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9 Cards in this Set
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1: Definition of Word: an audition to a formal document such as the Constitution. 2: Patrick Henry wanted a Bill of Rights to protect individual freedoms. |
Amendment |
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1: The purpose for this is so that not one branch of government has too much power or more power than the others. 2: The president signs a bill into law or he veto's it. 3: The legislative branch can check the president by overriding the presidents veto by two thirds. 4: The judicial branch can check by ruling on the constitutionality of laws and presidential acts. |
Checks and Balances |
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1: Article 2 of the Constitution deals with this branch. 2: The president is in charge of this branch. 3: The jobs/ responsibilities of this branch is to carry out the nations laws and policies. |
Executive Branch |
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1: Article 1 of the Constitution deals with this branch. 2: This branch makes laws. 3: This branch is composed of two houses. 4: One house is called the House of Representatives and the other house is called the Senate. 5: Representation for the Senate is two members per state and the House of Representatives is proportional to the states population. 6: The powers under this branch are to collect taxes, coin money, regulate trade, declare war, to raise and support armies, and to make laws needed to fulfill its functions as stated in the Constitution. |
Legislative Branch |
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1: The third article deals with this branch. 2: The Supreme Court and any other lower federal courts make up this branch. 3: The Supreme Court handles disputes between states, laws passed by congress, and cases involving the Constitution. |
Judicial Branch |
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1: Definition of Word: the sharing of power between federal and state governments. 2: The federal government gained these powers under the Constitution: broad powers to tax, regulate trade, control currency, raise an army, declare war, and to pass new laws that were necessary and proper for carrying out its responsibilities. |
Federalism |
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1: This man was an English philosopher. 2: This mans belief about government was that the powers of government should be separated and balanced against each other. 3: This mans views were important because the Framers of the Constitution carefully specified and divided the powers of government. |
Baron de Montesquieu |
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1: Definition of Word: Supporters of the new Constitution. 2: To gain support for the Constitution, these people had Alexander Hamilton and John Jay on their side which they wrote a series of essays defending the Constitution. 3: These essays were called Publius. 4: These people feared that by not having a strong central government would make the US weaker and the states would not all come together because they would all have seperate governments. |
Federalists |
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1: Definition of Word: People that didn't support the Constitution. 2: These peoples message was that a strong central government would take away the freedom and rights that the US had just fought for. 3: These people favored local government that was more controlled by the local people. 4: These people feared that the central government would be made of a small group of individuals. |
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