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30 Cards in this Set
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An ____ to the Constitution, both written and unwritten, can be made in one of two basic ways. |
Amendment |
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What is the name for a pack made by the president and which carries the same force of Law as a treaty? |
Executive agreement |
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Under the Constitution, the government and its officers must operate under the rule of _____. |
Law |
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A system of ____ sovereignty has the people as the only source of government power. |
Popular |
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Government that obey the fundamental law of the land are abiding by the principal of _____. |
Constitutionalism |
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In the United States, any governmental action that denies someone fair and equal treatment under the law maybe declared ____. |
Unconstitutional |
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The system of _____ help keep one branch of government from dominating the actions of the others. |
Checks and balances |
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The Constitution provides for the _____ by creating 3 distinct branches of government: legislative executive and judicial. |
Separation of powers |
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The first ten amendments are called the: |
Bill of rights |
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Changes to the written provisions of the Constitution may be made only through the process of _____. |
Formal amendment |
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The words "We the People" begin the Constitution in refer to which basic principal? |
Popular sovereignty |
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When the president Vito's and act of Congress, what basic principal are they using? |
Checks and balances |
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To reconcile the need for effective Central government with a respect for state governments, the framers created a system of ______. |
Federal ism |
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Where the amendments known as the bill of Rights ratified as the same time as the Constitution? |
No |
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The deliberately vague language of the Constitution accounts for the ability of the Constitution to endure well over _____ years by inviting reinterpretation. |
200+ |
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What does article V of the Constitution provide for? |
No amendment made deprived estate of equal representation in the Senate |
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The _____ amendment process keeps the Constitution responsive and up to date |
Informal |
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Which amendment guarantees the right to vote for women? |
19 |
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The president's cabinet is in example of informal amendment by ______. |
Unwritten custom |
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And most cases involving ____ _____, the courts have found a governmental actions in question to be constitutional. |
Judicial review |
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Bill of Rights |
The first ten amendments to the Constitution |
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Rule of Law |
Concept that government and its officers are always subject to the law |
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Limited government |
Government is restricted and what it made you and eat individual has right the government can't take away |
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Popular sovereignty |
A certs that the people are the source of any and all governmental power |
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Unconstitutional |
Contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect |
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Separation of powers |
Judicial legislative and executive |
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Judicial review |
The power of a court to determine the Constitutionality of a governmental action |
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Formal amendment |
Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the Constitution |
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Federal ism |
Written Constitution divides power between a central, or National, government and several regional governments |
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Checks and balances |
Overlapping the branches to permit the checks the actions of others. |
