Checks And Balances

Front 1

The Constitution created a system if 1.______

Back 1

1. checks and balances.

Front 2

Any dispute between the federal government and the states would be settled by the 1._________ on the basis of the 2.__________

Back 2

1. federal courts
2. constitution

Front 3

Amendments serve as a 1._________ on the constitution itself; it allows the constitution to be changed

Back 3

1. check

Front 4

Amendments also serve to make a law a 1._________ that 2.________ must follow

Back 4

1. National law
2. states

Front 5

In order for an Amendment to be added, a 1._____ must pass both houses of 2.________ and then be ratified by the 3._________.

Back 5

1. Bill
2. Congress
3. states

Front 6

The Confederation had failed because it lacked an 1._________ branch, or 2.__________. A strong 3.________ would serve as a check, or limit on 4._________

Back 6

1. executive
2. President
3. executive
4. congress

Front 7

The president is elected by a special group called the 1.________

Back 7

1. Electoral College

Front 8

Each state has as many electors as it has 1.________ and 2.____________.

Back 8

1. senators
2. representatives

Front 9

Both the 1._________ and 2._________ must pass a bill for it to become a law.

Back 9

1. House
2. Senate

Front 10

The president can check congress by 1._________, or rejecting the bill.

Back 10

1. vetoing

Front 11

Congress can check the president by 1.____________, or voting down the 2. ____.

Back 11

1. overriding
2. veto

Front 12

The president appoints 1.___________. The 2._________ must approve the appointments.

Back 12

1. Supreme Court Justices
2. Senate

Front 13

The writers of the constitution intended for 1._________ to be the most powerful branch of government. In recent times, however, the president has become nearly as powerful.

Back 13

1. congress

Front 14

The court became a check on 1._______ and the 2._________ by ruling on the constitutionality of 3._____ and 4.__________ acts.

Back 14

1. congress
2. President
3. laws
4. presidential

Front 15

The decisions of the 1._______ court are absolute and final; in contrast, the decisions and judgements reached in lower courts may be 2.________ or questioned.

Back 15

1. Supreme Court
2. appealed

Front 16

The rest of the world watched the new nation to see whether it's experiment in 1.__________ would really work.

Back 16

q. self - government

Front 17

It is the people who have final 1._______ on both legislative and executive branches when they vote on their 2.___________ every 2 years, their 3.__________ every 6 years, and their 4.__________ every 4 years.

Back 17

1. check
2. representatives
3. senators
4. President

Front 18

Through those selections, they influence the potential makeup of the 1.________ branch.

Back 18

1. Judicial

Front 19

The Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the "elastic clause," this clause is one of the most 1._________ in the Constitution. It allows the Government of the United States to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 2._________ the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution. "

Back 19

1. powerful
2. execution