Quiz Flashcards
Ultimate power and final authority rest with “we the people” or all the citizens
Popular sovereignty
Example of popular sovereignty
Preamble: we the people
14th amendment established what citizenship means in US
19th Amendment added women to vote
26th extended 18 or older to vote
Republicanism
Excerse the power by delegating it to representatives chosen by them through the election process
House of Representatives are elected every
Every two years
US Senators that are staggered every
6 years
Article one talks about the
Congress
Article 2 talks about the
President and vice President
How long are president and vice president term
Elected every 4 years
Power is divided between the central (national) gov. And the state gov. Some powers are concurrent and held by both levels of gov.
Federalism
Example of federalism
Article 1, section 8 contains a lengthy list of the pours of the US congress, that are not delegated by national gov.
Separations of Power
Power within national gov. Is divided among 3 separate branches: legislative, executive, judicial.
Article 1
Creates legislative branch duties and powers
Article 2 creates
Executive branch and assigns that branch duties and powers
Article 3 creates
A judicial branch and assigns that branch its duties and powers
Each branch of the nabonal government has certain controls (checks) over the other two branches
Checks and balances
Example: article 1 gives congress power to impeach and article 1
Gives prez. Power to veto a bill passed by congress
Limited government
Governors power is limited by the rule of law which are passed in pursuance of that constitution. This means that government is not all powerful
Example of limited government
The imposed rights guaranteed to the people by the US Bill of rights by article 1, section 9 and 10
Individual rights
Personal freedoms, personal protections and equality under the law are guaranteed in the constitution, the Bill of rights, and laws of US
Example of individual rights
Article 1 section 9 privilege of writ of habeas corpus
What are the 3 parts of the constitution
Preamble
Articles
Amendments
There are
7 articles
27 amendments
