a new constitution.
We The People
The first three words of the United State's Preamble to the Constitution
What is a republican government?
It is a government in which power is held by the people who elect representatives to run the government for the common good.
The Great Compromise solved a conflict about what?
how many representatives a state could send to Congress
What is the federal government responsible for?
-taxes
-declare and conduct war
-control trade
-create post offices
-create money
-create treaties between nations
A government is a constitutional government when...
there are limits on the power of government.
Define preamble
Beginning/Introductory
How did living in the colonies influence the Americans' ideas about government?
The colonists took part in their own government.
The main purpose that the Framers were willing to compromise on the issues of slavery was because...
the Framers wanted the Southern states to join the new government.
It is the people who create government.
Explain the steps by which a bill becomes a law
1. Write the bill
2. Go to committee
3. Get a majority vote for both houses of Congress
4. Get the president's approval
Introduce the purpose and express the validity of the document
Preamble