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17 Cards in this Set
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what is federalism?
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~shared power between the state and federal/national government
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what does the executive branch do?
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~enforces/carries out the laws
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what does the legislative branch do?
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~makes the laws
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what does the judicial branch do?
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~interpreted the laws
~made sense of the law after reading it(judged it) |
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what is expressed power?
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~power given to the national/ federal government
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what would happen if a branch got too powerfl?
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~the branch/leader would become a tyrant
~same as having a king ~the people wanted a loose government |
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what was Separation of Powers?
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~division of power into 3 branches in order to keep one branch from becoming too powerful
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what is concurrent power?
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~powers used between both national and state governments
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what is reserved power?
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~powers given to the state government
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how does a bill become a law?
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~each of the 3 branches have to agree to the bill and then it gets passed as a law
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what was the purpose of the Separation of Powers?
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~the authors of the constitution didn't want one branch to become too powerful
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what are checks and balances?
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~system that prevented one branch from becoming too powerful
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what is an antifederalist?
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~didn't support the the constitution
~they thought the states should have more power than the national government |
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could each branch control any of the two branches?
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yes
(ex. president veto over legislative branch) |
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what is a federalist
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~supported the constitution
~thought the national government needed more power than the states ~U.S. government needed more power |
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what are the 3 main branches that were made in the separation of powers?
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~legislative branch(congress)
~judicial branch(supreme court + federal courts) ~executive branch(president) |
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what compromise did Madison propose to enable Virginia to approve of the Constitution?
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~THE BILL OF RIGHTS
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